The weather is playing having havoc at present and there is no shortage of water around the region. Best results are on the surf beaches with some good reports of a variety of sharks being landed.
Lakes Entrance: There is a good variety of fish to be found with garfish, bream, flathead and kingfish in Cunninghame Arm and heading up towards Kalimna Jetty. Surf beaches have salmon and tailor chasing pilchards and poppers. Offshore at Six Mile Reef for snapper, morwong, with gummies closer to the beach.
Lake Tyers: Bream are active in water around one to two metres in depth, while flathead can be found in the main lake, the Glasshouse, and around the islands. Surf beach for tailor and salmon.
Mitchell River: Try the Backwater, Lind Bridge (Wy Yung), the Old Butter Factory towards Shadoof Lodge, Two Bells and the Cut, using worm, prawn, soft shell, mussels, soft plastics and cut crab.
Tambo River: Best spots for bream are from the Cliffs, the Blue Hole heading into the river mouth and Tambo Bay using local prawn, soft plastics, soft shell and drifting prawn.
Nicholson: From the Two Bridges heading toward the Pear Tree, Swimming Hole, onto Thumb Point and into Jones Bay, with the best baits being floating prawn, cut crab, plastics and worm.
Metung: The Boardwalk, the Flats and town jetties for bream taking prawn. Shaving Point has whiting biting on pipis and mussels.
Paynesville: There are still some salmon and tailor about, best results with metal lures. Town jetties and structures have bream on prawn and plastics, while Ocean Grange has gummy shark.
Hollands Landing: Give Toms Creek, Blonde Bay and Storm Point heading down to White Cliffs and Pelican Point a go with plastics and prawn. Surf beaches are landing salmon, tailor and the odd gummy.
Marlo: Salmon are in the channel chasing metal lures, town jetties have bream on prawn, surf beaches for tailor and salmon. Offshore has gummies, flathead and the odd bronze whaler.
Bemm River: In the channel for salmon taking metal lures, bream are also in the channel biting on sandworm and local prawn. Flathead are in the lake, hitting the soft plastics, while salmon are over the beach.
Tamboon Inlet: In the river for bream on cut crab and prawn, the river mouth has flathead with soft plastics, surf beaches are producing salmon, chasing metal lures and pilchards.
Mallacoota: Town jetties have a mixed bag, for bream try the top and bottom lakes, flathead are around Harrisons Channel, and Bastion Point is producing nice yellowfin, bream, tailor and gummies.
Omeo High Country: River conditions should be on the improve after the recent rains, give fly fishing a try with nymphs, large hard bodied lures and worm.
