Werribee River Fishing location guide
Werribee River
Fising the Werribee River offers anglers a range of species from freshwater to salt. Upstream you can catch Murray Cod in the Melton Reservoir or downstream to the mouth for Bream and other estuary species.
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Werribee River
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To date 5 fishing reports have been recorded in the Getfished database for the Werribee River.
The rivers length is 110 km from the source through to the estuary and into the Port Phillip Bay .
The most frequently caughts species recorded are:
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Fishing Werribee River has increasingly become a better option in recent years.
The efforts by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to stock the river with species like Estuary Perch are very welcome.
The river starts its life near the townships of Ballan and Bachus Marsh. Mostly as small pools linked by what is a small creek.
The river itself flows through into the Melton area. There’s where Melton Reservoir fishing for Redfin has become a popular spot. Landbased and especially kayak.
As the river flows out of the reservoir towards the sea it begins to widen to a much larger degree. By the time it makes it to the Werribee Open Planes Zoo and the golf course where it becomes increasingly more brackish before meeting the sea at Werribee South.
To be clear – above the Werribee Weir the water is fresh, below that it gradually becomes saltier.
Bream range from the river mouth all the way up to the Golf Course.
Werribee River fishing opportunities, therefore, include the Melton Reservoir and below for Redfin and Carp. The brackish zones where kayak fishing is awesome.
Then on into the Werribee River Estuary at Werribee South where you can fish the Werribee South Pier, Werribee South Beach and out to Port Phillip Bay from the Werribee Boat Ramp.
The amount of flow in the river is controlled by the Melton Reservoir and the Werribee River. Both of these reduce or increase the amount of flow which in turn affects the depth of the river.