Snapper season is well and truly underway and the snapper have been firing everywhere across Port Phillip and Westernport. Although this comes as no surprise to our fisheries scientists who undertook modelling that predicted the snapper boom prior to the season commencing. Last year was one of the best snapper seasons recorded for both boat [...]
By Nigel Webster As the winter cold sets in, many Queensland offshore anglers get excited about the prospects of some great reef fishing. Species such as snapper, pearl perch and red emperor are often at the forefront of these thoughts. The cold starts are often worth the exciting fishing and succulent table fare when winter [...]
By Alistair McGlashan When it comes to catching marlin there are four main techniques, the key is to know when which technique works best. The hardest part of marlin fishing is finding them. In the open ocean, riding the currents finding marlin can be akin to locating a needle in a haystack. To make matters [...]
It’s been more than fifty years since carp exploded into our waterways following widespread flooding across the Murray Darling Basin in the 1970’s. With each subsequent flood, they push further upstream, take more territory, increase turbidity, destroy aquatic vegetation, erode riverbanks, displace native fish, and ruin our fishing and camping experience. Despite half a century [...]
In 2024-25, 26 Large RFL Grant applications were received and assessed by the RFL Trust Advisory Committee and recommendations for funding have been made to the Minister, the Hon. Steve Dimopoulos. Applications for the 2025-26 round of the Large Grants program close 28th February 2026 - now is the time to think about how fishing [...]
We have successfully bred tapered and Yalmy galaxias for the first time ever in captivity and West Gippsland galaxias for the first time in the Conservation Hatchery. Larvae of tapered and West Gippsland galaxias are now feeding and growing fast, while the Yalmy galaxias eggs are expected to hatch shortly. We now have several batches [...]
Native breeding season began mid-October 2025 with both Murray cod and trout cod producing quality eggs. There’s a long-held belief that a storm today means a busy time tomorrow collecting nest boxes full of eggs - it may sound superstitious, but this proved true again for us with the first spawning events of the season. [...]
The Victorian Government has committed $96 million as part of its ‘More piers, jetties and opportunities for little anglers’ election policy which includes $15 million to expand the Arcadia and Snobs Creek fish hatcheries. The Arcadia native fish hatchery and Snobs Creek hatchery expansion projects will significantly increase the production capacity of the hatcheries to [...]
The salmonid stocking season is wrapping up and, despite conditions limiting water availability, 360,000 salmonids have been stocked into 115 Victorian waterways since July 1st. Estuarine stockings began in November with Australian bass and estuary perch stocking across the Gippsland region and select waters in the State’s west including Rocklands Reservoir and the Moyne River. [...]
In November, two of our Recreational Fishery Managers, Anthony Forster, and Mark Adams met with representatives from global tackle manufacturer Daiwa, to showcase our work in developing Lake Eildon’s amazing Murray cod fishery. The tour started with the filming of newly hatched Murray cod fry at the Snobs Creek hatchery and, our newly built small-bodied [...]
