Tilapia!!

[Rainbowrunner]

Had a look down at Harold Kelly Park on Bald Hills Creek for the feral Tilapia today. Some real horses in there, 24 busted. Biggest was 43cm.
We catch these using light fishing rods with garden worms on small hooks suspended about 20cm under a float.
Quote from DPI Fisheries Dept QLD.
"Tilapia are restricted noxious fish under the Biosecurity Act 2014. They must not be kept, fed, given away, sold, or released into the environment. If caught, tilapia must be humanely destroyed immediately and disposed of as soon as practicable by burying a suitable distance from the waterway where it was caught or placing it in a rubbish bin"
See fact sheet here - https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/…/123…/IPA-Tilapia-Fact-Sheet.pdf

EDIT - Signs say not currently allowed to fish here but I am in talks with BCC about this area and why fisherman are discriminated against and to see if the signage is legal.

[rickmarlin62]

good to see them being culled we have euro carp down this way that absolutely ruin waterways...rick

[Rainbowrunner]

good to see them being culled we have euro carp down this way that absolutely ruin waterways...rick

Carp here too on the Southside of Brisbane

[gunna]

Gee they go hard too. Lot of fun on light gear.

[cuzzamundi]

Didn't know you could fish that little system. Did you see any eels? Great result!

Cuzza

[Rainbowrunner]

Didn't know you could fish that little system. Did you see any eels? Great result!

Cuzza

lotsa eels further down stream, actually not allowed to fish there , read the edit in my original post. No reason you cant fish the other side of the road tho

[Luc]

If BCC allows fishing, how long before bunch of slobs leave messes around!!

[Rainbowrunner]

If BCC allows fishing, how long before bunch of slobs leave messes around!!

same time as any other slobs that use the park, why discriminate against fisherman?