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Boating
and Fishing
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Launching Ramps
Shaving
Point - 1
lane ramp that is steep with deep water entry
and finger jetty alongside. Car and trailer parking
available - good in most conditions.
Fuel, Ice, Bottled Gas
The
Director Boat Charters-
Ice and Bottled
Gas refills available on the jetty on Shaving Point
Riviera
Nautic - Fuel
and Ice available
on the jetty at the entrance to Chinaman's Creek
Bait, Fishing Equipment and Boat Chandlery
The
Village Boatshop -
Kurnai Ave next to the Hotel - All boating hardware, equipment,
supplies and bait - Good advice on where they are biting
Sailing
Metung
Yacht Club- Clubhouse
is opposite the Metung Marina - Popular classes are International
Cadets, Keelboats and Trailable Yachts, Etchells, Gaffer's as well
as Motor Yachts. The clubhouse is open Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights for meals and welcomes visitor's. Phone the club on
(03) 5156 2315
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Fishing Calendar
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Fish
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Where
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Best
Time
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Recommended
Bait
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East Gipps &
Rivers
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Far East
Gipps
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Bream
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Rivers
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Year
Round
Peak Jun - Oct
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Sandworm, prawn,
crab
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Mitchell River,
Nicholson River, Tambo River
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Wallagaraugh River,
Snowy River
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Bream
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Estuary,
Surf
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Year
Round
Peak Jun - Oct
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Prawn,
bass yabbies, sandworm, shrimp, shell, lure spinning
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Lakes
Entrance, Lake Tyers
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Mallacoota, Bemm
River, Marlo, Gipsy Point
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Flathead
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Estuary,
Ocean
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Nov
-May
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Live
mullet, prawn, whitebait, lure spinning
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Lakes
Entrance (offshore)
Lake Tyers
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Mallacoota, Tamboon
Inlet, Cape Conran, Bemm River, Gipsy Point, Wallagaraugh
River
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Flathead
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Rivers
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Mar -
Sept
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Prawn,
bass yabbies, lure spinning
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As
above
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Flounder
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Estuary
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Dec
-Feb
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Hand
spearing on flats
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Barrier
Landing, Raymond Island, Rigby Island, Wattle Point, Ocean
Grange
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Garfish
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Rivers,
Lakes
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Aug -
May
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Sandworm, dough,
prawn, sand fleas
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Lakes
Entrance, Lake Tyers, Mitchell River, Nowa Nowa
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Mallacoota
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Gummy
Shark
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Ocean,
Surf
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Oct -
April
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Squid,
blue bait, pilchards, octopus
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Lakes
Entrance – Ninety Mile Beach
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Mallacoota, Bemm
River, Cape Conran, Marlo, Tamboon Inlet
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Luderick
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Estuary,
Lakes
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Dec -
June
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Sandworm, bass
yabbies, green weed
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Lakes
Entrance, Lake Tyers
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Marlo,
Mallacoota, Tamboon Inlet
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Mullet
-Yellow Eye
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Rivers,
Lakes
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June -
Jan
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Sandworm, prawn,
pippies
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Mitchell River,
Paynesville, Lakes Entrance
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Bemm
River, Marlo
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Mulloway
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Lakes
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Nov -
Mar
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Live
mullet, tailor fillet, octopus, squid
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Metung
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Gipsy
Point, Mallacoota
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Estuary
Perch
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Estuary,
Rivers
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Feb -
May
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Live
prawn, shrimp, lure spinning
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Bemm
River, Marlo, Wallagaraugh River, Mallacoota
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Prawns
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Lakes,
Estuary
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Nov -
May
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Dip
net, scoop net & light
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Lake
Tyers, Barrier Landing
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Mallacoota, Bemm
River, Tamboon Inlet
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Salmon
-Australian
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Surf,
Ocean
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Year
Round
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Bluebait, whitebait,
pippies, red, bluewhite pippies
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All
Ocean beaches
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All
Ocean beaches
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Snapper
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Lakes,
Ocean
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Jan -
June
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Bluebait, pilchards,
squid
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Lakes
Entrance (offshore)
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Cape
Conran
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Tailor
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Estuary, Lakes,
Rivers
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Nov -
May
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Whitebait, bluebait,
lure spinning
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Tambo
Estuary, Lake King
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Mallacoota, Bemm
River, Gipsy Point, Marlo
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Trevally
-Silver
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Estuary, Lakes
Ocean
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Sept -
May
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Whitebait, prawn,
pippies, squid
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Lake
Tyers, Metung, Lakes Entrance
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Mallacoota, Bemm
River, Marlo
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Trout
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Inland
Rivers
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Sept -
Jun
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Worms,
fly-fishing, lure spinning
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Bemm
River
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Grass
Whiting
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Surf,
Lakes
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Nov -
May
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Sandworm, mussel,
prawn
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Kalimna,
Metung
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King
George Whiting
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Estuary,
Lakes
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Nov -
May
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Sandworm, bass
yabbies, pippies, prawn
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Kalimna,
Metung
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Mallacoota
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