Heavy rain at Gladstone.

[the_matrix]

With a well soaked Awoonga catchment, anything we receive in the Boyne Valley now will be direct inflow.
Approx 20cm top up late last week (the first top up since cyclone Benny), and now good rainfalls yesterday, today with more predicted we are all hopefull the dam will get a significant fresh.
Absolutley belting down at present.
Hope it can stay like this, everywhere needs a good flush.
Awesome cell along the Northern seaboard.
Rain you bastard!
Cheers
Jas

[Peter4]

Good news from Peter Faust Dam as well - up nearly 2 metres after the 200mm drenching of the last 24hrs.

I agree Jas - rain your goddamn head off!!

Pete

[Magella]

Getting good rain here at Monduran as well, about time keep sending it down this way Jas. Should get good inflows as every creek and river was still running from last lot. Monduran up a couple of feet, 60cm in a week.
Cheers Foxie

[tiges]

Great news Jas. But it's got me a bit nervous, as I'll be up there this time next week with Reg and Deano. Could be boom or bust fishing with a major inflow. Hopefully it rises and the fish are up and active over newly flooded ground.

Cheers mate
Tim

[Mak579]

Yep Jas,

Sending it down your way, we've had enough up here......or at least I have!!

Cheers
Matt C

[Tropicaltrout]

bring it on fill the dams, Go you good thing.

[chief 1]

yeh,i live in Gladstone and it just shot down today,heaviest i've seen in a while,hopefully Awoonga is getting lots of it


CHEERS

[the_matrix]

Yeh Foxie went past your joint today on a return trip to Hervey Bay. Pissing down!
Wow there is some water around, and some good run off about for sure.
I'll be on Awoonga tommorow to have a sticky beak at the inflow and check out the water quality, dissolved oxygen and temps.
Will post a report tommorow evening.

Tiges, Reg will sniff out the barra's mate, you'll be right.
Cheers
Jas

[udlman]

Hope Awoonga doesn't get too much before March, I am up there for a week, and want to catch some fish, not mindlessly cast all day to get sfa.


Brad.

[chief 1]

yeh,i might take a look later in the week

[derfla]

not sure how far inland the rain is going, but this arvo i got about an inch of water in the back room....that didn't even happen when beni dropped about 600mm in 3 days..some downpour all right.

russ

[nipsta]

go you good thing fill those dams up just what the doctor ordered hope it keep the barra on the chew so when i get to mondy next week end there play them game will stop and see ya foxie on the way through see whats happening

[Magella]

Jas
Monduran has risen close to 2 metres since yesterday and still rising steadly, should be able to use dirt ramp near the cabins now, less ramp rage. After it settles a bit we will have ahole new fishery to try and work out again.

Cheers Foxie

[the_matrix]

Thanks for that Foxie.
Awoonga too has come up over 2 metres, a bloody awesome sight and still rising.
A brief 2 hour session at 2pm yesterday with my lil sister fishing saw 5 landed and 5 missed.
Plastic topwaters and slick rigs worked for us (her really) I only fished for half an hour she was having a ball. It poured rain the whole time.
Fish were between 80 and 95cm and she lost a 110 after an arial display.
Flooded grass and basin fishing was the key, inflows were not checked, lots of debris in the water.
Basin readings with my DO probe were very good. Lots of life in the water, frogs, lizards etc.
Cheers
Jas

[Peter4]

According to BOM at 5.50am this morning Awoonga was up 3 metres since Sunday and still rising......