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The Gibbo River is a forest river in Victoria, and the reason to go is trout: brown and rainbow are both recorded in it.
A road follows the river for most of its length, with short side tracks down to the water. Pull off, walk in and fish where the trees shade it.
Check the current Victorian Fisheries Authority guide before you go.
The Gibbo runs through forest on a broadly north-south line before it flows into the Mitta Mitta River. FlyLife's writers think that forest cover keeps the water cooler and the fishing more consistent through summer heat than on more open rivers. In our experience, shade and overhanging growth are where you start looking for a trout.
Brown trout and rainbow trout are both recorded here, and confidence in those records is high. River blackfish, twospine blackfish and Macquarie perch are recorded too, so not every fish you see will be a trout.
Bring the fly box you would carry to any forest trout river and let what is happening on the water choose the fly. Fish the shaded edges first, work upstream, and keep your movements quiet.
The road that follows the river has short side tracks down to it, and informal camping spots are scattered along it. Treat them as descriptions of what is there, not a statement of permission, and respect any sign or fence you meet.
As on any bush river, tell someone where you are going and when you expect to be back, and watch your footing on wet rock and steep banks.
Before you fish, read the current Victorian Fisheries Authority inland angling guide, check its closed-waters information, and take any season, bag and size limits and licence requirements from it.
How well this water has been surveyed
211 capture records, 4 decades of 5 on file
Atlas of Living Australia — freshwater fish occurrence records (open licences, with coordinates). Occurrence records from the Atlas of Living Australia and its contributing datasets, including the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, NSW BioNet Atlas, Sustainable Rivers Audit, Murray-Darling Basin fish monitoring programs, OZCAM museum collections and iNaturalist Australia. Each record carries its own licence and originating dataset. retrieved 2026-08-13.
Gibbo River @ Gibbo Park
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Brown and rainbow trout are both recorded in the river, and those are the fish to plan around. River blackfish and Macquarie perch are recorded there too, native fish you may meet while you fish for trout.
Check the current Victorian Fisheries Authority inland angling guide, including its closed-waters information, and take any season, bag and size limits and licence requirements from it before you fish.
A road follows the river for most of its length, with short side tracks down to the water. Read the signs and fences where you leave the road, and treat any track as a way in, not a permission.
FlyLife's writers think the forest cover keeps the water cooler and the fishing more consistent through summer heat than on more open rivers.
