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GADEN TROUT HATCHERY  
 REPORT 
August 2016   
Climatic Conditions 
24.7 mm of rain received with river level relative low and clarity very clear for the month.  As such trapping has been slow however cormorant activity has increased notably and added presence of numerous pelicans.  Frosts are still being experienced,   (-7°C) and water temps still to a minimum of 2°C with usual winter varied weather conditions. A flood event has occurred on the 31st Aug, with rain water and snow melt run off inundating trap barrier.  
General Hatchery Overview 
Jindabyne Central School year 9 agriculture student attended the site for an orientation and view hatchery production as part of an aquaculture program. They will return later in the season to see varying development in ova and fry. 
A small sample of each species (1+) was provided to Fisheries Officers to transport for aquaria display at the Melbourne fishing, camping and boat expo.   
Stocks on Hand / Fish Movements  
Atlantic salmon 
180,500 eyed ova/fry  400 1+ 120 2+ 80 3+ 60 4+ 30 5+ 
Brook trout 200,000 fry  310 1+

Releases  160 1+ Lake Jindabyne  
Brown trout       Trapping continued and data obtained from further brown trout.  A total of 1111 have been trapped.  Due to the slow nature of trapping this season and inability to have large quantity of adults to supply bulk green ova the proposed additional ova for Dutton hatchery is likely to be supplied as eyed ova later in the season.   As a consequence additional brown trout ova have been laid down at Jindabyne. 
Eildon trout Farm Victoria has expressed interest in purchasing 3000 brown trout eyed ova however documentation to enable translocation is yet to be received.         542,500 ova laid down at Gaden 280,000 green ova sent to Dutton       Rainbow trout       Few (29) rainbow trout have been trapped and data collected to date. 
665,000 ova  1000 1+ future fishing clinic 700 2+ fishing clinic 
Surplus (220) to future production will be marked by research staff and have been released into the Thredbo River and Lake Jindabyne.   
Tourist Centre – Events - Revenue 
August saw a solid month of tours through the hatchery and plenty of people using the picnic area. The clear water coming into the hatchery ponds from the Thredbo River, along with the hatching room being in full swing gave tourists a great insight into all facets of fish production here at Gaden. 

 

LAKE EUCUMBENE FLY FISHING
Fly fishing has picked up in the last few weeks with some good results coming from Anglers Reach, Braemer Bay, Buckenderra and Seven gates.
After all the rain we have had things are Improving out wide and in close with rainbows and browns most fishers are using large wet flies out in the deeper waters and in close the nymphs seem to be doing the job on the browns out in the deeper waters big woolly buggers and fuzzy’s and yabbie flies are working well at a really slow retrieve.
If you are walking the edge look for the gully’s use a bead head flie let it drop retrieve slow the fish are there with all the rain there is plenty of food laying around.
Overall the fishing is picking up the lake is rising and the weather is looking good. Remember the better fishing days are the bad days so do not let the weather put you off.

LAKE JINDABYNE FLY FISHING
Jindabyne is fishing really well with good results coming from most parts of the lake, this is the time to start walking and looking for the big browns now they have finished spawning.
Best places are poo bay, waste point, hatchery bay, east jindy, kalkite,
Overall jindy is fishing well fish are in close and moving around looking for food unlike eucumbene fish jindy on a nice sunny day sun behind your back and keep moving look for them do not stand around waiting go to them!! 

 

 

 

EUCUMBENE LAKE TROLLING
Trolling has been good with some good browns and rainbows trolling around the deeper waters have been the pick for most boats with some really good browns taking the spotted dog Rapala lures. Tassie Devils have been working well close to the shore line this is where you will find the rainbows. There has not been any best areas on the lake it’s been fishing well all over the place in deep and shallow waters. Fishing early morning has been the best but with all this bad weather the fishing has been good all day and if the wind comes up try trolling into the wind with Tassies results have been good!!

TASSIE DEVILS 55, 36, 124, 125, 50

RAPALA SPOTTED DOG




Nice Brown on a Spotted Dog Rapala







Howdy Michael,

Peter at Braemar here with a fishing report for the week ending August 28th 2016.

