BUSHMAN'S REST CARAVAN PARK

AT LAKE CULLULLERAINE. VICTORIA

Fishing time

The best fishing time for redfin is after 5.00pm on a hot day and for the other species just after pumping operations.

Best Bait

The best baits are yabbies, shrimps, mussels and grubs, while flatfish, Baltic bobbers, aeroplane spinners and floppys are good lures if the water is clear.The lake is stocked regularly with Murray cod, golden perch and silver perch.

The Lake Fish

Murray Cod

Bony Bream

Redfin

Golden Perch

Catfish

Silver Perch

Also

Yabbies

Shrimp

Fishing in Lake Cullulleraine

The size of Lake Cullulleraine is 40ha. 2,460ML. . A man-made lake, it is surrounded by red sand hills and has a sand bottom. It is maintained by pumping water from Lock 9 on the Murray River and supplies stock and domestic water to the Millewa District, west of Mildura. Bank fishing on the lake is possible but boat fishing gives better results. The lake is home to bony bream to 600g, golden perch to 3.3kg, a few Murray cod to 10kg (with larger fish possibly present), carp to 10kg, redfin to 1kg and tench. Silver perch used to occur and the lake was reported to carry freshwater catfish to 2kg. .

(Produced with permission from Victoria. Dept. of Primary Industries website)

Murray Cod caught in the lake

Many fishermen who use the Bushman's Rest Caravan Park as a base concentrate their fishing on the nearby Murray River. Some wonderful catches are reported from both above and below Lock 9. A short trip up river by boat from Lock 9 brings fishermen to the Frenchman's creek where beautiful golden perch may be caught when the regulator is open creating a current in the creek.

Lock 9

The Millewa A, Pumping Station built in 1927

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