MURRAY cod season opened on Monday and Rod Mackenzie reports anglers fishing along the Murray River from Swan Hill to Mildura did well.

Murray cod to 8kg were taken on bardi grubs, shrimp and lures. Good numbers of yellowbelly to 1kg were also caught. Lake Charm has redfin to 1kg being caught on small yabbies.

In the North East, Geoff Lacey reports that the Bundarra and Cobungra rivers near Anglers Rest are producing brown trout to 500g on worms, lures and nymphs.

The Lower Mitta Mitta River is producing good numbers of rainbow trout 900g on green rabbit fur nymphs, worms and lures.

Snowy Creek at Granite Flat has brown and rainbow trout to 400g taking bait.

In the Western District, Doug Lucas says that Lake Bullen Merri is slow with small numbers of rainbow trout to 1.8kg caught trolling and on Powerbait. Lake Purrumbete has brown trout to 3kg being caught from the shore at Hoses and Shag Rocks on gudgeon and minnow under a bubble float.

The Gellibrand and Carlisle rivers in the Otway Ranges are producing brown trout to 1kg on scrubworms, small bibbed minnows and flies.

Doug reports that the Lee Breakwater at Portland is fishing well for snapper to 8.5kg and gummy sharks to 17kg.

The harbour has silver trevally to 1.5kg and calamari squid. The Aire and Gellibrand River estuaries are slow for bream.

The Curdies River is producing bream to 46cm on the east side of the lake on greyback minnow and shrimp. Salmon to 1.2kg and snapper to 1.5kg are being caught from Princetown and Aire River on pilchards. Wild Dog Creek at Apollo Bay has also produced salmon to 3kg.

Brett Torossi at Frankston reports snapper from 2-7kg being caught from Mt Eliza to Chelsea in 13-15m of water, and along the Pt Richards Channel off Clifton Springs.

Average size is 2.5-4kg but some snapper are up to 7kg. Best baits are squid, silver whiting and pilchards. Land based anglers spinning with metal jigs have caught salmon up to 2kg from Mornington to the Patterson River.

King George whiting to 40cm are biting on fresh squid, pipi and mussel in 5m of water from Mornington to Mt Martha and off the entrance to Swan Bay. Calamari squid are going well in the Lonsdale Bight on baited jigs.

In South Gippsland, Western Port is producing snapper in 10m of water from Lysaughts to Crawfish Rock, Corinella and the Corals. Most fish are 2-3kg, but up to 8.2kg. Fresh squid, pilchards and silver whiting bait producing results.

In the Gippsland Lakes, bream are being caught at the mouths of the Tambo and Nicholson rivers on local prawn. Flathead are being caught from the boardwalk and bream off the jetties at Metung.

Hollands Landing has bream and luderick taking prawn at the boat ramp. Lakes Entrance has mullet, salmon, flathead and trevally. Lake Tyers is producing trevally, tailor, dusky flathead to 6kg on pilchard and bream on prawn. Soft plastic lures also doing well.

In East Gippsland, Marlo beaches are producing salmon, flathead, tailor and gummy sharks. The Marlo estuary has bream, luderick, mullet and estuary perch to 1.23kg being caught on sandworm and prawn.

Bemm River has bream biting on worm and peeled prawn at the river entrance.

At Mallacoota Inlet, bream are biting in the Top Lake on prawn and bass yabbies. Large flathead are biting near Goodwin Sands on soft plastics and the inlet has plenty of luderick.