Tchum Lakes Fishing Guide, Buloke, Victoria

• Overview

  Tchum Lakes is set in Buloke, Victoria. The bank is 100 metres above sea level. Roughly 33 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The bank runs about 2.0 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Buloke list. The closest town, Donald, is 42 km away. Bendigo is the closest city, 143 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Tchum Lakes

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. At Tchum Lakes light and wind decide more than tackle does. Keep the approach quiet on shallow water.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect February to average close to 23°C, with July the cold end at about 9°C. It fishes twelve months of the year. Summer, December to February, brings heat, so fish the early and late hours. June through August is cool but far from dead. Tchum Lakes runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. You will be walking about 920 m from the nearest car park. There is a pier recorded roughly 700 m away. You can camp about 880 m away, going by the mapping. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Lake Buloke, 30 km away. Treat Tchum Lakes as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.