Point Henry Beach
Summary for 13 Oct 2026
Bite Compass is showing a medium fish activity bite score on 13 Oct 2026. Wind is around SW at 21 km/h. Solunar feeding windows are listed below.
Feeding Windows
Local Knowledge
Point Henry juts into Corio Bay east of Geelong, beside the kilometre-long former Alcoa pier. The point offers exceptional shelter, letting boats work the deeper channel edges for snapper all year, and anglers fishing from the public shore around the point have long targeted flathead, snapper and whiting, the classic Corio Bay trio. The pier itself and the old smelter land are a different story: the site is being remediated and access to the industrial structures is restricted. It is a shore spot with an empty industrial skyline behind it and very little foot traffic.
Fish from the public beach either side of the point, casting soft plastics or baits onto the sand and mud for flathead. Small baits on a paternoster target whiting over the weed edges, with the old smelter site behind you — a backdrop no postcard has ever used. Pilchard or squid baits cast long at dawn or dusk give a chance at snapper.
Flathead are the most reliable, with whiting and snapper. Flathead 27 cm and 20. King George whiting 27 cm and 20. Snapper 28 cm and 10, no more than 3 of 40 cm or over, kept whole until off the water.
Stay out of fenced, operational or restricted land and off the old pier — fish only from public shoreline. Snapper and whiting stay whole until you are off the water. Port Phillip Bay berley is capped at 10 litres, and in its intertidal zone you may only take marine worms, bass yabbies, squid, octopus and cuttlefish.
Access & Conditions
Point Henry Beach is at the end of Point Henry Road, Moolap, with a car park and a toilet block; it is a low, sheltered beach that kayakers launch from. Expect a walk along the shore to fishable water. It is rarely crowded, which is the one thing Point Henry has over every pier in Geelong.
The point shelters the water from strong westerlies, which is why it fishes when the rest of the bay is blown out. Easterlies and north-easterlies put chop on the eastern side. Dawn and dusk on a rising tide fish best.
Industrial surroundings — obey fences and signs. Soft mud and weed on the shoreline. Wear a lifejacket if wading or fishing from wet rock.
Gear & Rigs
A 7–8 ft 2–4 kg rod, 2500 reel, 8–10 lb braid. 3–4 inch soft plastics on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads for flathead. A paternoster with size 6–4 long-shanks for whiting. A running sinker to 3/0–5/0 hooks with pilchard for snapper.
Seasons
Flathead fish best through the warmer months. Whiting are best from November to April. Snapper are possible year-round in the sheltered channel, best from spring to autumn. Flathead are the dependable workers of the Corio Bay trio: they turn up, they eat, and they never mention the view.
If This Spot's Blown Out
Frequently Asked
No — access to the old industrial structures, including the pier, is restricted. Fish from the public shoreline around the point.
Flathead, whiting and snapper — the classic Corio Bay mix — from the shore, and snapper on the channel edges by boat.
Yes. The point shelters the water from westerlies, so it fishes when they blow out the rest of Corio Bay.