FISHING REPORT for October 2025:
Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance is the perfect spot for a relaxing day on the water with plenty of action. On a low tide, target shallow sandbanks for the best chance at landing big flathead. If you're after bream, head to sheltered areas with deep banks, away from strong currents, using pipis or sandworms as bait. Bullock Island is also producing well, with reports of good catches of both sand crabs and flathead. Offshore for flathead.
Lake Tyers
Perch and flathead are up around Toorloo Arm. Water condition is nice and clear,with temperatures slowly increasing. Bream,mullet and trevally are biting on Hurricane lures and vibes.
Mitchell River
Nice sized bream are being landed using prawn and sandworm. The fishing is on fire! Bream are coming from the Silt Jetties biting on live sandworm and local peeled shrimp.
Tambo River
Fishing from the Highway Bridge to the river mouth is a productive area, using mussel, sandworm, and prawn.
Nicholson
The river is relatively quiet, but you can still find bream around the river mouth, taking live sandworm.
Metung
Salmon are active off the Boardwalk, chasing metal lures.
Marlo
Bream are hanging around the jetties and canals, hitting local sandworm, peeled local prawns, and shrimp.
Paynesville / Holland’s Landing
The jetties and structures for bream on live peeled prawn, over at Raymond Island, whiting are on the bite, taking pipis and mussels.
Bemm River
The mouth is producing good fish, with locals having success on prawns and plastics. In the channel, salmon are taking metal lures.
Mallacoota
The Vic Bream Classic was on again with some nice sized bream being caught and released. Others took to the mouth for some salmon fishing, with their bream gear in tow, they found themselves in for a surprise as the salmon put their lighter tackle to the test, after some good battles, nice sized salmon were landed.
High Country
Across the High Country, anglers are seeing great results with worms and paddle-tail soft plastics. These baits are proving effective in both rivers and lakes, attracting a variety of species.
LICENCE
Ensure you have a current fishing licence. A Recreational Fishing Licence is required when fishing in Victoria between the ages of 18-70 years (exemptions apply). you can buy a licence by visiting vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/fishing licence or popping into your local information centres. *Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale Visitor Information Centres are agents for issuing Recreational Fishing Licenses.*
Bairnsdale Camping & Outdoors has frozen and cured bait.
THIS FISHING REPORT IS compiled and transmitted by East Gippsland Visitor Information Centres. For information for your holiday, conference or event, contact them on 1800 637 060 or at visitorservices@egipps.vic.gov.au
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