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Bemm River - East Gippsland
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| 22-23 November 2003, Ron Matthews |
| Location: |
Sydenham Inlet |
Time: |
6am-5pm |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Bream |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms |
| Fish Caught: |
35 x bream @ 25cm-37cm
10 x luderick @ 28cm-35cm |
| Comments: |
Best fishing I have had for some time, bream throughout the inlet. Luderick taking worm on the bottom on 2-O hooks. |
| 1 August 2003, Paul Beekman |
| Location: |
Bemm River |
Time: |
10am |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Luderick |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Green weed |
| Fish Caught: |
None, see comment below. |
| Comments: |
I fish for luderick almost exclusively when I'm in East Gippsland. And I'm disgusted that people still persist in calling them "niggers". This is racist and completely unacceptable. Let's use the correct (aboriginal) name of Luderick please! |
| 20-23 July 2003, Tim |
| Location: |
Bemm River |
Time: |
6am-5pm |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Bream, perch, luderick |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Sandworm, prawn, plastics |
| Fish Caught: |
19 x bream @ 29cm-57cm
5 x niggers @ 27cm-36cm
1 x pearch @ 35cm
2 x tailor @ 27cm-29cm |
| Comments: |
Fished mainly in the lake close to the shore and up the river. Caught my pb bream at 4lb 7oz and plenty of bream at around 2lb 6oz, beautiful 3 days of fishing. |
| 14-17July 2003, Ron Matthews |
| Location: |
Sydenham Inlet |
Time: |
8am-5pm |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Bream |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms |
| Fish Caught: |
15 x bream @ 32cm-43cm |
| Comments: |
Slow fishing but all quality fish, 3LB 2oz largest weighed in by Phillip Groves at Cosy Nook Bait & Tackle. My son Warwick's fish went 2lb 2oz.
See Gallery section for photo. |
| 25-26 April 2003, Graham 'Boss' Simester |
| Location: |
Bemm River, Tamboon Inlet |
Time: |
6am Friday -
5pm Saturday |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
All fish within the estuary system |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Sandworm, prawn, freshwater yabbies |
| Fish Caught: |
99 x bream @ 26cm and upwards. Few to 33cm.
12 x mullet @ heaviest 450 grams
2 x garfish @ heaviest 220 grams
1 x tailor @ legal size
17 x luderick @ heaviest 670 grams |
| Comments: |
Keysborough Angling Club had 22 seniors and 4 kids fish Bemm River for a 2 day competition on Anzac Day and the Saturday. Although afternoons were extremely windy, weather was good. Total weight of fish was 47.580kg. Heaviest bream weighed 870 grams. |
| 18-21 April 2003, Stuart Orr |
| Location: |
Bemm River, Tamboon Inlet |
Time: |
Day/night |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Surf |
| Target Fish: |
Salmon, tailor, flathead, pinkies, trevally |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Sandworm, pilchard, prawn |
| Fish Caught: |
20 x salmon @ 30cm-50cm
5 x pinkie salmon @ 20cm
5 x flatties @ 20cm-35cm
4 x tailor @ 20cm-35cm
10 x trevally @ 30cm-40cm |
| Comments: |
John Meng, Ray (IRA), Stuart and Greg Orr fished Bemm and Tamboon Easter weekend. Unbelievable surf action, lake quiet, tailor fun on lures, best weekend ever. |
| Christmas & New Year Period 2002-2003, Christopher Hodgetts |
| Location: |
Sydenham Inlet |
Time: |
Early Mornings and late afternoon |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Bream, estuary perch, luderick |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Live prawns, sandworm, weed, blue popper |
| Fish Caught: |
10 x bream @ 26-33 cm
20 x luderick @ 25-40 cm
7 x estuary perch @ 27-35 cm
2 x salmon @ 30-35 cm
30 x bream - released @ undersize fish
2 x flathead @ 30-35 cm
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| 6 July 2002, John Harrison |
| Location: |
Bemm River |
Time: |
10am-1.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Bream, perch |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Sandworm and prawn |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x bream @ 23 and a half cm!!!!! |
| Comments: |
Hi folks... The Day started out tops! Sunshine, blue sky! Great drive up to the Bemm! But within half an hour of us getting there it RAINED and it BLEW like 40 whatsits!... but we persisted and caught 1 bream... had to throw it back being under the limit. There were folks catching salmon and trevally on the lake! Gotta get a boat! :) Cyas! And good fishing to ya's! |
| 5-12 July 2002, Ron Matthews |
| Location: |
Bemm River |
Time: |
Every day |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Bream, Australian salmon |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Prawns, glassies, worm/Lazer lures |
| Fish Caught: |
6 x bream @ 34-39 cm
30 x salmon @ 2-5 lbs |
| Comments: |
Bream are very hard to find with big winds making it difficult to hold poles. One bream of over 3lb was weighed in at Cosy Nook store. The incoming green water is now just after dark so channel has slowed down for salmon, however a school has moved into the lake in the mahogonies area, fish to 5 lb. Major fun with bream gear. |
| 3 July 2002, Theo |
| Location: |
Binn Beach, Bemm River |
Time: |
2-6pm |
| Type of Water: |
Ocean |
Type of Fishing: |
Surf |
| Target Fish: |
Australian salmon |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Pilchard |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x Australian salmon @ 4lb (52cm)
2 x Australian salmon @ 1.5lb (32cm)
2 x wobegong sharks (both released ) @ 75cm |
| Comments: |
Had an absolute ripper of a time down on the surf beaches at Bemm River on the Wednesday when we caught these fish, went back on the following Sunday and had no luck. P.S. Mistaken the sharks for Port Jackson sharks and that is why they were released. |
| 15 June 2002, Wayne Coulton |
| Location: |
Bemm River |
Time: |
11am-6pm |
| Type of Water: |
Estuary |
Type of Fishing: |
Boat |
| Target Fish: |
Bream, perch, salmon |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Wobbler lure, sandworms, prawn |
| Fish Caught: |
10 x bream @ 10-25.5cm
3 x salmon @ 1.4-1.7KG
2 x tailor @ 400g |
| Comments: |
The lake is full of undersize bream, but if you put in the time you can catch the bigger fish. On high tide the salmon and tailor came in and we had a ball, with the salmon up to 2kg. With some lost over the 2kg mark. |
See previous Bemm River reports here. |
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