Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance – The fishing around Lakes Entrance has been firing up over
the past few days. Trevally are biting on prawn, with anglers also having luck
with small soft plastics or lightly weighted prawn imitations. Off the beach it’s
been all about the salmon, try metal lures, with long casts and a steady
retrieve, especially in the early morning and late afternoons.
Lake Tyers
Lake Tyers – Bream are smashing prawns or lightly weighted rigs, mainly
around structures and drop offs. Flathead are liking neutral soft plastics, and
tailor are chasing pilchards, diving minnows and metal lures.
Mitchell River
From The Cut through to the Port of Bairnsdale, flathead are
showing up in solid numbers and are actively taking local prawns, live
sandworm, and soft plastics. There’s also a healthy showing of bream in the
system, responding well to cut crab and fresh local prawns.
Tambo River
Mulloway have been on the chew between the two bridges,
hitting both lures and blue bait, particularly. Closer to the mouth, bream are
active and feeding on live sandworm, local prawns, and hard body lures.
Nicholson
From the river mouth to the Highway Bridge for bream,
taking live sandworm, soft plastics, local prawns, and blue bait. Drifting the
flats or slow trolling plastics have also had good results.
Metung
For whiting and flathead, try Chinamans Creek, town jetties, and the
boardwalk, using local prawns and pipis. The odd tailor is showing up along the
back beaches chasing metal lures, while bream are taking crabs, mussels and
local prawns.
Paynesville
The jetties are the standout spots at the moment, producing
good-sized bream along with the occasional mulloway with live sandworm
being the preferred bait. Estuary perch are also being caught throughout the
lake system, soft plastics proving the most effective.
Hollands Landing
A mixed bag on offer here, with bream, the odd mulloway,
and flathead all in the system, taking local prawn and live sandworm. Prawn
activity has been strong right through towards Loch Sport, for that try a night
session.
Marlo
Bream and luderick are chasing live sandworm, local prawn and soft
plastics around the Second Island. The Brodribb River has perch on the chew,
taking live sandworm and hard body plastics in the deeper sections. Offshore,
anglers are picking up gummies and flathead, with the main baits being blue
bait and fresh fish fillets.
Bemm River
The entrance is open, with tailor and salmon being landed off the
beach and in the deeper channels. Larger bream are more active in the
mornings, try the channel on soft plastics. Nice sized flathead are also around.
Mallacoota
Squid, flathead, snapper and gummy have all been landed
recently using fresh baits such as squid cubes, and pilchards. Also give jigs a
try. Large schools of Yellowtail Kingfish are also in the system, for baits use
Bridled yakkas or squid.
High Country
Mitta Mitta, Gibbo & Ovens Rivers around Ht Hotham and Omeo
have been producing some nice sized trout chasing hard bodys. With the colder
weather on its way, please check the forecast before venturing out.
Recreational Fishing License
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 the Victorian Fisheries Authority website.
Protect Victoria’s waterways and fisheries for everyone by following the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s Recreational Fishing Guide.
Staff at Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale Visitor Information Centres can provide assistance to create a licence, and provide information.
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