Area: 2ha.
Facilities: Five comfortable fishing platforms with disabled access, a large modern picnic shelter with electric barbeques, picnic tables, toilet block, fitness station, children’s playground and a walking track which encircles the lake (soon to be completed).
Access: Lake Hyland is situated on the north-eastern outskirts of the town of Churchill in West Gippsland. The lake can be accessed from Mackeys Road and ample parking is available. Fishing platforms are a short distance from the car park.
Managed by the Latrobe City Council (external link), this picturesque lake is surrounded by tranquil bushland along the northern end, and is adjacent to Mathison Park which offers walking trails, remnants of a historic homestead and a native conifer plantation.
Most of the shoreline is accessible to anglers with the deeper sections of water to be found along the northern bank. The eastern side of the lake will be managed as a bird habitat, with plans of building hides for bird-watching enthusiasts.
Fish you may catch:
Rainbow trout (regularly stocked by Fisheries Victoria)
Redfin, carp and eels.
Fishing methods include baits such as worms or corn fished either on the bottom with as little sinker weight as possible, or under a float cast out from one of the platforms. Small lures can also be used for the rainbow trout and redfin.
Please refer to the map below for directions to the lake from the Churchill area.
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Ideal conditions - Lake Hyland
Spacious platforms – Lake Hyland |
