Resources

Below are a list of useful resources we've compiled to assist women interested in getting into recreational fishing.

Introductory guide

• Why go fishing? (PDF - 4.2 MB) This document includes some of the basics about fishing, including benefits, common terminologies, how-to guides and tips and tricks.

Location guides

• Family fishing lakes (PDF - 13.1 MB)
• East Gippsland (PDF - 2.0 MB)
• Western Port Bay (PDF - 2.6 MB)
• Port Phillip Bay (PDF - 2.2 MB)

Women in Recreational Fishing newsletter

• Volume 1 - May 2018 (PDF - 5.3 MB)

Fish facts

• Australian bass (PDF - 298.0 KB)
• Brown trout (PDF - 262.7 KB)
• Chinook salmon (PDF - 270.8 KB)
• Estuary perch (PDF - 292.4 KB)
• Golden perch (PDF - 312.4 KB)
• Murray cod (PDF - 241.1 KB)
• Rainbow trout (PDF - 346.1 KB)