Enjoy fishing in the Eildon pondage and Lake Eildon. If you really want a fish and they just won't oblige, visit a local trout farm. HUNGRY?

The Lake Eildon spillway gates are opening today for the first time in 15 years. The flood gates' operating mechanism has been upgraded since they were last used in 1996.

Meanwhile, trout anglers looking for a trophy should head to Eildon. Last week the pondage produced rainbow trout to 7.8kg and brown trout to 4kg. Craig Parker at Eildon reports Lake Eildon ...

John Clements at Lake Purrumbete in the Western District reports the lake has been quiet with no anglers. Lake Bullen Merri at Camperdown produced Chinook salmon and rainbow trout averaging about ...

The lake is at 99.2 per cent and is holding about 3300 billion litres of water. The spillway gates were last operated in 1996 when the lake was last full. Lake Eildon, refreshed and renewed.

Lake Eildon, located in Victoria in the south east of the country, was pictured almost empty 15 years ago during terrible droughts in 2007. Then it was just 5.3% full, which is a record low.

The lake’s management authority, Goulburn Murray Water, says that inflows to Eildon in June last year were more than three times the monthly average. There was also significant local rainfall in ...

All eight were rescued in dramatic circumstances on Lake Eildon after police received reports a boat had capsized at about 6.50pm, with two people clinging to a tree in the water while the others ...

A 2.6 magnitude tremor was recorded near Lake Eildon, north east of Melbourne, about 3.50am and was felt by four people. A second 2.9 magnitude shock followed at 4.17am, with 23 people recording ...