Trellys Fishing Report
Trellys Fishing Report 10th October 2025
It’s hard to believe that in just a few days we will have reached the middle of spring. Soon it will be summer and the Murray cod season we be opened.
For now, the Yellowbelly are really starting to fire across most of the state. It’s an exciting time to go fishing in Victoria at this time of the year.
Lake Eildon:
Lake Eildon has been producing quite a few Yellowbelly and Murray cod lately. Despite the lake being only a little over half full, there is still a lot of water in this giant lake and plenty of room to fish.
I did see a couple of great photos during the week. One of a nice Brown trout and the other a nice Redfin that were both caught in Lake Eildon during the last week.
They were the only trout and redfin that I know of that have been caught there, but Yellowbelly photos have been surfacing quite a lot.
Lake Nillahcootie:
Finally I have heard two reports from Lake Nillahcootie this week. Unfortunately the reports are not great. One report was of no fish being caught. I am not sure which part of the lake that was. The other was of one small Yellowbelly and one carp caught off the bank near the main picnic area.
Fingers crossed I can get over there very soon. I really love fishing Lake Nillahcootie, but I always seem to be busy with other plans on the good days without any wind.
Lake Hume:
Lake Hume continues to fish well for Yellowbelly. Just like last week though, it seems as though anglers using livescope technology are the ones catching fish consistently.
There has been plenty of carp caught off the bank at Lake Hume also, but sadly I have not heard of any redfin being caught for quite some time now.
Lake Dartmouth:
My mate Sandy fished Lake Dartmouth recently. He has fished it a few times over the winter months and has found the fishing to be much slower than usual.
On his most recent trip, Sandy decided to use downriggers and had success trolling Tassie Devil lures at around 10 meters depth.
Here is a link to a video that Sandy filmed recently at Lake Dartmouth for anybody interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPCx_f2gdM
Ovens River:
The fishing has certainly picked up in the Ovens River over the last couple of weeks. The water is still quite cold, but nibbles from hungry fish are becoming more frequent.
Last week I reported on some great Yellowbelly fishing. I had not caught a Yellowbelly in the Ovens River all spring, and then BANG! I caught 3 in one session, and my friend Sonny also caught one.
Since then I have not caught another one. I have been catching quite a few carp though and some of them have been enormous.
Also, I have started catching a few small Murray cod over the last couple of weeks too. This is a great sign that the water temperatures are rising enough for the fish to become active.
The cod have been small, and released without harm.
During the Murray cod spawning season, which is spring time, I refuse to cast lures into the Ovens River. The Ovens River has been proven to be the best spot in the state for natural Murray Cod recruitment. As such it does not require any stocking of cod.
For this reason, I only even fish with known Yellowbelly baits such as worms, and shrimp when available. If I do catch a cod on worms, it is usually small, and feeding because it is hungry, not because it is aggressively protecting it’s eggs.
Campaspe River:
There have been quite a few yellowbelly caught in the Campaspe River this week. In fact, when my report was published on the Trelly’s Facebook page last week there were a few photos and reports of Yellowbelly being caught, including the Campaspe River.
Thank you so much to those who happily shared their reports and photos.
If you would like your photo to be featured in one of these reports, please feel free to share the photo in the comments under the report on Facebook.
You don’t need to tell us your exact spot, but if you can tell us which waterway and what you caught it on that would be fantastic.
Lastly, there is some quite good trout fishing around at the moment. The streams are still flowing well despite the lack of rain. They are flowing well and they are still very cold.
We have not returned to the amazing trout fishing that we experienced a few years ago, but things are certainly better than last year.
