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Originally Posted by mazman
The ones I was talking about that were a bit larger were fish caught in 2019/2020 that were in the high 40s at a time where the biggest fish I was coming across good numbers of was around 38-42cm and that seemed to line up with the growth rates I had seen in APL. First stocked in jan 2014 and over the 17/18 summer the biggest I got there was 37cm and I had only heard rumours of 40s at this stage but can't recall ever seeing proof. Which makes me think that those initial werribee fish spread out over the bay rather than those 40s coming from the ones stocked above patto and in mordi in dec 16/jan 2017. The fish from watersports definitely ended up down in patto, can't remember exactly when but I remember seeing massive schools of micro eps in the lights at patto boat ramp smashing up tiny bait. I've also found perch in good numbers in small systems that weren't directly stocked.
On the nong there was fish stocked lower down at brimbank park and avondale heights but I think even fished stocked up at bulla could make their way down to the estuary if they wanted too.
https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-...e-fish-revival |
Yeah Solomans ford must have looked like a the ticket check area at a train station in peak hour when they had those big releases up stream