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TV Episode 136 – From Bass Straight to St Leonard’s

by Tibby Flora | July 28, 2025 | news, TV show, Video | 0 Comments

In this episode you will see few adventures. First we where out in Bass Straight chasing barrels (tuna) and later we are at St Leonard's catching squid.Cheers

Happy Fisherman EP135 Big King George Whiting at Queenscliff

by Tibby Flora | July 27, 2025 | news, TV show, Video | 0 Comments

Here is two days adventures from last weekend. Similar places, same style of fishing, different days. First day with my friend Brett Dennis and on the second day I fished with Michael and John Loneranger. Both days we got into some good size King George whiting at...

TV Episode 134 – Deep Dropping “you can do it”

by Tibby Flora | July 2, 2025 | news, Video | 0 Comments

In this episode, we head to Portland chasing tuna. While we were hoping to find some action close to shore, things were a bit quiet, so we pushed out to the continental shelf in search of better opportunities. Unfortunately, the bluefin and albacore tuna were nowhere...

TV Episode 127 – Hunt For A Mako Shark

by Tibby Flora | April 22, 2025 | news, TV show, Video | 0 Comments

This is our Adventure from April 16th at Port Fairy Chasing Mako Sahrks Enjoy! Well this young legends - Lucas and James - showed me how it's done. Marco Sharkmen charters had to take one of the charter boats down to Portland and made a decision to stop at Port Fairy...

TV Episode 126 – Three Gummy Sharks in 30 Minutes

by Tibby Flora | April 11, 2025 | news, Video | 0 Comments

This is our Adventure from this Wednesday chasing gummy's at Mud Island Enjoy!

2019 October 22nd – Fishing P2

by Tibby Flora | Oct 31, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay | 0 Comments

Around lunch time we took of from Altona to P2. I had Ovi and young Wilson Blackley with me. We tried hard to get a snapper, but all we got is flatty's and a banjo. All in all - great day on the water!

2019 Wyndham Harbour – Werribee South

by Tibby Flora | Oct 19, 2019 | Port Phillip Bay, Video | 0 Comments

I just done a quick fly-over Wyndham Harbour. Few snapper reports from the rock wall, so, for the landbase fishos that never have been there, i hope this video helps. Cheers Happy Fisherman

2019 Oct 15 – Altona

by Tibby Flora | Oct 17, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay | 0 Comments

We went out of Altona, scanned some fish close to the channel, but anchoring prohibited. We anchored few hundred meters away towards Williamstown, and, nothing but flatty's. Late we took of to Altona reef, well, undersize pinky's where suicidal.

Tootgarook Boat Ramp

by Tibby Flora | Oct 12, 2019 | boat ramps, Port Phillip Bay, Video | 0 Comments

A quick look at Tootgarook Boat Ramp

Quick look at Lorne Boat Ramp

by Tibby Flora | Oct 9, 2019 | boat ramps, Lorne, Video | 0 Comments

This video should give you an idea how difficult is to launch your boat at Lorne.

A quick video of the previous session

by Tibby Flora | Oct 7, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay, Video | 0 Comments

Just a quick video of last week session. Target was Gummy but we had no success. We did end up with quiet few squid and KGW and it was another great day on the water. Cheers, happy fisherman

2019 September Happy Fisherman fishing Northern Territory

by Tibby Flora | Oct 3, 2019 | Port Phillip Bay | 0 Comments

2019 September Happy Fisherman fishing Northern Territory,Zoran Gvozdenac, Bobby Sepecan, with Steve Schafer are exploring the Dundee Beach, Launcheston River And Dundee river at the moment. They got plenty of Mac-Tuna, Mangrove Jack, Barramundi and few sharks. I will...

2019 October 1st fishing Mud Island and St Leonards

by Tibby Flora | Oct 3, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay | 0 Comments

Here is another adventure from Tuesday when i took a friend of ours Ashim "the pharmacist" for a day on PPB. He loves his fishing and he does it Torquay way, so it was something different for him. We left 8am Werribee and got to Mud Island hour and a half before low...

A quick video of the Seven Gill shark

by Tibby Flora | Sep 29, 2019 | Port Phillip Bay, Video | 0 Comments

A quick video of the Seven Gill shark under the boat

2019 Sep 28th – West Channel

by Tibby Flora | Sep 29, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay | 0 Comments

Yesterday afternoon session started at Prince George Mark with only few squid that we wanted for fresh bait. They where very slow, but quiet big. Than we went to St Leonards for KGW. Very very slow, so i decided to move at Western Channel and see if there is any...

2019 Sep 27th – Question

by Tibby Flora | Sep 27, 2019 | Fishing Reports, Port Phillip Bay | 0 Comments

I just received this message on the happy fishermans contact form but the email address did not work so i can not contact back: Hi there, Came to St Leonard’s for the weekend to fish from north of Victoria. Going out tomorrow morning... We are rookie fisherman, just...