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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2010, 09:46:16 AM »
I was supposed to be going up on Jan 1st.  May have to rethink the plans a bit now.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2010, 06:54:35 PM »
Dick,

Answer “D” – All of the above. With the main swimming/recreation area under water and less than a kilometre from the dam wall we wouldn’t want kids (or adults) on a paddle ski, paddle boat thingy etc doing the Solo Man kayak trick over the wall.

WTF :o After seeing incidents like this and the number visitors to the dam I don’t blame GAWB for shutting access.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/queensland-police-slam-trios-mattress-flood-trip/story-e6frf7jo-1225977031499

 :OMG
After seeing 4.1m going over the spillway you wouldn’t want to be within 5km of the wall if you broke down, hit a log, or fell overboard, doubtful if the Minn Kota or a rescue boat would save you in time.

The below link has up to date spillway heights and graph – “Boyne R at Awoonga Dam”, which is dropping quickly as there has only been a couple of light showers today

http://www-cluster.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ60289.html#Boyne

Also “Boyne R at Milton” is the water level up the back of the dam.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2010, 08:22:58 PM »
Boating may be out but can you walk the creeks and the river fishing the inflows?

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2010, 06:53:35 AM »
You could Dick but... its closed season for Barra so you are not to target them.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2010, 09:47:16 AM »
Ah sorry meant the inflows into the lake itself, or is it that once the rivercreek levels get above the lake level the waterbody becomes a river/creek again the state laws to rivers apply i.e closed season?

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2010, 12:30:15 PM »
You could Dick but... its closed season for Barra so you are not to target them.

Not quite correct Trev.

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Barramundi
Throughout the Queensland east coast a closed season applies to barramundi from midday 1 November to midday 1 February, except in and from waterways upstream of Awoonga, Burdekin Falls, Callide, Eungella, Fairbairn, Fred Haigh (Lake Monduran), Kinchant, Koombooloomba, Lenthalls, Peter Faust, Teemburra, Tinaroo and Wuruma dams.

The Gulf of Carpentaria closed season for barramundi in 2009-2013 is:

midday 25 September 2009 to midday 22 January 2010
midday 30 September 2010 to midday 26 January 2011
midday 4 October 2011 to midday 30 January 2012
midday 7 October 2012 to midday 3 February 2013.
These closures do not apply in East Leichhardt Dam and Belmore, Corella, Julius and Moondarra lakes, and to waterways upstream of these impoundments.

A take and possession limit of one barramundi applies during the closed season in all of the 18 lakes and dams mentioned above. The barramundi may be greater than 120 cm. Recreational fishers may continue to fish in the 18 dams and lakes once they have reached their limit of one barramundi.

Outside of the closed season, in the 18 dams and lakes mentioned above, a take and possession limit of five applies to barramundi that may include one barramundi greater than 120 cm.

It is also prohibited to deliberately target barramundi for catch and release during these closed seasons, as the stress of capture may prevent fish from spawning.

The important bit is except in and from waterways upstream of

This same type of wording while seeming ok in this instance, is a real annoyance in regard to our Mary River Cod in SEQ. Our MRCs upstream of lakes need the protection of a closure as some of the best habitat for them is upstream of the various lakes.  :-\

Dick, You can go as far up the valley as you like & fish for barra, no closed season applies, as per above.  :thumbsup

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2010, 12:30:38 PM »
Throughout the Queensland east coast a closed season applies to barramundi from midday 1 November to midday 1 February, except in and from waterways upstream of Awoonga, Burdekin Falls, Callide, Eungella, Fairbairn, Fred Haigh (Lake Monduran), Kinchant, Koombooloomba, Lenthalls, Peter Faust, Teemburra, Tinaroo and Wuruma dams.


