Trellys Fishing Report February 6, 2026
Trellys Fishing Report 6th Februrary 2026
Will it ever rain again? This dry spell continues to drag on and it is impacting my fishing adventures. Some of my yabbying dams are dry, the rest are very low. Some of my favourite fishing spots are dry, it’s horrible.
BUT… The good news is that it most definitely will rain again. The lakes will fill and overflow, the rivers will flood, fish will spawn and the cycle of Aussie weather that has been occurring for thousands of years will continue.
While many of my favourite fishing places are dry or very low, there are still a lot of fishing options around.
Murray River
Due to the Murray rivers wide banks and highly modified flow, the water does not get that really dark tannin stain that many other waterways get. (The Ovens River is almost black in Wangaratta at the moment) The Murray has a healthy flow and has been fishing quite well in many areas.
There have been some nice Murray cod and trout cod caught upstream of Lake Mulwala in the Upper Murray.
Around Albury there have been Murray cod and Yellowbelly caught not far downstream of Lake Hume.
Downstream around Mildura there have been a lot of carp caught, with quite a few Yellowbelly turning up as well. One of my favourite YouTube channels, simply called “Aussies” has been catching a lot of fish recently. Here is his most recent fishing video where he and his wife braved the heat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_NNz-OHPbU
Broken Creek
I fished Broken Creek at the start of the recent heatwave. I fished with my mate Sonny. We fished at Katamatite before moving downstream closer to Nathalia.
At Katamatite we caught 1 carp between us, and a few shrimp in the shrimp net.
Upstream of Nathalia we caught heaps of carp. It was carp central.
I was using a vintage fishing rod and reel from the 1970’s and was having so much fun reeling fish in with it.
All of our carp were caught on worms. Sadly we did not see any Yellowbelly.
The amount of shrimp in Broken Creek at the moment is incredible. There were so many in the shrimp net. After just 1 hour I had already caught around 40 shrimp.
Goulburn River
Fishing reports seem to be a bit infrequent along the Goulburn River at the moment although I did see a fantastic photo of a Murray cod caught by Nick Thompson.
I am unsure of exactly where Nick caught his big cod, but going by the steep high banks I assume it was somewhere in the Murchison – Shepparton area.
Well done Nick, what a ripper!
Lake Nillahcootie
I have heard 3 good reports from Lake Nillahcootie this week. I have not heard a lot from there lately and then all of a sudden 3 different people have told me that they have been catching heaps of Yellowbelly over there.
In all reports, the fish were caught on bait with small yabbies, live shrimp and worms accounting for most fish.
Also in all reports, most of the fish were undersized and released, but there were a few nice sized Yellowbelly in the mix.
These reports have been both boat and land based.
Lake Eildon
Lake Eildon seems to be a very consistent Murray cod fishery. Fishing photos and reports seem to just trickle in at a steady rate all year round.
This week Dean De Rooden did really well, reporting that he caught 5 Murray cod in one morning up to 55cm. Deans cod were all caught on a red and black Stumpjumper lure just trolling around the edges.
I have to say that it is actually refreshing to see a fishing report from Lake Eildon that isn’t of a 120cm Murray cod that was caught under a live scope fish finder.
I am not knocking livescopes, but it is just great to see that Murray cod can be caught in Lake Hume the old fashioned way, the exact same way that I like to fish.
Yabbying
I have been doing a bit of yabbying lately. It has been very tough going with many of my favourite dams either completely dry, or very low.
Where I have found suitable conditions, I have caught yabbies.
If you have access to a yabbying dam that still has enough water in it, now is the time to go yabbying. Once weather starts to cool down the yabbies tend to slow down pretty quickly.