Lake Guy Fishing Guide, Alpine, Victoria

• Overview

  Alpine, Victoria, is where Lake Guy sits. The bank is 653 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 13 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 1.4 km of margin, front to back. Most waters listed here for Alpine are larger. Some 8.5 km away sits Falls Creek, the nearest settlement. Hotham Heights follows at 22 km, then Dinner Plain at 25 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lake Guy

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover rainbow trout, brown trout and two-spined blackfish. Records show what people reported, so treat the list as a guide to what lives in the area. Fish Lake Guy to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put February at about 17°C and July near 3°C. Heat sets the pattern from late spring onward. Spring runs September to November and autumn March to May, and both fish well. Spring, September into November, fishes hardest, with autumn a close second. That is the shape of the year on Lake Guy.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Parking within 300 m means no long carry with tackle. Mapping records toilets within 260 m. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Rocky Valley Storage, 11 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lake Guy may have changed since it was mapped.