OOOPS  :-[ Fitzy posted same time as I did  :kids

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2010, 12:34:50 PM »
"Dick, You can go as far up the valley as you like & fish for barra"

The side deck at the Grand @ Many Peaks sounds good  :thumbsup water should be up to there soon ;D

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2010, 04:22:39 PM »
It could even be a mission driving up there at the moment.  Heard today the highway is cut between Childers and Gin Gin and the road near Goomeri is underwater as well.  I've got Christmas pressies that need to be Barra blooded.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2010, 06:13:57 PM »
It could even be a mission driving up there at the moment.  Heard today the highway is cut between Childers and Gin Gin and the road near Goomeri is underwater as well.  I've got Christmas pressies that need to be Barra blooded.

Hey Dale, you're suppose to ignore all the reports of flooded roads & head orf, then complain to the news crews about being stranded on the highway :youbeauty

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #25 on: December 30, 2010, 08:43:54 PM »
I managed to go about 41km upstream of the main ramps at Awoonga in my 4.45m crabbing boat this week. Check out how far that is on Google. I could have gone further. Brad, The Many Peaks district may have been a possibility.
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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #26 on: December 30, 2010, 09:26:49 PM »
Johnny,
I reckon that if the dam is up at 2.4 mt at the spillway, the river would have to be backed up to at least Littlemore or even the Blackmans gap road
>>>> just had a look at road closures on RACQ.... says...Gladstone to Monto Road is closed to all vehicles. Subject to flooding at Ridler Creek (between Ubobo & Builyan )&  Boyne River Crossing, so Blackmans Gap rd is closed it looks like.  :o

shite thats some serious water  :youbeauty

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2011, 09:29:59 AM »
Barring more rain and sightings of Noah's Ark, the lake will be open to the public on Tues 4th.
A factor that may have some bearing on future access has been the attitude of the the non-fishing
public in disregarding ranger's directions and ignoring "no go" signage, and the ferking mess - fast food and
beverage containers - left behind. Worse still the slides and mud burnout scars in grounds up past the ramp.

As for water colour...yep it's brown alright but has close to a foot visibility. On the basis of lots yesteryear barra
from the tidal parts of the Victoria, Ord and Fitzroy (the one on WA) - waters much dirtier when tides are running -
 I'm confident that barra not being able to see a lure won't be an issue.
A black/silver scale 6" Nilsmaster used to do it for me in water just a mite too thin to plough. 

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #28 on: January 01, 2011, 10:24:39 AM »
With the bigger fish doing what big fish do best.  That being heading to the estuary to try and breed would the juvenile fish be doing what they do best?  head upstream as far as they can go to sit in a waterhole, get big on eating everything else around it and next season or whenever the flows are right make the journey back downstream.

The lake may well lose quite a few of those sub 50cm fish that may have been in the dam prior to the flood only to have them reappear in the years to come

*thinks of 'wild' river fish sauntering into town, scarred and lean.  Kicks the saloon door open and demands a triple goanna straight.  Fat city fish sink back into the weed at its approach.  One says to the other "Carefull that's Black Rock Dan. Busted out of Oak Creek Gorge a week ago!"
Another chimes in "Took out 'Stick Ligs' Mitchell first day it got to town.  Left him hog tied to a stump up the back of Horse Gully crying like a baby!" (titter of mirth runs through the weed bed, stops as suddenly as it started when Black Rock casts a steely stare from right to left.)
Foolhardy youth pipes up "Here tell you're gunning for the big fella Dan...........Sir (gulp). What ya gunna do to him when you catch him?"
Black Rock bites the heads off and spits out the rings of the goannas in one motion sending one fat ol' tart up the back into a swoon. Looks down at the youth contemplating it as its next meal, decides not and says "Talkin don't amount to much boy, just watch and see." On that turns and swims out into the gloom. 
"See that scar young fella?" says one grizzled old fish to the young fish that nearly ended up lunch.
"Here tell Dan got that wrasselling a croc up the Boyne.  You can see what's left of the critter if you care to take a swim up there."
Rest of the fish slowly swim out of the weed beds. Black Rock is all the talk for the rest of the night*     

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2011, 12:07:06 AM »
loved the bedtime story dick hah you must have too much time on your hands but jee that was funny  ;D

 

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