June 29th, 2023Local lakes freshly stocked with trout

Six local lakes, including Daylesford’s Jubilee Lake, across the wider Macedon area are offering some family outdoors fun with rainbow trout stockings carried out recently, in time for the current school holidays.
As a result of the recent trout stockings there’s more fishing fun in stock at:
Nursery Reservoir in Macedon
Quarry Street Reserve Lake in Trentham
Glenlyon Dam
Hanging Rock Lake in Woodend
Jubilee Lake in Daylesford
Walter J Smith Reserve in Riddells Creek
Thousands of rainbow trout will be stocked in more than 80 lakes across Victoria and Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas said fish stocked into local lakes would encourage families to make lasting memories in the great outdoors and get kids hooked on a healthy new hobby.
The state-wide stocking program released almost 10 million fish in 2022, with the majority produced
at Snobs Creek and the VFA’s native hatchery at Arcadia, near Shepparton.
The program is supported by the reinvestment of recreational fishing licence fees and the state’s $96 million investment to improve fishing, boating, piers and aquaculture. The full list of waterways stocked for these holidays can be found at www.vfa.vic.gov.au/holidaytrout.
In Family Fishing Lakes, a daily bag limit of five trout applies, of which only two trout can exceed 35
centimetres. More information about bag and size limits, permitted equipment and licensing can be
found in the Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide, available free from most bait and tackle shops, online at vfa.vic.gov.au/fishingguide or via the free ‘Vic Fishing’ app on your smartphone.
Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas: “There’s family fishing lakes throughout our region featuring easy access, regular stockings of catchable-size fish and many are in or not far from town, so the kids can jump on their bikes to try their luck.’