Buxton Trout & Salmon Farm

"We had a fantastic morning at the farm on Saturday. But it was a morning we could have done with a coffee."

"Been here a few times now. We try to drop in each time we are in the area to get some fresh caught trout, Caviar or smoked Trout. They have a newly built, very large undercover area that can easily cater for a 100 or so people looking out onto the ponds. Heaps of BBQs both at the shelter and sprinkled around the ponds to cook your freshly caught Trout or Salmon. They prepare your fish for you once you've caught it and get it ready to cook for free and pack it in ice if it's take away. A great location for a few hours or a whole day of fishing in the very green landscaped pondage areas. You pay to enter to fish per person, then for each fish you catch you pay by the kilogram. Price per kilogram is for the live/whole fish and is about the same as what you pay for a cleaned/gutted fish at the supermarket. But the fish you catch is FRESH as you can get! Pond to BBQ in 10 minutes or so! NO catch and release, whatever you catch you have to keep and pay for. Entry price includes a fishing rod per person, which is nothing fancy but perfectly adequate as well as bait and bucket. You can bring you own rod etc, but the fee is the same. Whatever you catch is paid for and includes gutting and cleaning, ready for cooking, bagged with crushed ice for the trip home, so bring an Esky. There are under cover picnic tables and barbeques if you want to cook and eat your fish etc on the spot. As we did, staff can also go out with you and net a Trout or Salmon for you, pick the ones you want and prepare them for you. We got 2 very large Rainbow Trout, 2Kg and 1Kg approx, prepped, paid and leaving in about 20minutes. A variety of smoked fish, Caviar (in season), honeys, souvenirs etc also available. If you have young children, please be very vigilant: ponds are completely open and unfenced. Don't take your eyes of bubs and toddlers etc even for a second. Catching fish or other animals, also necessarily involves killing them. This can be confronting for both children and adults, but can be a valuable learning experience. If you don't want to do it yourself, staff are available to despatch your catch quickly and humanely."

"Great place to visit and spend a day with family and friends. Highly recommended for great experience this is a must place to visit. Helpful and friendly staff that will make sure you have a great day."

"I've been fishing at Buxton Trout & Salmon Farm for many years. It's a great drive up to Buxton and a really good spot to go fishing for some salmon and trout. An early start is always good here. I always end up taking home so good catches."

"We've visited multiple times and keep coming back as it's quite a unique experience. There is a large shaded BBQ area for you to grill the fish you catch so it's a great place to relax and enjoy deliciously fresh trout & salmon with friends and family. For the salmon, the friendly staff also do sashimi (additional $10 service fee per fish applies) and it is awesome watching them expertly carve the salmon into sashimi pieces. And yes, it tastes heavenly. If you just want to catch fish quick to cook there are ponds at the back where you can hook fresh fish in minutes. Overall, an absolute delightful place to visit for, or as part of a daytrip."