Trellys Fishing Report 10th July 2026

Trellys Fishing Report 10th July 2026

Last week's rain has put the brakes on my local fishing adventures, with the rivers currently in moderate and major flood. I still managed to go fishing; I just had to travel further to Broken Creek and Lake Hume. More on that in the report below.

For those of us who are flooded out of our favourite fishing spots, rest assured that this is short-term pain for long-term gain. These floods are fantastic for our waterways and fisheries.

Murray River

I drove over the Murray River at Howlong and at Corowa yesterday. The water is very dirty, but not too high. It definitely is not too high to go fishing or crayfishing.

In fact, a friend of mine has been crayfishing in that area this week and said that he has experienced the best crayfishing that he can remember.

People have been asking me what the Murray River is like downstream of Lake Mulwala. I have not been down there, but with the Murray River at Corowa being dirty, and the Ovens River feeding it more dirty water at Bundalong, it is hard to imagine that the water would be overly clear—but I could be wrong.

Goulburn River

Brenton Clarke shared a fantastic crayfishing video that he filmed on the Goulburn River at Nagambie. He caught quite a few crayfish, including some absolute monsters. Brenton caught his crayfish in 10 meters of water.

The water was very dirty, which is no surprise as the Goulburn River was at minor flood level at Seymour just last week.

Brenton’s awesome video can be found here:

Lake Eildon

As always, there has been a steady stream of giant Murray cod caught at Lake Eildon this week.

But what is different this week is that I saw a photo of a couple of lovely Yellowbelly caught at Lake Eildon on black Gulp soft plastics by Rod Grotaers. Well done, Rod.

Pykes Creek Reservoir

Jack Hughes caught a massive brown trout at Pykes Creek Reservoir on a Daiwa Silver Creek minnow during the week. WOW! What a magnificent fish. Well done, Jack.

Lake Hume

I fished at Lake Hume with my friend Sonny earlier this week. We fished for around 3.5 hours. The fishing was slow, as expected, but we did manage to catch a couple of carp. We were just angling off the bank with worms.

We actually had quite a few bites during the afternoon—more than expected—but we struggled to hook them. We also saw small redfin chasing minnows around in the shallows, which is very encouraging.

The lake has doubled from 20% capacity to 40% capacity in recent weeks. It is quite incredible how quickly it has risen. The spot where I parked my car and fished only 6 weeks ago is roughly 300 meters from the current shoreline and probably 10 feet deep.

With all the fresh water and flooded grasses, there are fish feeding in the shallows right now. I suspect that many of our nibbles were from small redfin.

Broken Creek

I travelled over to Katamatite to fish Boosey Creek and Broken Creek during the week. I fished at Dip Bridge on the Broken Creek and at the junction of the two creeks.

The creek is flowing at about the same level that it flows in summer, except it is being fed differently. Broken Creek is usually fed via an off-take in the Yarrawonga channel. So basically, it is usually dry upstream of Katamatite and fed at Katamatite with Murray River water. Now it is being fed naturally with dirty floodwater flowing down Boosey Creek, so the water is very dirty.

I was hoping the fresh flush might trigger the Yellowbelly to bite, but it wasn’t to be. I did catch one carp and lost two others, and that was it.

Worth noting is that there was a lot of water in the Boosey Creek at Tungamah. I stopped there on the way down and the weir was full and overflowing. I have a feeling that I may have been fishing ahead of the flush, so the water may be higher and flowing faster in that area now than when I was there.