State Forecasts
Saltwater and freshwater fishing across Victoria
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Bass Coast covers a broad mix of shore, surf, rock, river and estuary fishing rather than one single access point. Anderson Inlet can be reached …
Possible bite intensity is 38%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 12 C
Pressure 1025 hPa
Sunrise 7:35am
Sunset 5:04pm
Updated 23 Jun 5:22pm
Solunar, tide, and weather forecasts for the Bellarine region are generalised because the region encompasses such a wide area. You should look at …
Possible bite intensity is 39%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 13.5 C
Pressure 1026 hPa
Sunrise 7:37am
Sunset 5:08pm
Updated 23 Jun 4:59pm
Geelong is a Corio Bay fishing area with strong land-based, kayak and boat access close to town. Boat fishers can launch from St Helens, which has …
Possible bite intensity is 39%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 13 C
Pressure 1025 hPa
Water 13.1 C
Sunrise 7:39am
Sunset 5:09pm
Updated 23 Jun 5:00pm
Lake Mulwala sits on the Yarrawonga and Mulwala border and is a large, timber-filled Murray River impoundment. It is about 20km long, with many public …
Possible bite intensity is 38%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 9.3 C
Pressure 1013 hPa
Sunrise 7:26am
Sunset 5:09pm
Updated 23 Jun 5:01pm
Lake Nagambie is a shallow, 170-hectare manmade lake connected with the Goulburn River system, about 90 minutes from Melbourne and around 40 minutes …
Possible bite intensity is 38%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 9.2 C
Pressure 1012 hPa
Sunrise 7:32am
Sunset 5:10pm
Updated 23 Jun 5:22pm
Melbourne reports tend to split between bay-based species such as snapper, flathead and whiting, and freshwater or estuary reports from rivers, lakes …
Possible bite intensity is 38%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 12.3 C
Pressure 1025 hPa
Sunrise 7:35am
Sunset 5:08pm
Updated 23 Jun 5:01pm
Mornington Peninsula covers a broad stretch of Victorian marine fishing water between Port Phillip Bay, Western Port and the ocean beaches, with both …
Possible bite intensity is 38%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Air 12.4 C
Pressure 1016 hPa
Sunrise 7:36am
Sunset 5:06pm
Updated 23 Jun 5:15pm
Fishing Report Trends
A wide spread of species appears across VIC reports, led by Murray Cod, Redfin and Yellowbelly.
State-level reports can cover very different waters, so this should be read as a broad reporting snapshot.
Based on statewide Getfished fishing report species data.
Fishing Report Analysis Methodology
Getfished's fishing report analysis uses, where available, historical fishing reports and recent catch reports drawn from an underlying database covering more than a decade of fishing activity.
Share of the displayed top 5 species mentions.
Bait and Lures
Best read as reported trends, not rigid rankings.
There's a fair spread in this area, but worms, yabbies and hard body lures get mentioned more than most.
Worms
1905
Yabbies
1488
Hard body lures
660
Squid
537
Corn
516
Worth staying flexible, because the reports are not all pointing one way.
Built from all-time reported bait mentions: 6866 mentions across 109 distinct bait entries.
Plenty of different lures show up here, though red and black stumpjumper lure, skirts and soft plastics still turn up regularly.
Red and black stumpjumper lure
440
Skirts
354
Soft plastics
353
Green predator lure
352
Lures
268
Worth staying flexible, because the reports are not all pointing one way.
Built from all-time reported lures mentions: 2725 mentions across 827 distinct lures entries.
Seasonal Species
Based on historical report mentions for Winter across this state.
Seasonal report strength across the shortlisted species.
Murray Cod
200
Redfin
167
King George Whiting
134
Rainbow Trout
128
200 winter report mentions.
167 winter report mentions.
134 winter report mentions.
128 winter report mentions.
Fishing report summaries are derived from Getfished’s structured fishing report database system. More information on this on how we collect and structure fishing report data can be found on our Fishing reports information.
Forecasts are based on the Getfished Meteorological and Solunar Forecasting System, which combines data from the BOM, and other sources. Our custom software systems use these inputs to establish solunar, tides and other forecasts for fishing conditions.
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