Thursday 6th April 2023
Lakes Entrance
The odd garfish are around Kalimna Jetty and the North Arm, try Bullock Island for whiting, pinkies, kingfish and trevally. Offshore at Six Mile Reef & The Pipeline for pinkies or closer to the beach for a mixed bag. Surf beaches for salmon and tailor.
Lake Tyers
For bream try the main lake, around the islands, up around Nowa Nowa and into the Devil’s Hole. The shallow banks are best for flathead. Surf beach for salmon.
Mitchell River
Bass can be found on the usual baits, garfish are active behind the Post Office, heading down towards the river mouth and into Eagle Point Bay.
Tambo River
Some bream can be found around the river mouth with sandworm. Salt Creek and into Swan Bay is also worth a look.
Nicholson
Bream, tailor and the odd perch are around The Cliff’s, Car Bodies, the river mouth and into Jones’s Bay, preferred bait being soft shell prawn, drifting prawn and soft plastics.
Metung
The hotel jetty has bream, Shaving Point for flathead biting on soft plastics, prawn and drifting prawn.
Paynesville
Kingfish, tailor and bream can be found around The Strait’s and town jetties.
Holland's Landing
Secombe’s Landing for whiting. Bream, flathead and mullet are at Holland’s Landing, the town jetties, Pelican Point and into Bull Bay.
Marlo
Marlo is again fishing well landing bream, salmon, and tailor, try the shallows for flathead. Surf beaches are also having good results, offshore for a mixed bag.
Bemm River
Bream and flathead are in the lake. Surf beaches are landing nice sized salmon and tailor using pilchards and poppers.
Tamboon Inlet
Pelican Point and Eagan’s Bank has flathead, Tamboon South for trevally on blue bait and pilchards. Surf beaches for salmon taking lures and baits.
Mallacoota
Top and bottom lakes have tailor, mulloway, bream and flathead.
Omeo High Country
The high country is still producing good sized trout in all the rivers, chasing metal wobblers and spinners, floating earthworm. Give fly patents a try as well.
For the latest information on the current Algae situation and ‘do not eat shellfish’ advisory, please refer to the DEECA Water website: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-andcatchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algae and the DEECA Customer Service Centre on 136186. Compiled and transmitted by East Gippsland Visitor Information Centres.
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