Fishing Victoria Forum

Just noticed on google maps there is quite a large flooded quarry in harkaway, google shows up no results for fishing and was just wondering if anyone has ever been there?

There are signs that say "fishing from banks only" not sure if kayaks are excluded

Yes, there's lots of good information on here already but a quick breakdown. Redfin will eat anything but I find hot pink tassie devils and small spinners work the best. You will get a bunch of tiny fish 20cm ish but if you persist the bigger ones are in there. Apparently there is carp but I haven'...

Transportation of live fish is not in the recreational fishing guide as it does not relate to recreational fishing. Recreational fishermen must dispatch (kill) of their catch as fast as possible, to catch and transport live fish you will have to look at areas of the noxious species and live animal ...

If it's not private property (or you have permission) then there is nothing illegal about it Dip net A dip net consists of an open-faced net with a width and depth not exceeding 90cm, attached to a handle. A maximum of one dip net may be used to take a variety of fish or invertebrate species, with ...

raco09 wrote:Were you wanting the fish for bait, or to put in a fish tank??

Outside pond... Im guessing illegal now that i think of it...

I was looking into a runoff ditch (is that what its called?) in between 2 fields at a dead end with no to little traffic on it and there was a clearing in the heavy reads next to the road and it was filled with minnows (I think). I was wondering if i could attach a 20 centimeter wide aquarium net to...

Bradshaw810 wrote:There may be kayak acsess soon apperntly. They haven't finished building everything yet still walking tracks a peir, and a bridge and whatever else there planning

ahh, so at least we will have access later on.

Bradshaw810 wrote:The spike strips are there so u can exit at night but can't enter and as far as I know not allowed kayaks yet.

i could understand jetskis and stuff but kayaks? cmon!??! so you cant even paddle around for sport?

i went there on Saturday 22nd December at about 6:00pm. there was a strip of weed 5 meters wide and 20 meters from the shore stretching for the whole area that you can legally fish (the area near the jetty) at the northern tip of the jetty the weed was 30 centimeters from it. you couldnt even cast a...