by Tibby Flora | Jul 11, 2018 | our spots |
2018 Mud Island February-June This spots At Mud island are where we got lots of gummy’s, flatty’s, gurnard, cuda, seven gill – in 11-12m of water. The 5-7m of water is where we consistently bagged out on squid....
by Tibby Flora | Jul 11, 2018 | news |
With Al McGlashan Even we catch lots of fish, we still happy to get some advise! HappyFisherman getting sharing some tips and getting genuine advise from the master him self Al McGlashan. Knowledge ain’t no knowledge unless you share it, and people like Al are...
by Tibby Flora | Jul 11, 2018 | news |
2018 Melbourne Boat Show 2018 Melbourne Boat Show was quiet impressive again. Lots of goodies, nice stage presentations and advise that everyone could benefit from. Lots of new Equipment on display and...
by Tibby Flora | Jul 8, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Bait Galore I decided sunday to go and check the old spoil ground. We fished for 2 hours and – nothing. Then we took of to mud island. We got some squid in 7m of water and then moved to usual spot in 12m of water. Small flathead invasion. It was imposible to...
by Tibby Flora | Jul 4, 2018 | Fishing Reports, news |
Werribee High Tide For manny years we launch the boat here and never seen the tide rising this much happy-fisherman-werribee-high-tide-01 happy-fisherman-werribee-high-tide-02 happy-fisherman-werribee-high-tide-03...
by Tibby Flora | Jul 4, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Yesterday’s mud island session – no gummy’s. We managed bag limit on squid easy but the fish just didn’t want to play. Few banjos and port Jackson but no keepers. Even flattys that do go crazy where at sleep. Morning fog from werribee was slowing us down so we...
by Tibby Flora | Jun 7, 2018 | How To.... |
How To MAke Stuffed Calamari A quick video on how to make stuffed calamari. Very simple – yet...
by Tibby Flora | Jun 4, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Fishing Mud Island with my best man Zoran We left around eleven and went straight to the gummy spot on mud island. I had fresh Yakka fillets, Squid heads etc. but no gummy’s around. Even the banjos and port Jacksons where on long leave. Flatty’s kept us...
by Tibby Flora | Jun 4, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Portarlingon Old Channel Just got back from Portalington old channel getting some Yakka for tomorrow’s gummy chase at mud island. Got at the channel st 2 pm and managed 15 Yakka, 3Cuda, 6 red mullet, 2 Whitting and just before leaving -surprise. Rock ling on pilchard....
by Tibby Flora | Jun 4, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Mud Island with Steve This morning I managed to get the old friend Steve away fro the computer😀 we got at mud island about 9am -2 hours prior the low tide. Funny enough we could not get a gummy. Flatty’s everywhere, Banjos, Jackson’s and monster Ray’s. Some of...
by Tibby Flora | May 27, 2018 | How To.... |
How To Fillet Yakka For Gummy Shark Happy Fisherman just uploaded a quick video on how to fillet yakka or other bait and the rig we use for gummy shark . The same rig does work very well for snapper. Note in Port Phillip Bay, when the water is calm and not running...
by Tibby Flora | May 27, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Bid Day On The Water Wow what a day! water like glass. Got to squid ground between mud island and mussel farm about 12ish and had an hour before we had to move to 12m to be there few hours before low tide. We managed about 10 squid, and by 1pm we where at the 12m...
by Tibby Flora | May 16, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
2018 may 14th mud island Monday we took of to mud island again. We left Werribee around 1.30 pm and got there around 2.20. Weather was just brilliant. Waves under .5m and wind was right down. As we start drifting for squid we start getting them one after the other....
by Tibby Flora | May 16, 2018 | How To.... |
How to .... happy fisherman 2018 May – added a how to section. In this section we will share our ways of rigging, cooking, protecting your equipment etc. We are starting with a simple video how to fillet an albacore tuna!...
by Tibby Flora | May 13, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
2018 may 8th mud island What a day to be out. Flat as, peacefull as it gets, and not hit not cold. We need more days like this. I left werribee to get to mud island an hour before the low tide. We got there around 12.45 and it started unusually slow. On flatty and one...
by Tibby Flora | May 9, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
We hit the water Sunday at 11nish and took of straight to wedge spit. In less then 20 min we had 15 squid. Best jig shimano t14 white color. Then dolphins everywhere so we went to Clifton springs. Managed another 5 squid. Best jig was black yamashita. As there was no...
by Tibby Flora | May 3, 2018 | Port Phillip Bay |
The 78cm flatty on talking fishing...
by Tibby Flora | Apr 29, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
Yep – personal best. It felt good to catch it and felt even better to put it back in the water. We left Werribee at 10am to catch high tide at Portarlington. We stopped on the way at the wedge to get some squid. We got 4 but very small. Then by 11 we where at...
by Tibby Flora | Apr 29, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay |
If you can “just do it”. Mud island gummys are on fire. We left werribee around lunch time and went to mud island. We stopped between mud island and mussel farm in between 4 to 9m of water to drift for squid. We quickly got about 10 squid but quiet small....
by Tibby Flora | Apr 25, 2018 | Fishing Reports, Portland |
Quick Something out of ppb. Portland. We fished yesterday early morning. Fished the 70-100m but no tuna. Took of at the kinks point in500m and manage 10 albacore still no tuna. We did hit the shelf, seen some whales, but again no tuna. Abou 5pm we where at the ramp...
