Not good for NPD

[Feral]

With the heavy rainfall in the North Pine Dam catchment it is looking serious for North Pine Dam. They have had close to 10 inches of rain in the last 36 hours. Last months 4 inches of rain raised the dam from 50% to 72%. But the catchment was already wet.

As we all know the bass have started schooling up in the deeper water, preparing for their annual spawning run. This is a really bad time of the year for the dam to go over, if it does, we could loose a significant amount of the bass over the wall, which has happened to Baroon, McDonald, Ewen Maddock in the last two years.

Just under 2 inches on Monday, which would have nicely wet the catchment, but little runnoff would have occured.

7 1/2 inches overnight and still raining, most if this will go straight in to the dam.

The rainfall pattern since 9am yesterday morning.

All I can say I hope you all like catching yella's!

[Brian D]

Feral that is a horrible thought. It they do jump the wall hwo do we get to them from the river? Kayak or boat? Tinny or bigger?

This rain will help the snapper fishing so look out moreton bay and wider.

[wesfish]

yeah the bay will fire big time after all this rain, but it is a big worry about npd if it goes over, here is hoping they stay deep and away from the wall fingers crossed.....

[Dinodadog]

I think there will be a few more snags to contend with as everybodies pots go under or drift off.

[Fisherjoe]

haha i can see ray out there in the rain checking all his pots and extending the ropes and putting a brick on each pot so they dont move and he can still keep his dinner lol

btw someones gonna have to more the KFC picnic table to higher ground at summerset again

[Nog]

Can I have my money back if it all goes pear-shaped.....oooo did I say that out loud sorry

Norm

P.S. Looks like I'll cancel borrowing the AFO boat for this weekend.

[shortie]

awesome, might be able to ready something other than NPD reports from everybody.

[chris_stewart14]

The SEQ website is down at the moment.. Does anyone know what % it's at now? Feral is right though, The basin was already wet.. I really dont see how it can not go. We are supposed to get hammered again today and all night and tomorrow... Not to mention the days following that with all the run off.. I predict they will be opening the gates this weekend.. Lets hope the Bass up in our arm of the dam stay well away from the wall.

[Little Grey Men]

If it does go, there will be some good fishing below the wall. The ones that went over last time are smart old fish now and hard to catch...some dumb newbie bass will be a welcome addition. You'll just have to make the most out of what ever happens. The hardest part will be looking after the lungfish. I heard stories from last time...WOW start patching the waders fellas !!!

[rayke1938]

Good chance that they will be looking for volunteers to rescue the lungies like last time.

Cheers

Ray

[Dinodadog]

Picked up a few 54cm bass last time it went over had the time of my life.

[efc]

what happens if they do go over, will they die or possibly start a breeding population

[BrisBassMan]

This will be very bad for NPD if it goes over. I spoke to the ranger at Baroon pocket a little whuile back and he sounded sick when he told me about the thousands of bass that had schooled up and went for it over the spillway. The result was thousand s and thousands of dead fish.

The last reading is at 83%

go here for the old seq water site..

oldsite.seqwater.com.au

cheers

[Enjoyfish1]

Oh this is not good..... ive just started to work out where the fish are in our arm.

Will it go over at 100% or will they release at a lower level? does anyone know?

[chris_stewart14]

I just spoke to a guy from SEQ water and yes they will release it very close to 100% if not bang on.. It's sad but inevitable that many fish will die going over the gate. That is hundreds of tonnes of water pressure smashing down on a creek bed and rocks.. Some will survive but many will die. Poor PRFMA - looks like they'll have some more fingerlings on the shopping list.

[rayke1938]

83.6 % at the moment and a lot more water to come down. Seabreeze looks ok for tomorrow so I may try to get out to get my pots.

Cheers

Ray

[adambris]

was out there this morning, just havin a look.

i cant believe how much water has gone in.

[sappy]

hopefully a big number of bass isnt lost and it just spills over a little or none

[adambris]

its not just the rain, you gotta remember for a few days after this amount of rain theres a lot of inflow from the catchment area.

