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2nd December, 2021
| Lakes Entrance | Cunningham Arm, Fraser Island and Rigby Island for whiting on the incoming tide, best results using pipis or small pieces of squid legs. Offshore at Six - Mile Reef are landing snapper around the 50kg mark. Try pipeline for jackass and rubber lipped morwong. Decent gummy shark can be found close to the beach. |
| Lake Tyers | At Mill Point and surrounding areas for good size bream and flathead. There are plenty of salmon to be had, fishing is very good all-around this lake system. |
| Mitchell River | The back water for perch, biting on vibes and plastics. Eagle Point heading down to the river mouth for bream on cut crab, prawn and soft plastics. |
| Tambo River | Sardine Flat’s and along Sardine track are landing bream, using drifting prawn, spider crab and soft plastics. Give Marshall’s Flats and The Three Gums a look as well. |
| Nicholson | Try the Strait Six, Car Bodies and The Two bridges for bream, best results on cut crab, spider crab and floating prawn. |
| Metung |
Shavings Point has whiting, taking pipis and worm, the town jetties are producing a good variety of fish including bream. Box’s Creek also has bream using prawn, crab and soft plastics. |
| Paynesville | The Town jetties and The Strait are catching bream, best baits being prawn. There is whiting to be had at Ocean Grange taking pipis, mussels, worm or squid legs. |
| Holland's Landing |
No report due to ongoing weather conditions. |
| Marlo | The rivers are still quite dirty, but the surf beaches are producing salmon and tailor. Offshore are catching flathead, gummy shark and pinky snapper. |
| Bemm River | Bream can be found in the lake channel, best baits are local prawn, soft plastics and hard bodies. |
| Tamboon Inlet | Bream can be found in the lake also at Egan’s Bank and the football ground, reaching sizes between 40 to 50cms, using cut crab, and prawn. Give Peters Rock a go on the incoming tide for tailor. |
| Mallacoota | There are still plenty of flathead in the bottom lake, using prawn or soft plastics. Surf beaches for salmon on pilchards and poppers. |
| Omeo High Country | All rivers are producing good fish and are taking all baits presented to them. |
For the latest information on the current Algae situation and ‘do not eat shellfish’ advisory, please refer to the DEWLP Water website: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/blue-green-algae and the DEWLP Customer Service Centre on 136186.
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