Catch-a-Carp Day
Next date: Saturday, 24 October 2026 | 10:00 AM
to 02:00 PM
To commemorate National Water Week, Melton City Council, in partnership with NatureWest, is excited to present Catch-a-Carp Day at Navan Park Lake.
Help protect our waterways by removing this invasive species and enjoy a great day outdoors with a free fishing day for families and community.
Register for Catch-a-Carp Day
The event is suitable for beginners, with volunteers on site to help with fishing instruction, baiting hooks and carp handling. Plus:
- Learn how to fish or brush up on your skills with presentations throughout the day from Happy Fisherman.
- Fishing rods available for hire
- Competition with fantastic prizes from My Mates Outdoors
- Free BBQ supplied by Greening Melton-Bacchus Inc.
- Native Fish Hatchery display tanks
- Face painting and coffee
- Education stalls from Melbourne Water, Eynesbury Environment Group, Djerriwarrh Creek Community Group, FishCare, VR Fish, Victorian Fisheries Authority, NatureWest and Melton City Council.
- Visit the Melbourne Water info tent and trade your old illegal opera house nets for a free wildlife safe net.
Please note the carpark has limited spaces, and once full, traffic will be unable to enter via Centenary Ave. We therefore recommend parking on the south side of Centenary Ave. There are toilets and water fountains on site.
Registration info
Attendees are encouraged to pre-register for the event as numbers will be capped for safety. All attendees must report to the registration tent upon arrival to receive a wrist band.
Register for Catch-a-Carp Day
Fishing times
10am – 12:30pm
Rod hire
Rod hire is free but may be limited to 45 mins depending on availability of rods.
Bait
Bait will be supplied at the Bait Station marquee.
Weigh- in station times
10am-1pm
Prize categories
Prizes categories will be confirmed shortly. Prizes will be announced at 1.30pm and will be a range of different fishing merchandise.
Health and Safety Precautions
- All children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a supervising adult.
- Please supervise children around water and fishing equipment at all times.
- All event attendees are asked to be sun safe throughout the day and drink plenty of water.
- All entrants are advised to be vigilant and cautious of snakes while enjoying your day.
- Please be cautious when standing at the lake’s edge and refrain from going into the water, only fishing from the water’s edge is permitted. This also means no water crafts (e.g. kayaks) are to be used by entrants when fishing.
- First Aid trained lifeguards will be on site.
- The Catch a Carp event organisers strongly recommend you to NOT eat the fish you catch in the lake and hold no liability for those who choose to ignore this recommendation.
- This is a family event, please be considerate of smoking and vaping in the main event area.
- Please practice good hand hygiene throughout the day. Hand sanitiser will be available at the registration tent and handwashing areas near the toilets.
When
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Saturday, 24 October 2026 | 10:00 AM
- 02:00 PM
Location
Navan Park Lake, 267 Coburns Road, Harkness, 3337, View Map
-37.67149879999999,144.5703133
267 Coburns Road ,
Harkness 3337
Navan Park Lake
267 Coburns Road ,
Harkness 3337
Catch-a-Carp Day