The Western District of Victoria has many opportunities for fishing, including Lakes, Rivers and along the Coastal Regions. A small selection of locations that a keen angler can visit, within an hours drive from Lake Bullen Merri includes:
Lakes
- Purrumbete
- Trout (Rainbow and Brown)
- Quinnet Salmon
- Redfin
- eel
- Elingamite
- Trout (Rainbow and Brown)
- Redfin
- Lake Yambuk
- Bream
- Trout (Sea Run)
- West Barwon Dam
- Trout (Rainbow and Brown)
- Redfin
Currently the levels in many Lakes makes fishing difficult.
For example
Lake Purrumbete is a viable option for land based anglers, the low water level requires boat owners to drag their boat though the mud as the ramp is exposed.
Rivers
- Hopkins River
- Trout (Brown)
- Redfin
- Australian Salmon (estuary regions)
- Bream (estuary regions)
- Estuary Perth (estuary regions)
- Mount Emu Creek
- Trout (Brown)
- Redfin
- Merri River
- Trout (Brown)
- Redfin
- Australian Salmon (estuary regions)
- Mullet (estuary regions)
- Gellibrand River
- Trout (Brown)
- Freshwater Blackfish
- Bream (estuary regions)
- Estuary Perth (estuary regions)
- Aire River
- Bream (estuary regions)
- Trout (Brown)