Cemetery Lake Fishing near Colac, Victoria

• Overview

  Within Colac Otway, Victoria, you have Cemetery Lake. The ground round it is oak and grass. With some 21 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. On size it sits at the modest end of our Colac Otway list. For supplies, Colac is 20 km out. The big place round here is Geelong, 65 km distant. No regional boundary comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Cemetery Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Cemetery Lake gives up more to patience than to distance. Weed beds hold food, and food holds fish.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and 9°C at the bottom of winter. Cold never closes this one. Spring runs September to November and autumn March to May, and both fish well. June through August is cool but far from dead. The season on Cemetery Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Lake Cundare Wildlife Reserve (no hunting) takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lake Gundare, 1.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Cemetery Lake.