Well once again it was a mixed week weather wise and fishing results reflected that, snow and wind sent everyone packing as conditions were very ordinary indeed, prior to the snow conditions were more favourable and some nice fish were caught once again, Max Gengalacki caught a nice Brown on powerbait and Daryl Suckley managed 3 nice fish with one Brown going 1566 gms, Ben Tickle led the fly-fishing brigade and encountered a few smallish rainbows taking slow drifted nymphs but generally action was poor on the fly front.



Colin Nicholson from Geelong did well on his only trolling outing with 7 Rainbows taking a # 56 and # 37 Tassie, all of Colin’s action happened around the dam wall end of Halstrom Island in fine calm conditions, Alistair and Greg Dunham from Sale had a completely different catch rate with their first outing drawing an absolute bank in fine sunny conditions, however when the wind swung around to the south west the next morning they had a fantastic 2 hour session catching 16 fish, a mix of Browns and Rainbows from 600 gms up to 2200 gms, all caught around the tree line at the entrance to the Tolbar, their trolling depth was around the 3m mark, deeper or shallower brought no result at all, their best Tassie’s were # 13 # 48 and # 122.

Charlie Rogers and Daniel Watson lure cast one fine sunny morning before the wind got up around the power lines and caught a nice Brown each on Pegron Blue, Charlie missed a monster Brown that was on for 10 minutes before breaking free at the knot, this fish was cruising the edges around the dirty stirred up sections and attacked the Pegron in only 20cm of water as the retrieve finished, Charlie was switched on enough to realize he had to let the fish run and opened his bail arm straight away allowing the fish to take around 20m of line and then the struggle to get him back to shore began, the estimated size of that fish is around the 4 kg mark. It is not uncommon for Browns to behave in this manner, particularly at this time of year, lures being retrieved back through the discoloured water tends to excite fish as they assume it is small yabbies being dislodged from their burrows, a distinctive orange coloured clay bank is the perfect place to cast lures once the wind has got up and quite often the fish will take the lure right at the bank, so be prepared to play the fish with only a meter of 2 of line out, don’t panic, open the bail arm and allow the line to spread through your fingers with a little bit of pressure on the fish and then play the fish once you have a few meters of line out, its a very effective way to play fish caught close in and don’t be surprised if you see fish chasing the lures right up tot he bank. 

The action around Eucumbene will steadily improve over the coming weeks, traditionally, windier days will bring better results especially for those who are lure casting along the banks, trolling will also improve but safety should be the first option, the more seasoned anglers have a good idea on what the wind can bring but everyone needs to be aware that conditions will change rapidly so keep that in mind when out and about boating. 

Pictured is Max Gengalacki with his 1100 gms Brown.

JINDABYNE TROLLING

Trolling is picking up at the lake with good results coming from waste point, Kalkite, East Jindy, Dam will and down passed the bowling club most trolling has been out around 30 meters from the shore line. Much the same as eucumbene trolling with Spotted dogs and tassies have been the pick early mornings and from 2pm till dark if you can handle the cold. From now on you should start seeing better results on the troll now the brown are back down from the spawn run.
 

 Hit Jindabyne with the kids on Sunday and after a battle with the wind we landed a 42cm Salmon and a 40cm Brown. Both were caught on a dark coloured yellow winged Tassie on lead line down around the 6 m mark near the caravan park. We then pulled the boat out and fished with bait at Waste Point. After giving my 5 year old daughter Matilda instructions on what to do if the bells went off I went to move the car. On looking out the window I saw her winding the rod, thinking to myself she was doing what most 5 year olds do as they are so inpatient, only to see a splash next to the bank as she landed a 48cm Rainbow. Wasn't dad and daughter proud. Chunky Cheese being the bait. Cheers Dax Linden Canberra.
Tilly and her Rainbow.

 

EUCUMBENE BAIT FISHING BEST BAIT ARE SCRUBBIES

 

Most places around eucumbene are fishing well with worms and chunky cheese power bait we are starting to get more reports on rainbows and in great condition.

 

Best areas are Seven gates, frying pan, Rushes, Anglers Reach and some really good reports from Braemer Bay.