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Great work to all involved. I can't wait to fish the lakes with my 3 boys

Does anyone know about the costs for fingerlings? Or what budget they have put aside for stocking the lakes with Mundies? Both hands down if there was a fundraiser event held, I would defently hand over $100 to go towards a fund that stocks our waterways.

You can add lake ALEXANDER in there as well. How good would it be to have a picinic during the dry n catch a barra. Plus they should stay in there. ALL CATCH N RELEASE to maintain the stock.

Agree 100% on catch and release only in the stocked lakes. Lake Alex is no fishing I believe due to the risk of hooking a swimmer but vesteys lake could be stocked as well

Be hard to enforce a rule but fishing barbless in these lakes would be a good thing since the intention generally is to release. Barbless hooks do less damage to fish and if a hook goes astray then at least there is no barb to sink into someones foot.

How good could it be? Stock all the local waterways on a catch and release/barbless hooks only basis. Tristian is this an idea AFANT could push?

Um.... Just a question. Why catch and release in what could be a put and take fishery? Flesh quality aside if you can manage population by release numbers and budgeted for fish taken by anglers as part of the overall mortality rate that increases the value of the fishery to the public and should help with ongoing stocking. Just a thought??

This is a great idea. This site has fingerlings starting at $1.25 each. http://aquaponics.net.au/forum/threads/ ... e-now.735/
In other states, there are fish stocking societies and the govt also pay up.
Now they just need to introduce a fishing licence to cover costs.

Great stuff, my young feller has been fishing the lakes in Durack with his mates over the last couple of weeks, with the rain, they have pulled over 20 out I reckon, catch n release. Biggest over 80, most 60-80cm.

But I didn't tell you...lol

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