Unlike bygone days when dragging fallen logs out of the river was considered best practice, we now know that habitat restoration, together with riparian zone and riverbank management, is the best course of action to restore, enhance and sustain our recreational trout fishery. The Ovens River is an excellent example of modern habitat restoration.
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The King River, can be divided into two distinct sections, below Lake William Howell, which is a mediocre fishery, and above the lake the river becomes an attractive fastwater running through rugged forested mountains. 4WD access only.
Above Lake Buffalo all the way to at least Catherine River junction, the Buffalo can offer very good fishing for ‘stream sized’ rainbows and browns and sometimes slightly bigger fish.
Lake Catani in its headwaters on top of Mount Buffalo is a small, very pretty lake full of small browns.
There are two significant lakes in the system, the smallish regulating pondage Lake Banimboola and the giant Lake Dartmouth. Both are great backups when the streams in the system are high and discoloured, or during the winter closed season.
Project date: June 2012. During June 2011 Mick Hall spent some quality fishing time at Lake Fyans but was concerned to discover that the barrier gates put in many years ago to prevent trout from escaping into the surrounding channels, were badly rusted, damaged and no...
Livingston Creek whilst a poor fishery in its lower reaches, it can produce good fishing around Omeo and above.
Loombah Weir is located between Tatong and Myrrhee, about 20 minutes south-east of Benalla. With three years of funding provided via the Recreational Fishing Licence Trust, the Australian Trout Foundation (ATF) will be working closely with the VFA and the Arthur Rylah...
Mayfly Rise is a habitat restoration project on the Ovens River at Bright. Both in-stream and stream-side works have been carried out to enhance the fishing prospects: Works included installation of wood and boulder habitat, and planting of native trees, shrubs, and...
Middle Creek is a small appealing and reasonable accessible fast water flowing through a mix of forrest and farmland.
Mitta Tailwater below Lake Dartmouth is a very different fishery to the river above and lake, mostly flowing broadly through farmland flats. Has potential to be an exceptional fishery in the right conditions.