• Advocating on behalf of Victorian recreational fishers

    Established as the Victorian Recreational Fishing Peak Body, VRFish, is your independent voice representing Victoria’s recreational fishers since 1995. We are proud to be part of a huge and diverse

  • Applauding Port Fairy Angling Club’s contribution to recreational fishing

    The Port Fairy Angling Club is a family friendly fishing club established c.1954. Their clubrooms are located on the historic wharf on the Moyne River. Over many years, the club

  • Protecting our Macquarie Perch populations

    Image: Victorian Fisheries Authority Macquarie perch, or as they’re affectionately known by recfishers β€˜Maccas’, wereΒ once abundant and widespread throughout the south-eastern Murray-Darling system.Β  For decades, Macquarie perch populations have experienced

  • Mulloway Tagging Project records interesting recapture

    Image from the Mulloway Tagging Victoria Facebook group: Brad Spiden tagged this 92.5 cm Mulloway from the Patterson River in March 2021 The Nature Glenelg Trust‘s Mulloway tagging project is

  • Fun fishing events for the school holidays

    There are still a range of activities to get involved in with your family before the summer holidays come to an end. Below we’ve listed some upcoming events that will

  • Make fishing better in your local area

    There’s funding available through the Victorian Fisheries Authority if you have an idea to make fishing better in your local area. Maybe you’d like to see lighting installed at your

  • Crayfish stocked in Northern Victoria

    Over the summer break, our Chairman, Rob Loats, was thrilled to help the Victorian Fisheries Authority release 150 juvenile Murray spiny freshwater crayfish into the Little Murray at Swan Hill.

  • Conservation win as hundreds of zombie fish released

    Photo supplied by SEA LIFE Melbourne SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium have successfully released five hundred southern purple-spotted gudgeon into Cameron’s Creek near the Murray River. In partnership with the North Central

  • Cod Season Opens with New Club Launch

    Photo: VRFish Chair, Rob Loats, and Dungula Maniga Banga Club President, Freddy Morrison, wearing club colours Meet our newest Fishing Club Supporter member, Dungula Maniga Banga Inc. VRFish attended the

  • Care for our iconic Murray cod

    Murray Cod season opens on Friday 1 December 2023.

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