report ballarat lakes

Ballarat Lakes

Report Date-19/August/2010

The Fishing Reports are gathered from my personal fishing trips, with some reports coming from other reliable fishermen or other sources in the area. I hope these reports will give you good direction and the completion to a wonderful day.

Ballarat and District Lakes

Rain brings waters levels up to 100%

The recent rainfall has increased the water level's of many western lakes, which is great news. See the photos below to view some amazing sights.

Regards Bruce Smith

Lauiston reservoir

Lauiston Reservoir Trout to 3lb have been caught on smelting flies and also soft plastic's when fishing from the shoreline . Fishing to sighted trout has been occurring with trout rising to midge, but a smelt imitating fly has also taken these trout, while blind fishing the lake is also producing trout. It needs to be realised that there 's a long time between the action and a lot of observation is needed. Recommended flies have been the Bag Fly, Tom Jones nd the black Zulu in a size 10.

Wombat Reservoir

This lake out at Dalesford continues to produce trout to those that are willing to put in some had work.
This lake is fishing really well to all methods even though fly fishermen are having good action on dry flies and taking trout up to 2lb. English wet flies have been the go, particularly the black penal and silver butcher.

Current Water Levels Images

I intend to keep these photos up to date as often as possible. If you anglers can take a photo of any lakes and heir water levels and e-mail them to me, it would help enormously.We could all then have a great reference source to help our fishing.

Dean Reservoir about 80% - 15-8-10

Dean Reservoir about 80%- 15-8-10

Newlyn's now 100% full 15-8-10

Water flowing over Newlyn's spillway

Water flowing out of Newlyn's Reservoir into creek

Hepburn Lagoon now 100% full- 15-8-10

Water flowing into Hepburn Lagoon from farm dam overflow

Water flowing along the road of Hepburn Lagoon

The Coliban Reservoir November 2009

Malmsbury Reservoir November 2009 Courtesy Matthew Giasoumi

Bullarto Reservoir

Photo Courtesy Keith Dowell

Bullarto Reservoir

Photo Courtesy Keith Dowell

Newlyn's Reservoir Oct 08

Newlyn's water level on the 14-june-08

Newlyn's Reservoir November 2007

Latest water level photo of Newlyn's Reservoir

Carl Ruben reports that Newlyn's Reservoir has a low water level and low clarity due to suspended sediment. 29/April/07

Photo Courtesy Carl Ruben

Newlyn's Reservoir is low, but holding up well. (25/Jan/07)

On this day it rained non-stop.

Wombat Reservoir as of 29/April/07

Photo Courtesy Carl Ruben

The Above photo of wombat taken on 22/July/07

(26/Jan/07) Wombat still a good water level with small trout rising.

Gong Gong Reservoir=- Carl Ruben reports that water is very very low and discolored from stirred up sediment.

(6/Feb/07) Gong Gong Reservoir, photo courtesy of Carl Ruban

October 08

Dean Reservoir water level on the 14-june-08

DEAN RESERVOIR

Dean Reservoir 13.4.2008

Dean Reservoir- There is evidence of an algal bloom. The water is a green color and quite cloudy. I did not see any fish movement, but I did see a platypus
surface a couple of times- Carl Ruben. 29/April/07

Photo Courtesy Carl Ruben

Dean Reservoir about 50% in a fair state. (25/Jan/07)

MALMSBURY RESERVOIR

Malmsbury Reservoir on 3/Jan/08

Water level of Malmsbury Reservoir 22/April/07

Water Level of Malmsbury on 26/Jan/07 (Back of lake)

WARTOOK RESERVOIR

Water level of Lake Wartook taken on 17/Feb/07. Looks to be in good condition, at a guess I'd say 80%

Photo Courtesy of Jason Litchfield.

COLIBAN RESERVOIR

Coliban Reservoir on 3/Jan/08

Latest Photo of Coliban Reservoir (15/Feb/07) sent in by fly-fisherman Carl Ruban who indicated that the Upper Coliban is being completely pumped out by contractors, with the water going into Lauiston. There are large numbers of large carp in the remaining puddles, throwing a rock in the water produced several large bow-waves and even some carp are not surviving. (See Photo Below)