lenthalls barra rescue

[warrior]

got a call last week that the barra that went over the wall at lenthalls in summer were struggling in the hole at the base of the dam,there were already 20 odd dead and more struggling to survive.the fish stocking group got a few of us together and headed out to see what we could do,arriving we found dozens of fish just cruising around the hole and many more shooting in and out of the lillies.we attempted to hook a few on lures but this didnt work ,i eventually temted one but dropped it just before it went into the net,headed of home dissapointed with the result,got a phone call yesterday and wide bay water had decided to help with an electrofish man to come up and give it a go ,we electroed 22 barra out of the shallows ,none out of the hole there would be an estimated 100 in there .but thanks to mark vanner from wide bay we saved a few cheers AL

[Big_Ren]

That's a great story Al. Congratulations on the collective efforts of all.

Cheers
Paul

[Pridey]

Did you notice any of the other stocked fish over the wall?

Or are they fine due to size etc?

Has anyone actually pulled saragtoga out of there ?

[warrior]

no pridey no other natives a couple of bonies but thats all ,there is saratoga in the burrum but very scarce not too many reports of catches this year ,borumba is the capital for that species

[hairypunt]

Hats off to you guys, protecting such a great fishery and such a great fish.
Nice work.

Kyle.

[rayken1938]

Any plans to try and get the rest? At least WBW came to the party this time.
CHeers
Ray

[warrior]

ray hopefully we might get another try ,depends on the electro company availability

[Pridey]

Thanks mate.

And thats great dedication. Well done.

[fatboyfishing]

top effort
thanks men

[warrior]

here is a pic of the year classes we found in the pond the smallest around 250mm and largest 700 maybe a bit bigger the little fella might be one of the ones we released last november

[fishboy018]

great effort guys, i have been out there and seen them cruising in that pond except i was there about 2 months ago and there were at least 100 dead and i reckon about 100 or more cruising around in looking like zombies because of the cold water. its so sad that so many of those awesome fish are already dead. i love going out to lenthalls and nailing a few barra and its been getting harder and harder lately with the amount of barra going over the wall. i cant wait for summer so the fish can wake up again and come visit my boat glad that wide bay water finally did something, they have known about those fish in there for months and months and finally they took some initiative.