Lake Oberon

The lake can fish well through all seasons as a mixed fishery but as a mostly stocked fishery. It has potentially suffered from low return rates due to large numbers of redfin present. The stocking of yearling rainbow trout has alleviated this and they are the primary target species.
Both rainbows and browns are best targeted outside of the heat of summer (late November to mid-March), which can send the trout out of fly fishing range in this deep, mostly steep-sided lake. There is good scope for pulling a team of wet flies over the colder months, whether from a drifting boat or from the shore. A good approach is to drift parallel to the shore or into windy points though any shallower area under 3m will typically have a high concentration of small redfin. On still mornings there are also good midge rises especially when the lake has filled over spring and covered new ground.
The native species here can be targeted with the warmest summer months best however as the stockings are fairly recent, 2019/20 season was the first stocking for Murray cod and 2020/21 for yellowbelly, it will take time for the native fishery to develop.