Keilor Village Maribinong River Fishing

[Dean Bassing]

Hello everyone

Just wanted to know if anyone has tried fishing down in keilor village off of Flora Street under the calder freeway.

I went for a run the other day and found a spot directly under the calder freeway bridge which looked nice and succluded to throw in a line.

Me and a friend decided to give it a go lastnight with some worms and corn on a float, but didnt get a thing. Its looks like a promising place with lots of tree cover and very slow flowing water. I also tried a few wriggler grubs with some S Factor but got no bites

Has anyone ever been down there and caught anything? Surely there has to be a few carp or redfin swimming around.

Would love to know if anybody has tried fishing in that part of the river and of they have had any luck.

Thanks

[Boonanza]

There are definately carp and redfin there. I know 30 years ago there were quite a lot of native trout (Trout Galaxias) in the Brimbank park area.

[Dean Bassing]

There are definately carp and redfin there. I know 30 years ago there were quite a lot of native trout (Trout Galaxias) in the Brimbank park area.

Thanks Boonaza, i might head back down there tonight for a few hours and see how we go.

Have you ever caught anything in the little stretch under the bridge?

[Boonanza]

There are definately carp and redfin there. I know 30 years ago there were quite a lot of native trout (Trout Galaxias) in the Brimbank park area.

Thanks Boonaza, i might head back down there tonight for a few hours and see how we go.

Have you ever caught anything in the little stretch under the bridge?

I haven't fish there for at least 30 years but I remember catching redfin and carp bait fishing but further down from the bridge.

[TheNix]

Although I never fished this section of the Maribynong river I have followed the walking tracks in the area and there some nice pools with five minutes walk further back from the bridge toward Brimbank park.

[Robbie1950]

I have fished there, and yes there is definitely carp and redfin. A friend of mine actually caught a trout there around 10 years ago, he couldn't believe his eyes when he pulled it in.

[Dean Bassing]

I just got back from an 2 session down keilor village.

Got 3 small to medium redfin. X2 on plasic wriggle tail grubs (dragonfruit colour) and one on live worms.

Got heaps of bites and lost 1 or 2 off the hook...it was really poping down there tonight...i even saw a few fish breach the surface through the night

I have been down there 2 or 3 times previously and have caught nothing...not even a bite.

Glad to finally land a few.

[Dean Bassing]

Just got back from another session down in keilor.

Caught a fat 37cm Tench, and 2 small redfin on worms in an hour.

This little spot is proving to be pretty damn fun!

[Lightningx]

Not a bad little session.
Nice tench

[Sebb]

Nice tench. How big was the redfin?