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Welcome to the Longwarry Angling Club
The Longwarry Angling Club has been operating since February 1985
and over the years the many a tale, and the rest has been told about
what has been landed and 'the one that got away'.
With a strong history, initially established through a small group of
work colleagues working for Unigate, the club is proud of what it has
achieved and offered over the last 25 years to its members and the
community. Bringing the sport of fishing together with friends,
family and work colleagues in an enjoyable and friendly environment has
created life-long connections and tradition for many.
The Longwarry Angling Club fishes 12 months of the year and has a
progressive and passionate group of members who enjoy the sport and the
friendships that go with it.
The club meets monthly and welcomes new members to its ranks - the
events for the year are list on the Yearly Events page and this is
updated regularly with other events and activities as they arise.
If you would like to find out more about becoming a member, associate or
sponsor of the club please contact us.
Longwarry Angling Club Inc.
P.O. Box 156, BUNYIP VIC 3815
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Our Committee
Contacts:
President – Peter Wouters 0429 411 556
Secretary -
Peter Murphy 0408 562 955
Treasurer
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Trevor Wheeler 0407 366 503 |
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The Bunyip River:
Rises in forested
hills and flows south to the Princes Highway at Longwarry North. In the
upper reaches is 3-5m wide, with pools 70-130cm deep and riffles 30-50cm
deep. The bottom is fine gravel with light debris and provides good
trout habitat. Approximately 8km above the highway the land becomes
flatter and has been cleared for farming. The bottom is all sand through
this section.
The upper reaches contain mainly brown trout and rainbow
trout to 200g with brown trout and river blackfish in the middle
reaches. Tupong and short-finned eel are also found closer to the
Princes Highway. Other species present are pouched lamprey, short-headed
lamprey, common galaxias, mountain galaxias, Australian grayling,
southern pygmy perch and goldfish. A number of rock ramp fishways have
recently been constructed to assist natural fish migration in the river.
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