Ovens River Fishing location guide
Ovens River
Fishing the Ovens River for Murray Cod is often overlooked but can be extremely rewarding - as so many of our fishing reports show. Not just Murray Cod, but Yellowbelly and Carp too.
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Ovens River
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To date 261 fishing reports have been recorded in the Getfished database for the Ovens River.
The rivers length is 191 km from the source and into the Murray River .
The most frequently caughts species recorded are:
Blackfish, Brown Trout, Carp, Murray Cod, Rainbow Trout.
The Ovens River flows through the town of Wangaratta and meets the [Murray River] near Lake Mulwala.
Popular target fishin include Murray Cod and Yellowbelly. Other species caught by anglers include European Carp and Redfin.
Parts of the Ovens are navigable, though in the upper reaches this is mainly using a Kayak.
A surprising amount of fishing occurs around the Wangarratta and Ovens River area. With Murray Cod and European Carp reports the most common.
The river is all to often overlooked for fishing, standing in the shadow of the Murray, but is well worth dropping a line if you can.