There was a time when Scott Gray religiously chased kings with livebaits but nowadays he prefers hitting the surface with poppers and stickbaits! Pics by Scott Gray & Nick Murrell Each year by about early December the local water temperatures have either reached or exceeded 16°C and schools of kings arrive in the shallow coastal [...]

Basic beach rigs are the simplest of all terminal set-ups: running sinker, paternoster, and un-weighted casting rigs lead the list – but have a good look at these alternatives that Andrew McGovern has been using to great effect. They may just increase your catch! Over the years I have been experimenting with some innovative twin [...]

The North Central Regional Waterway Strategy will provide the framework for government agencies, in partnership with the community and Traditional Owners, to maintain or improve the condition of waterways and wetlands so they can continue to provide environmental, social, cultural and economic values for all Victorians. North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA) are consulting with the community [...]

Glenelg Hopkins CMA is calling on community members to share their thoughts, ideas and hopes for the region’s rivers, wetlands and estuaries as work begins on a new Glenelg Hopkins Regional Waterway Strategy. The new strategy will guide how waterways are cared for over the next decade, and community voices are essential in getting it right. [...]

Mallee Catchment Management Authority are updating the Mallee Waterway Strategy. This strategy is the planning document for how the region’s rivers, creeks, lakes, wetlands and adjoining floodplains will be managed over the next 10 years. To make sure the updated strategy reflects what matters to Mallee residents, the CMA want to hear from you. Your [...]

We’ve previously alerted recreational fishers to the proposed Victoria Energy Terminal project which will see a floating import terminal in Port Phillip around 19 kilometres offshore from Avalon. It’s one to keep an eye on as it progresses, particularly if you go fishing and boating from the Kirk’s Point, Altona, Werribee areas as this project does have [...]

VRFish Executive Officer Anthony McGrath was honoured to present Joan Washington with Pat Washington’s VRFish Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bairnsdale Fly Fishers Club. Upon receiving the award, Joan said Pat was a perfectionist and he gave 100% to everything he did – which is shown in a large collection of trophies Pat received over [...]

For the first time since 2012, the Murray-Darling Basin community was given the opportunity to have its say through the recent Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review public consultation. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review To manage the Murray-Darling Basin, the Australian Government works with five state and territory governments including: Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia [...]

The Victorian Government is investing $1-million from the Better Boating Fund into improving Victorian boating facilities through the 2025-26 Recreational Boating Dredging and Access Program and Recreational Boating Structural Maintenance Program. If you have an idea that would make your local ramp more user friendly or think your local ramp needs to be dredged to make it easier to [...]

The start of winter marks one of the most anticipated fishing open seasons on the freshwater fishing calendar – Murray spiny freshwater crayfish season. On 1 June, recfishers will be searching for the world’s second largest freshwater crayfish across north and north-east Victoria. So, grab your beanies and thermals as this very limited open season [...]