Sandon River is a small 16km long river and is located at the sleepy holiday town of Sandon, there are no services in Sandon. The Sandon River campground is located at the mouth of the Sandon River and is a great spot to camp and find fishing  spots in the Sandon River. Access to the campground is via a gravel road which helps to keep the tourist numbers a little lower. Fishing the Sandon River anglers can expect Bream, Flathead, Whiting, Luderickand from the headlands Mulloway and Tailor are common catches. 

There are several good land based spots for fishing the Sandon River and there is also okay access through the bar to offshore fishing spots.

Recommended fishing gear for the Sandon River

Fishing the Sandon River, a 4-6kg spin outfit with braid and fluorocarbon leader will cover most fishing when chasing Bream, Flathead, Whiting and Luderick. 

Fishing for tailor is a bit different but 6kg outfit will cover most Tailor, 10kg is preferred. Mulloway will require a more heavy duty setup, around 15kg will cover it.

Here are some quick tips for fishing in the Sandon River

• Flathead – 3” pink soft plastics work well
• Whiting – Fresh pumped yabbies
• Bream – will take all sorts of lures and bait, deep water metal vibes work well. Soft plastics around man made structures like jetties. Bait works well at most land based spots
• Mulloway – Live bait like mullet is dynamite, however jewfish will readily take larger soft plastics and even hard body lures in the right conditions
• Tailor – metal slugs around 50-90g retrieved at a constant speed not far from the surface
• Luderick – Cabbage weed or stringy weed, have been known to take prawns, worms and yabbies

If you just like to go have fun with the family a simple running ball sinker setup using fresh bought bait will work wonders for Bream, Flathead, Luderick and Tailor!