Melbourne Fishing

[halttunt]

Thanks for thread!



That's so true. Let's get that meeting soon and make this city a better place to live! <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Before that, (Glen) please tell me how can I do some fishing here? Do you have to have a boat? Can you borrow one? Can you fish from shore? Do you need a license? Where to buy gear? What you can fish? Etc.



Someone (Glen again could start a thread?



KingFisher

[glen]

Hi Melfin,



You do need a licence. It costs around $25 from memory. It goes up a bit each year.



Easiest is to try fishing on one of the piers like Mornington Pier or Portsea Pier.



The fishing regulations are here:



[url="http://new.dpi.vic.gov.au/fisheries"]http://new.dpi.vic.gov.au/fisheries[/url]



Look for the book called:



"Recreational Fishing Guide 2009-2010"

[url="http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/nrenfaq.nsf/childdocs/-B43DB2A1BECEB2A04A256812001DD817-038067B67D8D0260CA2571F6007C592F?open"]http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/nrenfaq.nsf/...F6007C592F?open[/url]



I also run a squid fishing website called squidfish.net - [url="http://www.squidfish.net"]http://www.squidfish.net[/url]. Check it out!



You can buy fishing gear from Kmart, Rays Outdoors, Anaconda and also lots of little fishing shops.

[iblis.raeb]

Gees, i remember when fishing was free and nobody gave a toss what anybody caught.

[halttunt]

Thanks a lot!



I definitely have to try some fishing!



Tuomas

[Kara85]

[quote name='iblis.raeb' post='26814' date='May 15 2010, 08:02 AM']Gees, i remember when fishing was free and nobody gave a toss what anybody caught.[/quote]



me too, those were the awesome days!