The Bemm River Fishing Report
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Fishing Report : Sunday, 7
March 2010
(The Channel remains closed)
Estuary/River
The fishing has been a variable with some anglers doing well while others struggle. A Melbourne based angling club here for the long weekend had mixed results. A few of them caught their bag around the edge of the lake while others struggled. The catch was mainly bream with a few tailor and estuary perch. The bait of choice seemed to be fresh dead prawn with sandworm not working as well nor the live prawn. Fishing in the Channel was probably not as productive as fishing in the Inlet around the edge. Several days ago two Don’s each caught a magnificent bream of 1.288 and 1.291 kg respectively within 400 meters of each other, one on a plastic and the other on a live prawn. They both are members of the Bemm River Angling Club and see the full story in the next Newsletter. If you are not a member and regularly read this report, why not join. Go to the Club Events page and download an application and pay the $15.00 and then be eligible for tor our New Easter Bream Competition. In the channel, the large yellow fin bream which came in when the Entrance was opened are only about in small numbers and appear all over the Lake. In the lake, the bream are being caught on bait, vibes and plastics. Catches of 1-10 bream per day are typical for each fisherman at present. The luderick are quiet as there is no local sandworm available. The small bream do not appear to be a nuisance at present perhaps because prawn and lures are being used. There have been tailor caught in the channel trolling lures. Fishing vibes seems to be not as effective as using plastics. The Flathead are relatively quiet although I saw two weighed in today. There are no reports of Salmon in the Channel. The prawn are about in good numbers at night.
Beaches
The beach fishermen appear to be catching good silver trevally at present at the 1st and 2nd turn offs on the back road and at Pearl Point. One group caught 13 on pilchards at the first turn off. They also caught 6 salmon to 5 lbs on poppers. Another group at the 2nd turn off caught 3 trevally on poppers. A local angler has have been going regularly throwing metal lures at the first turn off where there is a great hole but has had no luck in the past two trips. Another angler has been using a popper and bait with good success. If you walk between Gunnai Beach and Pearl Pt there are some delightful gutters about halfway if you're wanting some exercise as well as throwing a few lures around. Some huge Taylor have been caught with the salmon using a wire trace and white bait.
A few
gummy shark have been caught on the beaches on the moon.
Offshore there seem to be plenty of flathead being caught by launching from Cape Conran and a few gummy shark.
There are still some access issues with the beaches rough weather
a few months ago. They have significant drops down to the beach making them hard
to get down to - use caution. Check with locals before venturing out or
alternatively give Parks Victoria a ring in Orbost. Latest photos can be seen
on the Beaches page.
Before you decide on where to fish have a look from a high point
for gutters along the beach edges - these will more often than not contain
schools of foraging fish. All you need to do is cast into one of these gutters,
preferably on an incoming tide, and hang on!!
Remember wherever your fishing - don't leave rubbish lying around,
bring it home with you. We need to protect our environment - if we don't who
will!
Finally, only keep what you need. We need to preserve our fish
stocks so catch and release where possible. Log onto the Fishcare website for more information on
catch and release rulers and techniques.
Check with your local advisor upon arrival in town to make sure that these reports are up to date. We will attempt to update this site as often as possible. If you have any feed back please contact us and we will be happy to post your stories, adventures and photos on this site.
Changes have occurred in the fishing regulations effective from 2 March 2009. The main effects on Bemm River are :
Bream (all species) : Minimum Legal Size 28 cm and Bag /Possession Limit :10
Dusky Flathead : Minimum Legal Size 27 cm and Bag /Possession limit : 5 ( no more than 1 fish may equal or exceed 60 cm in length)
Estuary Perch : Minimum Legal Size : 27 cm and Bag/Possession Limit : 5 ( of which no more than 2 can be Australian Bass
Luderick Minimum Legal Size 23 cm and Bag /Possession Limit :10
Taylor : Minimum Legal Size 23 cm and Bag /Possession limit :20
Prawns : No Minimum Legal Size and Bag /Possession limit :30 litres of whole prawns or 5 litres of meat.
A couple of
beautiful fish caught in the channel on lures. Both were returned to the water
tagged.
