Piccaninnie Blue Lake Fishing Guide, Grant, South Australia

• Overview

  The Grant entry here is Piccaninnie Blue Lake, in South Australia. What surrounds it is dry hill. The town to know is Moorak, 27 km out. The big place round here is Ballarat, 261 km distant. Other water nearby: Oxbow Lake after 5.8 km, Blue Lake 27 km away, Valley Lake after 28 km, Malseeds Lake 36 km away and Lake Crawford after 44 km. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Piccaninnie Blue Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Salt or brackish and tidal: fish the flow, rest at slack, and watch the mud on a falling tide. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The list reflects reported sightings and surveys rather than what is stocked. Fish Piccaninnie Blue Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in February and bottoms out near 10°C in July. Winter is the comfortable season here rather than the difficult one. Levels swing with the wet season, which moves the fishing about. The wet months move levels about, which shifts the fishing with them. That shapes the year on Piccaninnie Blue Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. The mapped parking is Piccaninni Ponds, 130 m away. Part of this sits inside or beside Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park, so read the notices. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Oxbow Lake, 5.8 km away. Where Piccaninnie Blue Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.