The Damsumlo Lake fish community was sampled with two standard experimental multi-mesh gillnets (one floating and one sinking) and five Gee-type minnow traps baited with salmon roe. Inlets and the outlet stream were sampled for fish presence by electrofishing. No fish were captured in the lake, its inlets or outlet. No signs of fish activity were observed during the survey. The near surface zooplankton were indicative of fish absence from Damsumlo Lake. The lake outlet stream and 5 inlet channels were examined for fisheries potential.