Belgrave Lake and Surrounding Streams
Belgrave Lake and Surrounding Streams
Iv seen heaps of videos and posts online about the streams and rivers around Belgrave. A lot of the videos and posts are from a while ago so I'm just wondering what that system is like to fish recently? Does anyone know if the streams and rivers around Belgrave have a self sustaining trout population? or can you only catch trout when the fisheries stock the lake?
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Re: Belgrave Lake and Surrounding Streams
I'd imagine trout are quite happy breeding in those little streams, it's not much different to the trout streams in the dividing range. I doubt they'd ever get to any great size though.
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Belgrave Lake and Surrounding Streams
I'd imagine so as well.
Not after stonker sized trout, just would like somewhere close to Melbourne that I could flick a few lures around.
Cheers
Not after stonker sized trout, just would like somewhere close to Melbourne that I could flick a few lures around.
Cheers
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Re: Belgrave Lake and Surrounding Streams
Does Belgrave lake get stocked?
But yes. All the little streams throughout the majority of the Dandenongs hold a self sustaining population of small browns.
Here's an ancient video shot not too far from where you're talking about. Probably the last time I took a gopro fishing.
https://youtu.be/D22yozkKMto
Took my young fella back to this same area last year and pulled a stonker for the area. Mid 30's. Most fish I'd caught there were in the low 20's.
Recommend the strike pro baby archback and smelta in that area. You want a really small profile. The pools aren't much deeper than 40cm and the runs are very shallow.
But yes. All the little streams throughout the majority of the Dandenongs hold a self sustaining population of small browns.
Here's an ancient video shot not too far from where you're talking about. Probably the last time I took a gopro fishing.
https://youtu.be/D22yozkKMto
Took my young fella back to this same area last year and pulled a stonker for the area. Mid 30's. Most fish I'd caught there were in the low 20's.
Recommend the strike pro baby archback and smelta in that area. You want a really small profile. The pools aren't much deeper than 40cm and the runs are very shallow.