East Gippsland Fishing Report
Gippsland Fishing Report
December 2024
Lakes Entrance
Flathead can be found in the shallows on the run out tide. For trevally try the Footbridge and Kalimna Jetty. For snapper, kingfish and tailor, give from the Footbridge down to Nungurner a go. Over on the surf beaches, salmon are chasing lures. Other species including shark and snapper are being landed.
Lake Tyers
Bream are in the system biting on plastics. Surf beach for snapper and salmon.
Mitchell River
Bream are biting from the river mouth to the Grassy Banks. Trevally are around the bridge taking metal lures. Mullet are heading up river taking sandworm and peeled prawn. The odd flathead can be found at The Cut using fresh bluebait.
Tambo River
Nice sized bream are being caught in the river mouth and into the river biting on local prawn
Nicholson
Good sized bream are around the mouth and the Car Bodies on live prawn and sandworm. Mullet are also around the river mouth taking sandworm and peeled prawn
Metung
Trevally are around using peeled prawn.
Paynesville Hollands Landing
.McMillan Strait and around the town jetties for bream with prawn and No.4 sized hook. There have been sightings of kingfish in the Straits between Raymond Island and Paynesville. Flathead are being caught at the back of Raymond Island, around Newlands Arm and the eastern entrance of Hollands Landing. Try the mouth of Toms Creek for mullet. Whiting are also biting at the back of Raymond Island, best baits being pipis and muscle.
Marlo
Bream and luderick are being caught in the rivers mostly on worm. Salmon and gummy off the surf beaches using metal lures.
Bemm River
The entrance is closed as of publication date. The river is seeing decent numbers of Dusky flathead and bream mainly in the channel and lake biting on soft plastics and local prawn. Off the surf beach for salmon and tailor biting on pilchard, blue bait and poppers
Tamboon Inlet
Salmon and tailor are abundant in the system, Dusky flathead averaging around 55cm are being caught, bream are also in good numbers.
Mallacoota
No report.
Omeo High Country
No report.
Matthew caught the biggest fish
