Fishing Victoria Forum

Hit Don Lake in Healesville this morning for a couple of hours. It was stocked with 400 trout a couple of weeks ago. After a couple of hours all I had to show for it was two lost tassie devils and zero fish. Only fish I saw for the morning was one a cormorant grabbed, looked like a nice pan size.
But have to say the lake is in a great setting and even with no fish it was not a bad way to spend the morning.
Has anyone else ever tried their luck there?

Same thing 3 of us spent hours ther but only thing that caught somthing was a cormorant

mmm it is a stocked lake, so in theory the fish are there just have to work out the secret to catching them.....guess that is part of the fun.
Hoping to make a trip back there over the cup weekend, lures and bait this time. Will let you know if we have any luck at all.

Is it possible to cast a full fly line there?

Yes it should be easy enough. Most of the lake has good clear shore line.
Not something i have tried in well over 20 years, but maybe it is the trick to catching them there.

Im going back ther today.. see how we go

excellent will watch for an update. I'm hoping that I can get a leave pass to get back there Sunday, so any updates or tips will be appreciated

I was there Monday just gone.

Flicking lures as I walked around the lake I managed to catch a mini redfin and dropped another 2.

There was a pelican going nuts but he came up fishless from what I saw.

Hi Bradp what sort of lures were you throwing round?

I was using spinners.

I went back today and caught 10 Redfin. 7 on bait and 3 on the spinner.

They were all tiny, under 10cm except 1 that was about 35.