Welcome to the Rokewood Reservoir Fishing Guide. Rokewood Reservoir is a newly established destination. One of 84 new purpose-built water systems, featuring a park that encourages families to come and enjoy fishing. This is a small but picturesque reservoir. In 2019, fisheries and local government started stocking this trout with catchable-size rainbow trout. Beginning with 200, numbers are expected to rise in the coming years as the area develops and grows.
BECOME A FISHINGMAD MEMBER & UNLOCK ACCESS TO
Weekly Fishing Reports | Workshops | Giveaways | Podcasts | Competitions | Maps | GPS Marks | Rigging Tutorials | Sounder School | Exclusive Footage | Tackle Talks | Gear Guides | Kayak Club | Much More
Things to do at Rokewood Reservoir
Rokewood is a small country town within the Golden Plains Shire. Roughly 130 kilometres away from Melbourne, and closer to townships such as Ballarat, around 40 kilometres away. The township is relatively tiny, having only a tractor shop, a take-away store, and a post office and hosts only a couple of hundred residents. The town has recently been in discussions with the local government and West Wind Energy to hold 228 wind turbines as part of a 1.5 billion dollar project. This is still in discussion. The reservoir is a small lake located directly off Reservoir Road. The local council and community have been working hard to clear the debris, trim trees and make it a welcoming and tranquil destination for visitors. Historically, Rokewood was more known for its gold and mining, and the township still resembles that to this day.
Fishing at Rokewood Reservoir
Rokewood Reservoir is stocked with rainbow trout. Commencing in 2019, plans are expected to make this a great fishing spot for families in the years to come. Use this link to follow Victorian trout stocking programs. When targeting freshwater species such as trout, we recommend fishing with a light spinning rod. This will make the experience more enjoyable and improve your catch rates. We recommend using a 2-4 kilo fishing rod with a 2000 or 2500 size reel, spooled with 6-8 pound braid and finished with one rod length of fluorocarbon leader. If you plan to fish with bait from the banks, then good options include powerBait in bright colours, worms, maggots, live minnows and mudeye, either on a light running sinker rig, paternoster rig or suspended from a float.
Trout will also take lures and soft plastics. For soft plastics, we highly recommend small curl tails, minnow imitations, and paddle tails. Both natural and bright colours work well rigged with jig heads from 1/18 through to 1/20 in weight. Small, shallow diving hard body lures are also very effective in this system. As are old favourites such as spinners and Tassie devils. Ideally, in smaller sizes and nice bright colours. Metal lures and spoons are also an option. Allowing you to cast great distances and target slightly bigger fish. But they are pretty heavy and very prone to snags in small inland systems like this one.
Recommended baits for Rokewood Reservoir
The video below demonstrates the best baits for trout and how to rig them correctly.
- Scrub worms
- Mudeye
- Powerbait
- maggots
- Earthworms
- yabbies
- live minnows
Recommended lures for Rokewood Reservoir
Need some help choosing lures and soft plastics. The video below is a detailed guide to get you started.
- Daiwa Double Clutch
- Pontoon 21 paco spoon
- Tassie Devils 13.5 grams in pinks and whites
- Bluefox spinners
- Rapala countdown floating minnow
- EcoGear MX48
- YoZuri pins minnow
- Daiwa presso minnows
- Nories laydown minnow
- Bluefox spinners
- OSP bent minnow
- Daiwa DR joint minnows
- Strike tiger nymph
- Berkley powerbait grub
- Bullet lures 5-0 minnow
- Zman 2.5-inch grub
- Bullet lures 3cm lure
Watch this video of FishingMad fishing at Yarrambat Lake for huge trout.
Targeting Trout at Rokewood Reservoir
We highly recommend you read our detailed guide on how to catch trout, which details our favourite lures, baits and techniques. You can follow when trout will be stocked using the Victorian trout stocking programs as part of the target 1 million by 2020 and 10 million by 2022 initiatives. We recommend shallow diving hard body minnows, metal spoons, spinners, and Tassie devils when using lures. Soft plastics are also very effective on trout. If you’re bait fishing, then Mudeye, scrub worms, powerbait, yabbies, and minnows suspended on a float or a running sinker rig. Fly fishing is a popular fishing method at this location. Trout are more active in cold conditions, with most catches on the first and last light of the day. We recommend a 2-4 kilo fishing rod, coupled with a 2000 or 2500 reel, spooled with 4-8-pound braid and an equivalent fluorocarbon leader. If trophy-size trout are around, you could go heavier, moving up the scale to a 3-5 kilo class spin rod spooled with fine 8-12-pound braid and equivalent fluorocarbon leader.
As with all rural areas, be aware of snakes. So do take care and be wary around all areas that have water and high grass. Images of fish supplied VFA and DEPI. All other photos and videos shown on the Rokewood Reservoir Fishing Guide page are Fishing Mad originals. Thank you for visiting the Rokewood Reservoir Fishing Guide. If you believe this location guide is missing key information or requires corrections, please email our team at enquiries@fishingmad.com.au with specific details. Please also feel free to share any fishing pictures you have from this location with us. Thank you
