Earlier this week, a dun prospected down brisk bankside currents soon drew seven rises.

Although most trout hooked were small but lively, one thumper raced downstream with nearly all the line before pulling free.

Regarding Four Springs Lake water, Meander Valley Council advises that notices warning about its blue-green algae still apply: contact with its water may cause sickness in humans and animals _ and with the effects on fish flesh uncertain, eat them at your own risk.

The proposal to ban petrol motors on Penstock Lagoon drew nearly 100 anglers to the Miena meeting.

With more than 80 per cent opposing it, the proposal is to be considered further.

A specialist in trolling deeper lake water continues his consistent success, he and a mate boating 262 trout in outings over 19 days.

They bagged 18 brownies from Huntsman Lake recently, finding it low and deeper water reduced.

Few fish were longer than 30 centimetres but were in good condition.

Fishing various lures using four or five colours of leadline on Arthurs Lake, they boated 15 trout.

Silvery blue, none topped 0.7 kilograms.

Woods Lake brownies were up everywhere a week ago during a heavy dun hatch, but with winds uncertain few rose steadily.

Yet two anglers who did persevere were rewarded with six trout in top nick.

At St Helens, more big, strong bream and trevally are coming from Georges Bay, along with a few sizeable and tasty King George whiting.

Meanwhile, in far north-east brine a versatile angler diving near Cape Portland spotted seven snapper, including two big ones, over a reef barely 10 metres down.

Previously using bait on the bottom several kilometres off Bicheno, he had boated plenty of tiger flathead, some over 50-centimetres long, plus several gummy sharks.

Then near The Fisheries in Coles Bay he sometimes found it difficult to get bait down to flathead through massed arrow squid.

Also thick southward off Eaglehawk Neck are tuna, mainly albacore but a few bluefin too.

Plenty of mako sharks have also been reported, including several whoppers.