Field Trips

As part of our ongoing field work gathering data on rivers, creeks and waterways and the species that inhabit them, ANGFA Vic holds regular field trips. ANGFA Victoria has a permit to use Bait Traps, Fyke Nets and Seine Nets as well as Dip Nets for surveying activities, on a basis of catch, photograph and then release. Collected data is uploaded into the ANGFA Survey Database.

These trips are a chance for our members to get out into the creeks, rivers and dams of Victoria and see what lives in our local Victorian waterways.  As well as being a fun day out looking at aquatic critters, field trips are a good opportunity to get to know other members better. So don't be shy, get out there, bring the family along and make a day of it.

Most field trips are family-friendly, with activities including walking, sightseeing, photography opportunities, netting from the bank and even full waist-deep netting, photographing from the field tanks and water testing etc. There are usually 1 or 2 overnight/multiple nights field trips per year.

You must be a current financial member of ANGFA Victoria Inc. to attend an ANGFA Victoria Inc. field trip.
All persons attending any ANGFA Vic field trip do so at their own risk.
It is a requirement of ANGFA Victoria Inc. that any persons under the age of 18 who wish to attend an ANGFA Victoria Inc. field trip must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
ANGFA Victoria Inc. operates its field trips within the rules of our General Research Permit being Catch-Photograph-Release. All non-noxious fishes caught shall be returned to the water immediately after being photographed.


Fish and waterbugs survey volunteers at the Bob Brown Foundation Tarkine Bioblitz in north west Tasmania, 2023

Murray River combined clubs field trip 2021

Langwarrin Creek August 2022

ANGFA Vic survey of Langwarring Creek alongside Moonlit Sanctuary August 2022
An unexpected find: a Firetail Gudgeon in Langwarrin Creek. Most likely an escaped aquarium fish from someone upstream