queensland Lucky Few

[Dinodadog]

I cant understand why there is so few who reap the rewards of fishing NPD. Saturday morning yesterday and only three people at the gate, 2 boats and one yak. People are so reluctant to pay $100 to be able to fish one of the best fisheries around.This place will be open to the public in the next year or so and they can thank the members of the PRFMA boating access scheme for the money they have paid over the last 17 years that was used to stock the dam. Ah well all the more for us till this happens.

On a better note on a not so cold, not so hot and not so windy day, I managed 58 bass trolling, jigging and some bait fishing.Most were small and not worthy of a pic. Managed to see a couple of deer in the grass, although all you can see in the pic is antlers above the grass.

 

Dino

[ellicat]

Needing a dedicated electric only boat is a 'put-off' I think, Dino.

[Binder]

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Needing a dedicated electric only boat is a 'put-off' I think, Dino.

Horses for courses. Anyone who just likes the occasional fish has plenty of other fresh water options for free not to far away where they can use their bow mounts without removing their petrol motors,  or go where they can camp and use their outboards.

Serious fisho's like the close convenience for regular trips and the cost of permits / electric only boats are worthwhile as they make many trips.

With the changes to the SIP scheme where Fisheries are going to let large amounts of the SIP money be diverted to spending other than for fingerlings, I think the golden age of freshwater fishing is just about gone.

 

[Dinodadog]

At the moment SEQwater is trying to work out what to do with NPD, As they are wanting to open it up to the public.To many groups are wanting different things for the dam. At this moment it is ONLY being opened up for paddlecraft to the public. Undecided is areas,are electric motors allowed, are tinnies with electric motors allowed. These discussions are all still underway, hell they havnt even got a launch site yet after 5 years. One thing is for certain, there will be no petrol motors allowed.

 

Dino

[Luc53]

With all the new sips dams and the change in the allocation method, NPD's share of the bucket has effectively halved.

When the BAS scheme ceases, the stocking rates will drop even further.

Hopefully, more sips dam will meant more sip purchases and a bigger bucket.

Today would have been a cracker on NPD weatherwise.

 

 

[rayke1938]

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Where else in Australia is there a stocked dam within 60ks of a capital city.where you can practically guarantee not donutting i think that i have had around 4 donuts in last 10 years and that would equate to around 1000 trips.

Then you have the security of having secure parking so you know your trailer will still be there when you come back to the ramp

Your own picnic tables at the ramp.

No drongos in jet skis of doof doof boats

The next round of permits will commence to be sold in Mid August

http://www.prfma.com.au/boating-access-scheme

Catch data for bass

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apl	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2009					2095	591	154	164	122	254	403	163
2010	515	561	134	177	265	547	571	361	224	388	63	10
2011	2	16	4	48	61	116	674	250	72	102	82	48
2012	134	171	54	185	300	471	682	548	26	116	133	109
2013	69	129	223	31	2	2027	1332	607	957	1029	483	150
2014	588	323	262	542	919	1247	1142	523	524	1618	262	604
2015	1704	274	388	250	250	516	585	1385	98	375	110	275
2016	1796	503	1294	319	416	2750	1064	1227	1749	2380	2816	1356
2017	872	251	408

                                       

Catch Statistics Golden Perch (Yellow Belly) May 2009 to Date

  Jan Feb Mar Apl May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009         119 48 37 28 5 33 39 10 2010 18 11 6 1 13 10 8 6 4 6 4 1 2011 1 0 1 0 2 74 102 143 97 114 38 18 2012 6 3 5 21 26 4 12 35 76 66 20 4 2013 4 5 2 4 1 0 4 13 33 83 28 6 2014 10 11 5 7 7 20 8 12 31 58 48 15 2015 24 15 44 3 3 13 4 6 11 19 47 50 2016 45 7 36 9 9 25 1 10 37 38 35 9 2017 31 7 4                                            

 

                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you factor of fuel costs after 3 trips to wivenhoe you would be way in front financially.

My tally for the last month is over 400 bass and reckon Dino would be far in front of that.

Cheers

Ray