[wallyfly]

As one who assisted the capture and release of lungfish, bass over 55 cms, big yellas and lots of little stuff,last time the dam went over 10 years or so ago, the damage to a lot of fish was devastating. Fins worn off, tails damaged,descaled down their sides, and more. There was also an enormous number that were not injured at all and they were returned in great numbers. When things settled down, cobber and I had a ball below the wall catching up to 150 bass in a morning session on fly. That went on for a while but in lesser numbers then the yellow coats got to know about it and took out buckets of fish until it was cleaned out. When, not if, the dam goes over, do your bit if asked. :cheer:

[chris_stewart14]

Yeah Sappy it doesn't just spill a little.. They either open the gates or they dont.

[kiwifisho]

Just went and had a squiz at the dam and its pretty chockas lads :ohmy: so i think the enevitable is gonna happen. Count me in for any help wenn all dies down

Dean

[Brian D]

rayke1938 wrote:

83.6 % at the moment and a lot more water to come down. Seabreeze looks ok for tomorrow so I may try to get out to get my pots.

Cheers

Ray

Go now you old softie :kiss:

[Aaron H]

Brian D wrote:

rayke1938 wrote:

83.6 % at the moment and a lot more water to come down. Seabreeze looks ok for tomorrow so I may try to get out to get my pots.

Cheers

Ray

Go now you old softie :kiss:

:laugh: and while you are out there Ray shoot down the wall quickly and put up a big mesh screen to let the water out and keep the fish in

[rayke1938]

Brian D wrote:

Go now you old softie :kiss:

[sehrguht]

i have a set of waders and am happy to play the moving fish game.

would be sad to see the fish go over, i havent even got to NPD yet:(

[sehrguht]

Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams Combined levels at 67.5%. WIV 51.2%, SOM 100%, NPD 98.39%.

according to seqwater

That means tonight the fish go over:(

im ready for a mission on the weekend if needs be

[BrisBassMan]

What is the deal with getting them in the creek below the dam wall? How is this done i.e. Waders??? catching by hand ???

That creek gets pretty deep when its full of water and I reckon the barrages near the pumping station and the next one lower will have a lot of water over them if they start letting water out of the dam.

Can you beleive this RAIN !!!!

Cheers

[Terry H]

I heard from basskid, he was down there a few hours ago and they already had the gates open.

[sehrguht]

so if i hang a lure in the outflow...

[Feral]

The rangers will arrange free bed and board for you in a flash!

[Little Grey Men]

I hope those bass are wearing their little helmets...it's a long drop.

I'd say it's going to be easy pickings for a while below the wall.

[shayned]

Both dams are releasing water through Youngs Crossing and Pine River is about 2 metres below the bridge at Lawnton.

[wallyfly]

Dino just spoke to me on his mobils on the dam which is dirty brown and full of rubbish and debris with trees and branches in the flow. Too dangerous for him so he's heading back to the ramp. Good mate, saved me the trip. Good place to be off for a while. :cheer:

[plugga]

Today looking ok so far :/

[chris_stewart14]

Can anyone confirm if the gates are open or not? Do they have any way of getting water out of the dam other than opening the gates does anyone know?

[fontii]

Info from seq water this morning:

Water Storage Status Table as at 21/05/09

Item_____________________________Wivenhoe____Somerset__North Pine_______Totals

Volume Stored (ML)________________648,653_____404,048____214,960_______1,267,661

Percentage in Storage______________55.67%_____106.37%____100.00%__________72.02%

Change since yesterday_____________+7.598%___+10.722%____+16.326%________+9.338%

Rainfall at dam site 24 hours (mm)______79_________57_________75_________68 average

and I bet Wivenhoe will carry on filling up for a few days at least

[BrisBassMan]

Anyone know what the damage is yet ?? or is it too soon to tell.

[hairyweasel]

Just been up to the spillway. Lots of water going over. Walked right down to the rocks looking up the spillway. Don't have to stand there long to see fish going over.

[chris_stewart14]