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Mitta Mitta River Basin

The main feature of the basin is the Mitta Mitta River which rises as numerous tributaries in the Great Dividing Range and flows north to Lake Hume through extensive areas of rugged mountainous country. Access is limited in many cases to 4WD vehicles or walking. Trout populations are self-sustaining from natural spawning and are able to meet angling pressure. Brown trout are abundant with good numbers of fish. Rainbow trout are less common and apart from fish in Lake Dartmouth are seldom larger than 350g with the best conditioned fish being caught in the autumn. The best fishing is from December to April, particularly at night. This is one of the few basins in Victoria with viable populations of Macquarie perch. Murray cod previously occurred in the Mitta Mitta River but declined rapidly with releases of cold water from Lake Dartmouth and few catches have been reported in the last four years. Many of the small streams become low in summer and fishing is poor. The best trout streams are the Cobungra and Bundarra Rivers. Lake Dartmouth provides good fishing for brown trout, rainbow trout and Macquarie perch, while Lake Hume provides excellent redfin fishing and more recently improved trout fishing and some success for golden perch.

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We would like to thank: "A Guide to Inland Angling Waters of Victoria, 4th Edition 1991" (Dept of Conservation & Environment) and our users for their input.