March 21, 2019

Tuna Champions Ready to Catch a Big One!

Photo by Al McGlashan Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a number of Victorian fishers open their Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) account for 2019.  As SBT season starts to heat

March 21, 2019

Clean, Check, Dry to Stop the Spread of Marine Pests

Our iconic Port Phillip Bay is home to a vast range of habitat and wildlife ranging from seagrass meadows with sea dragons, kelp forests that many fish species call home,

March 8, 2019

Bringing Native Fishing to Melbourne

VRFish, the peak body representing Victoria’s 838,000 recreational fishers, is ecstatic to see the first native fish stocked as part of a new metropolitan lakes native fish stocking program by

March 8, 2019

Health Card on Our Fish Stocks Released

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) have just released the 2018 Edition of the Status of Australian Fish Stocks Report. This report combines the best available information from across

March 5, 2019

Sea Urchins taking over Port Phillip Bay

Purple sea urchins are causing havoc to our fish habitats in Port Phillip Bay by wiping out kelp forests leaving reefs barren. Thankfully, the destructive purple sea urchins are being

March 5, 2019

GoFish Nagambie Major Prize Haul Revealed

Whether you’re a keen angler, never fished before or just enjoy a weekend away with mates on the river then the 2019 GoFish Nagambie tournament is the perfect event to

March 5, 2019

Lake Benella Crawling with Spider Structures

Recently, 40 of these ‘Spider’ fish habitat structures were installed in Lake Benalla by the Tatong Anglers Group. It may be the first time they have been used in Australia,

March 4, 2019

Angling Clubs Unite at GoFish Nagambie

GoFish Nagambie and VRFish, Invite all angling clubs to participate in the club program at GoFish Nagambie. April 25 – April 28 2019 – Nagambie VIC GoFish Nagambie and VRFish

March 1, 2019

Gippsland Lakes Buy-Back Date Set

VRFish and Gippsland Lakes Recreational Fishing Alliance met with the Victorian Fisheries Authority in Lakes Entrance to learn they are drafting legislation to progress the commercial netting buy-back in the

February 25, 2019

Women in Fly Fishing Open Day