Probably full of small reddies too. Good effort bud!guppie12 wrote:Lol, I caught my first reddie on Monday ant the loaf and it was 30cm lol and fat too :super:
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congrats on the 1st reddie :a_goodjob: i caught my first there too.guppie12 wrote:Lol, I caught my first reddie on Monday ant the loaf and it was 30cm lol and fat too :super:
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I was there on monday as well, caught 5+ small ones on swimmer SP.
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Try a small red spinnerbait next time, or maybe jackalls and see if you can pick up a big fat ol' girl.hunsky wrote:congrats on the 1st reddie :a_goodjob: i caught my first there too.guppie12 wrote:Lol, I caught my first reddie on Monday ant the loaf and it was 30cm lol and fat too :super:
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I was there on monday as well, caught 5+ small ones on swimmer SP.
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Just something to note: redfin are very similar to yellow perch found in the US. Perch tend to reproduce a lot and in a lake where there are no predators this results in stunting, as you have a ton of them competing for resources. I'm not necessarily suggesting eating them but culling the smaller ones would improve the overall size if done enough. Maybe use them for fertilizing flower beds?
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I've heard similar about bluegills in the US too, when they want a population to consist of bigger fish they stock their ponds with a couple of large mouth bass which thin out the smaller fish and allow the survivors to grow bigger.
Maybe the answer is a clandestine cod stocking program at Sugarloaf lol
Maybe the answer is a clandestine cod stocking program at Sugarloaf lol
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Good in theory but anglers dont take enough to make a differencetropicalfisher wrote:Just something to note: redfin are very similar to yellow perch found in the US. Perch tend to reproduce a lot and in a lake where there are no predators this results in stunting, as you have a ton of them competing for resources. I'm not necessarily suggesting eating them but culling the smaller ones would improve the overall size if done enough. Maybe use them for fertilizing flower beds?
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I've heard of bigger in there but I've seen no proof. Cod stocking is something we can hope for but they're very likely to get smashed by the baito brigade and their 50lb mono setlines.
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Fished Sugarloaf a bit as its pretty local and have been amazed with the number of small reddies i see. You can her them when you walk the banks as the school attack smaller fish in the shallows a pretty cool sight to see.
Would love to see some Cod stocked in there, they could have the potential to grow huge with the amount of food in the lake. But doubt it will ever happen from fisheries. Would also love to see a consistent stocking of the Yarra as its clearly able to sustain populations of murray cod. Even if its a few thousand fingerlings a year.
Would love to see some Cod stocked in there, they could have the potential to grow huge with the amount of food in the lake. But doubt it will ever happen from fisheries. Would also love to see a consistent stocking of the Yarra as its clearly able to sustain populations of murray cod. Even if its a few thousand fingerlings a year.
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I think they can make a difference if fished often enough. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have bodies of water which are fished out by anglers.laneends wrote:Good in theory but anglers dont take enough to make a differencetropicalfisher wrote:Just something to note: redfin are very similar to yellow perch found in the US. Perch tend to reproduce a lot and in a lake where there are no predators this results in stunting, as you have a ton of them competing for resources. I'm not necessarily suggesting eating them but culling the smaller ones would improve the overall size if done enough. Maybe use them for fertilizing flower beds?
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it's not fisheries' call anymore or the place would be full of trout by now. It's a water reservoir and falls under the management of the utilities company.willow17 wrote:Fished Sugarloaf a bit as its pretty local and have been amazed with the number of small reddies i see. You can her them when you walk the banks as the school attack smaller fish in the shallows a pretty cool sight to see.
Would love to see some Cod stocked in there, they could have the potential to grow huge with the amount of food in the lake. But doubt it will ever happen from fisheries. Would also love to see a consistent stocking of the Yarra as its clearly able to sustain populations of murray cod. Even if its a few thousand fingerlings a year.