To non-fishos, it simply means three days off in a row. To an all-round fisho it gives you a dilemma, three days and so many options.

It's the last chance to go trout fishing in streams and rivers in both NSW and Vic, as the trout season closes at midnight Monday.

The extra time could give you a chance to head for the Snowy lakes with the trout on the chew there. The cod are moving in the Upper Murray, or you could go chase a big sucker in Blowering for a couple of days.

The other option is to head down the river and have a quite day, or three, chasing Murray crays. The season has just opened, and that's the option I think quite a few will take.

Haven't been craying before? It's easy, you're allowed five drop pots, find a deep hole and put fish, cat food, liver or one of many other options in the bottom of your pot and drop it in.

Give it about half an hour and go lift them up. It's all pretty basic, but surprisingly exciting when you see a bunch of white claws appearing through the cloudy depths as the pot comes to the boat. They don't taste half bad either.

We have all the bait hooks, ropes, nets and info on regulations at the Compleat Angler. I'm sure other independent tackle stores will be able to help you out too.

Dartmouth (50.5 per cent) - has been good for most again this week. Although we're still getting stories of some fishos missing out, the vast majority are of success with a few boats even getting into double-figure catches.

Predominantly, it's all about Tassies and King Cobras and most reports are still revolving around flat lining too, which is great. Those K-9 Series Tassies worked a treat again, which makes you wonder if those UV light spots on the back are making the difference.

Streams - are only open for another couple of days, and should fish pretty well after another drop of rain freshened them up recently.

I was lucky enough to have a crack at them last weekend and between a few of us ended up with nine. Now, I know nine isn't a huge number.

And I reckon we should have possibly caught more, but we really didn't fish all that hard - more of a social weekend if you know what I mean. The thing was that out of nine fish, I reckon six were a kilo-plus and the best about 2.5kg. That's a great average size for a stream.

Blowering (49.5 per cent) - will also be busy over the break as cod fishos not living anywhere near the lake swarm there, after being starved of the opportunity to camp and fish at this popular destination. I'm confident we'll be reporting a couple of big ones here next week.

The Snowy Lakes - have been fishing pretty well, as has the Eucumbene River. Again, I'm sure those that love to fish the area will be there if they can get accommodation that helps them stay within the guidelines.

Lake Hume (28 per cent) - has been well below average for a while now, but I did get one encouraging report late in the week from a gentleman who has been out reasonably regularly fishing from the bank.

He hasn't been venturing all that for from the Bethanga Bridge area and has landed 13 yellas in the past couple of weeks using the old humble worm. His biggest has been 3kg and smallest just over 1kg. That's pretty good going considering recent reports.

The Murray River- is low, but there's been a few cod and yellas about for those that have been able to get about on the river.

There'll be a lot more activity this weekend with the cray season open though and early reports have been great with plenty about again this season by the looks of it.

Don't forget the regs - five nets, keepers are between 10 and 12cm in carapace length. And you're only allowed two per day per person and only four in your possession. It doesn't matter if you've been there a week - your possession limit is still four.

The Upper Murray - should fish well if you're above Jingellic. I'd be reasonably confident in saying bait will be your best bet though.