Recreational fishers will be able to fish for Murray cod all year in Victoria’s west with the three-month closed season to be removed from the Wimmera and Millicent basins, except the Wimmera River. Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) CEO Travis Dowling said extensive consultation has shown strong support from recreational fishers to remove the closed season [...]
The Andrews Labor Government has reached its target of stocking 8 million fish in Victoria’s iconic rivers and lakes over the past 12 months, bolstering fishing opportunities for the future. The record stocking was an exciting achievement and included landmark stocking events such as the Victorian-first release of dusky flathead fingerlings and increased efforts to [...]
FASTER FISHING FOR REELTIME 13 APRIL 2021 — For Matt Cini’s Victorian-based Reel Time Fishing Charters, COVID has been good news for him and bad news for fish. “We had a pause when people couldn’t go outdoors, but around the middle of October when we reopened our doors it was just chaos,” Matt said. “We’re struggling [...]
Community consultation has begun on plans to improve on-water access to the Maribyrnong River by building the river’s first public recreational boat ramp at Ascot Vale. The $1.6 million project is part of the Andrew Labor Government’s unprecedented investment to improve boating in Victoria, complementing the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s (VFA) Maribyrnong River Native Fish Revival [...]
Andrew McGovern shares his tips for chasing winter bream in and along the edges of various features and waterways. The author with a cracking black bream of 1.32kgs I have been fascinated with the idea of catching bream through the coldest months of the year ever since I read an article several decades [...]
Retrofitting lures with new trebles and split rings is something that all anglers will do at some stage. Stephen Booth shares the secrets to doing so successfully. These days, there are myriad quality products on tackle store shelves for retrofitting lures, meaning there are no excuses for simply putting ‘whatever-hook-you-have’ on your lures. From the [...]
Want to learn more about fishing in your local waterway? Then jump onto our fishing workshops webpage at https://bit.ly/3oKUv8J and save it as a favourite. The page has a list of our FREE Kids Fishing Workshops scheduled over the coming months and is updated regularly! So keep an eye on the webpage for a location near you and [...]
Calling all teachers and parents! Our popular FREE schools program is back for 2021. The program is available for all NSW students, both primary and secondary, and teaches the basics of sustainable recreational fishing, fish handling, safety around our waterways and also involves a practical fishing lesson! For more information and to join this program [...]
From time to time the NSW Game Fish Tagging Program is lucky enough to receive details of recaptures that come from remote regions of the Pacific Ocean. Recently, a game fish recapture form was submitted by a researcher from the Japanese Fisheries Research Institute. The fisheries researcher had received a tag from a skipper of [...]
