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Two new waters join estuary perch stocking list

Post by fishingvic » Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:09 pm

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Monday 19 December 2016 | Media contact: Nick Foster 03 8392 6254
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Two new waters join estuary perch stocking list

Two new waterways were amongst nine lakes and rivers to share in 103,000 estuary perch fingerlings last week that will improve recreational fishing opportunities for anglers.
Fisheries Victoria Executive Director, Travis Dowling, said Mordialloc Creek and the National Watersports Centre near Carrum received 10,000 and 20,000 estuary perch fingerlings respectively for the first time.
“Creating new fisheries and increasing fish stocking to five million are key commitments in the State Government’s Target One Million plan, which aims to get more people fishing, more often and increase participation to one million anglers by 2020,” Mr Dowling said.
Other waters stocked with estuary perch last week included:
 Melton Reservoir 15,000
 Werribee River 15,000
 Lake Struan 5,000
 Lake Hamilton 5,000
 Devilbend Reservoir 15,000
 Karkarook Lake 8,000
 Albert Park Lake 10,000
Mr Dowling said several of these waterways had been stocked with estuary perch in previous years and encouraging feedback from anglers suggested the fish were growing well and getting caught by anglers.
“Devilbend Reservoir on the Mornington Peninsula has a growing reputation for estuary perch catches, including on fly, which nicely complements the stocked brown trout and rainbow trout population.
“We have also had reports of small estuary perch caught in the Werribee River and Melton Reservoir, both of which are close to Melbourne’s expanding western suburbs and will provide extra fishing opportunities for a new species.
“Fisheries managers hope to hear similar good news this summer and next from lakes Karkarook, Struan, Hamilton and Albert Park in the heart of Melbourne.”
“Since 2012, more than 500,000 estuary perch fingerlings have been stocked into 14 waters.”
Estuary perch stocking and the state-wide fish stocking program for trout and native fish is funded by recreational fishing licence fees and Target One Million.
Learn more at www.vic.gov.au/estuaryperch

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Post by DougieK » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:28 pm

Any of you knowing about this kind of thing people have any thoughts on how EP's will interact with the populations of redfin and trout in places like Karkarook or Devils?
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Post by Boonanza » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:34 pm

DougieK wrote:Any of you knowing about this kind of thing people have any thoughts on how EP's will interact with the populations of redfin and trout in places like Karkarook or Devils?
Hopefully they eat all of them and turn into 10 pounders Dougie ;-)
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Post by DougieK » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:58 pm

^ yeah i'm wondering how EP fingerlings are going to go in a lake full of 25cm redfin.
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Post by rb85 » Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:17 pm

They should go ok if the stocking continues and some survive. The numbers of 25cm redfin at blue rock is no where near what it once was.

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Post by ducky » Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:20 pm

They put 5000 at the water sports centre in middle of 2015 though?

Either way it's great news. The more the better in my eyes. Longer to see a return on investment over say trout. But produces the goods for a far longer time.

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Post by IFISHALOT » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:07 pm

ducky wrote:They put 5000 at the water sports centre in middle of 2015 though?

Either way it's great news. The more the better in my eyes. Longer to see a return on investment over say trout. But produces the goods for a far longer time.

I won't be surprised if most of these come over the stones and end up in the saltwater in the canal system in the Patto Lakes.
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Post by Basti » Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:26 pm

they can go back up the fishway if they are so inclined.

Doug, i remember seeing a reddie with it's gob full of ep at devilbend one time. didn't look like either fish was going to make it. however, devilbend now seems to produce catchable EP quite regularly despite the population of big trout in there

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Post by cobby » Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:28 pm

DougieK wrote:^ yeah i'm wondering how EP fingerlings are going to go in a lake full of 25cm redfin.
Hence why you treat them like the other shitty import, kill immediately.

DB fishes well. Need the right time and double figures in an hour off the surface is easily achievable. Not much size to them yet though

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