Proudfoots platforms, Hopkins River
Jetty · Brackish water
A large fishing platform built from timber of the old Hopkins Point Road bridge just downstream of Proudfoots, and a floating F-shaped jetty just upstream that also berths a river-cruise vessel, both reaching productive water for bream, estuary perch, mullet and salmon, as the agency describes.
FishingHQ describes what this place is, not whether you may fish it. Access, permits and who to ask.
What you can catch here
Documented at this place, grouped by how you would be fishing, with how strongly the sources support each one. This is what has been written down, not a forecast, and being listed is never permission to fish.
From the shore · 3
What these strengths mean
- Regular local target
- Fishing sources describe this as a normal local target here, not merely as caught.
- How breadth is counted
- A fish documented at six marks is shown as six marks: breadth never raises the strength on its own. A fishery account describes the fishing; a recorded catch reports one specific catch. How evidence is weighed.
Fish documented nearby, not here
Nothing below has been documented at Proudfoots platforms, Hopkins River itself. Each one has been documented at a named place on the same ground, and the places are listed with it. Treat this as what the water around here holds rather than as a catch list for this mark.
Widely documented on this ground
Documented at three or more neighbouring places, fished a way this place is also fished. That is a pattern about the ground rather than about any one mark, and it is the closest this site comes to saying you will probably meet a fish somewhere nothing has been written about.
From the shore
- Dusky kob — documented at The Blue Hole, Hopkins River; Hopkins Point Road bridge; Deakin University jetty, Hopkins River (+1 more)
How people fish it
Methods the sources name for this ground. Each one is explained in full on its own page.
- Ledgering
Fishing a bait on the bottom held by a weight, with no float — the simplest way to fish at distance, in depth, or in wind.
- Float fishing
Suspending a bait at a controlled depth beneath a buoyant indicator — the most visual, most controllable and most widely applicable method in angling.
The ground and the water
- The ground
- A large fishing platform built from timber of the old Hopkins Point Road bridge just downstream of Proudfoots, and a floating F-shaped jetty just upstream that also berths a river-cruise vessel, both reaching productive water for bream, estuary perch, mullet and salmon, as the agency describes.
Getting there
What public sources describe, last checked 2026-10-23. Car parks fill, services change and a path existing is not a path anybody may use — none of this is a guarantee of availability and none of it is permission to be anywhere.
- Getting to it
- At Proudfoots on the western bank, upstream of the Lyndoch platforms.
Parking
Proudfoots boat ramp
Public car park · Charging not established
The agency says ample parking at the ramp just west of Proudfoots.
Where this access information comes from
- Hopkins River — Victorian Fisheries Authority (Government fisheries body)Relied on for: The state fisheries agency's Hopkins River page: this access point, the fish it recommends here by shore and boat, how they are fished, and the parking, platforms, ramps and hazards it describes.States this directlyPassage read and verified
What is there
Public toilets
Public toilets at Proudfoots, as the agency lists.
Slipway or launch
A concrete boat ramp just west of Proudfoots, as the agency lists; not a statement about launching today.
Through the year
All year for the fish the agency lists here.
Rules and access
Particular to this water: The floating jetty also berths a cruise vessel; give it room.
Beyond what is stated above, FishingHQ does not know the current access position here. Victoria licenses recreational fishing in its marine waters, with exemptions the state lists; bag limits, size limits and closed seasons are set by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and change. Marine national parks and marine sanctuaries lie along the bays and coast, and their boundaries are shown by the state's fishing guide app. A pier or jetty being public is not a statement that fishing from it is allowed today. Check the current position with the Victorian Fisheries Authority before going. This water is tidal and transitional, so the freshwater regime may also apply above the tidal limit: FishingHQ does not know the current access position here. Victoria's recreational fishing licence also covers its lakes and rivers, and the state sets their limits and seasons, which change. Check the current position with the Victorian Fisheries Authority before going.
Who holds the answer:
- The Victorian Fisheries Authority, which issues the recreational fishing licence and publishes the rules, limits and closures.
- Parks Victoria, for the state's marine national parks and sanctuaries.
- The operator of the pier or jetty, for whether it is open.
- The Victorian Fisheries Authority, which issues the recreational fishing licence and publishes the inland rules.
- The Victorian Fisheries Authority, which issues the recreational fishing licence and sets and publishes the catch limits, size limits and closed seasons.
- Service Victoria, the state's service through which the licence is bought.
- Parks Victoria, which manages the marine national parks and marine sanctuaries where fishing is prohibited.
- The operator of a pier or jetty, for whether it is open.
- The Victorian Fisheries Authority: issues the recreational fishing licence and publishes the limits, closed seasons and bait-collection rules for this water.
Nearby fishing
Other publicly documented places within about 40 km, by distance. Positions are approximate public geography and are never exact marks.
- Lyndoch platforms, Hopkins River — under 2 km · Jetty
- The Blue Hole, Hopkins River — under 2 km · Estuary mark
- Hopkins Point Road bridge — under 2 km · Bridge
- Hopkins River estuary — under 2 km · Estuary
- Deakin University jetty, Hopkins River — 2–5 km · Jetty
- Jubilee Park, Hopkins River — 5–10 km · Jetty
Sources for this place
- Hopkins River — Victorian Fisheries Authority (Government fisheries body)Relied on for: The state fisheries agency's Hopkins River page: this access point, the fish it recommends here by shore and boat, how they are fished, and the parking, platforms, ramps and hazards it describes.States this directlyPassage read and verified
- Buy a Victorian recreational fishing licence — Service Victoria (State Government of Victoria) (Local authority, harbour or protected-area body)Relied on for: That Victoria licenses recreational fishing in all its waters, lakes, rivers and sea alike, with exemptions the state lists.States this directlyPassage read and verified
How FishingHQ labels evidence is explained in the evidence policy. Last reviewed 2026-10-23.
Before you go
- Fish documented here
- 3 at this place itself. See them.
- Getting there
- Described from public sources, last checked 2026-10-23. Getting there.
- Rules particular to this water
- The floating jetty also berths a cruise vessel; give it room. From the body that sets it: Victorian Fisheries Authority and Service Victoria (State Government of Victoria), read 2026-10-23. Applies to: Proudfoots platforms, Hopkins River.
Nothing here is watched for change. Sources and who to ask.
- Hazards particular to this place
- None recorded for this place; the hazards of the wider coast or water still apply.
Check before you travel
- Whether you may fish here, and whether a licence or permit is needed — start with the Victorian Fisheries Authority.
- The tide times and the forecast for the day you go.
- Anything recorded here was true when it was read; it is not watched for change.