A constantly changing fishery

The Gippsland Lakes is a constantly changing fishery. It continues to improve and has become known for the biggest bream in the country, drawing many anglers to the region.

LAKES ENTANCE

King George whiting are staple in our lakes these days, with all the weed beds from Lakes Entrance to Paynesville producing good numbers of whiting.

Traditional bait fishing techniques work best, with baits such as pipi and muscle always being a deadly approach.

As the whiting have been so thick lately, I’ve had good fun throwing small soft plastics at them, such as Gulp Crabbys and Worms. These small bite size plastics have been hard for the whiting to pass up.

The big key to success is finding a jighead with the right size hook for whiting, as typically the hook is a bit too big making it hard for hook ups.

Tailor have been crazy through the lakes. They are commonly seen blowing up on the surface smashing the local bait fish to pieces. This has made for some amazing fishing, throwing small surface lures at these massive packs of tailor has been great fun but expensive! Short wire traces or heavy fluorocarbon is recommended, or you’ll find yourself emptying your wallet pretty quickly with these sharp toothed hunters.

LAKE TYERS

The lakes continue to impress over recent times, and Lake Tyres has really turned it on with the bream fishing being some of the best I’ve ever seen. The many flats through the lower lake has been covered in tailing and feeding bream, commonly they have been up so shallow I’ve found myself jumping out of the boat and walking in ankle deep water casting at them. This top water