Hazelwood Barra thanks for the memories.

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Hazelwood Barra thanks for the memories.

Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:44 pm

From the day these fish were released into the cooling pond the hazel wood Barra were always going to be entertaining.

Reports started filtering in on some local anglers trying their luck very early in the piece when a few weeks prior to the expected opening the big announcement happened full closure of Hazelwood power station by the end of march.

Then it was a free for all with punters and local tackle store owners alike trying their luck some having great success others battling the story of the fishery. As the date of opening got closer the stories of Barra captures grew this may have got too much for a few people.

A few days before the opening Paul Worstleing and David Kramer had a authority sanctioned early fish. The night before on talking fishing which happens to be fully hosted by tackleworld employees who have featured on Ifish MrKramer stated theres no early fish :rofl:. The ifish guys did have a reasonable session on the pondage catching all their fish within an exclusion zone where fisherman were later asked to leave some even receiving fines.

Once the pondage open there was jubilation and disappointment with some damaged boats on rock walls and the shallow ramp to add to the heartbreak. Plenty of pictures were taken of anglers triumphantly holding their Barra up strangely enough a lot of the fisherman who were holding up these apparently big fish also had knees or hands that were bigger than their heads.

Now the hot water has stopped pumping in so who knows how long we will have a Barra fishery for.
Hazelwood Barra thanks for the memories and remember there will be no early fish.

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Post by 4liters » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:47 pm

so that's where the 'no early fish' thing comes from, i just assumed it was just some dumb catch phase he repeated ad nauseum on one of his fishing shows
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Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:04 pm

4liters wrote:so that's where the 'no early fish' thing comes from, i just assumed it was just some dumb catch phase he repeated ad nauseum on one of his fishing shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8aO9RTS7ks&app=desktop

1min 30 sec this was the day before David Kramer and Paul filmed Ifish in the exclusion zone.

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Post by Scraglor » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:07 pm

The whole story is sad, fishery had so much potential, the locals are devastated with the potential loss of jobs, and all those fish will likely die. What is the council going to do when it has hundreds of tons of rotting cichlids sitting in that lake?

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Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:19 pm

Scraglor wrote:The whole story is sad, fishery had so much potential, the locals are devastated with the potential loss of jobs, and all those fish will likely die. What is the council going to do when it has hundreds of tons of rotting cichlids sitting in that lake?
The fishery definitely comes secondary to the loss of income and opportunity for the community as far as the rotting fish I'm led to believe that the pondage is the responsibility of the company who owns the station.

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Post by Marty.A » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:21 pm

Scraglor wrote:The whole story is sad, fishery had so much potential, the locals are devastated with the potential loss of jobs, and all those fish will likely die. What is the council going to do when it has hundreds of tons of rotting cichlids sitting in that lake?
That Kramer bloke mentioned on Tuesday night something about redirecting water from a hot water bore that is nearby that has water temps of 46 degrees and is having discussions with the relevant authorities to see if it can be done.

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Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:27 pm

Marty.A wrote:
Scraglor wrote:The whole story is sad, fishery had so much potential, the locals are devastated with the potential loss of jobs, and all those fish will likely die. What is the council going to do when it has hundreds of tons of rotting cichlids sitting in that lake?
That Kramer bloke mentioned on Tuesday night something about redirecting water from a hot water bore that is nearby that has water temps of 46 degrees and is having discussions with the relevant authorities to see if it can be done.
Be a lot of costs and effort involved in redirecting the water it would not be a matter of running a poly pipe across the road.

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Post by Kadmium » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:43 pm

Isn't the Artesian well in the mine next door pumping 60deg water in already? I heard the temps can be sustaines for years
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Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:51 pm

From my understanding they want water redirected.

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Post by Fish-cador » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:58 pm

And the police already removed my last post. Nothing offensive on that......

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