another tilapia spot

[James W]

took the kiddies to the park near bald hills, i think its called "pine rivers park" not sure, sorry.

anyway in the pond there i saw hundreds and hundreds of tilapia from above on the stage they have there...some were massive too with black males running round with the pale females, look like they were courting. hundreds of em!

i couldnt see any "no fishing" signs, but gunna check that tomorrow when i call the dpi to tell them the place is infested with tillies.

on another note, the ducks there are living in terror! i saw something having a crack at em a couple times with big bust ups! was quite funny...maybe a rouge eel?

[Bommie]

turtle?

[James W]

turtle?

not saying it wasnt, but the water moved, made it seem like something much more bigger and aggressive...

[Angus]

Interesting mate.

Let us know how you go!

Angus

[Luc53]

In some dams where eels have been living for a long time, they become the apex predator and have been seen to take ducks from the top of the water. Ducklings in particular are vulnerable.

Pine River Park is correct. I used to collect freshwater shrimps there but gave up as my traps collected more small tilapias than anything else.

Would be a good spot for a social culling session.

Luc

[ryanyoung]

Explosives would maybe sort them out ;-) looks like you found another fishing spot mate!!!

[James W]

yer mate, i wont mind filling a bucket or 10 of the buggers!

[Do$tylz]

sweet. wouldn't mind hitting that spot up when I get the chance.

[The Mad Hughesy]

Always good to hear of a new fishing spot close to home. I'm free Wednesday arvo/night if anyone is interested.

Would just using prawns as bait work?

[James W]

yer was thinkin of going there wednesday arvo with angus if he is free...see ya down there.

prawns will work...they were eating bread people had left for ducks too

[fishingnut]

Is it affleck av ?

[crazywalrus]

did that park go under in the local flooding up there?

[The Mad Hughesy]

Just out of interest, was there many lillies and weeds around the lake? Just wanna know if it will be easy to fish or not...

[crazywalrus]

i am thinking of having a quick look with the boys this afternoon. will let you know

[The Mad Hughesy]

Haha I was going to do the same after work

[werewolf]

Mmm if the park got flooded, could a bullie be having a crack at the duckies?

[bullzeye]

hey guys, i live and work really close to the area.

pine rivers park went under during the floods and alot of the surrounding area did as well. surprised to hear theres tillies in there. let the white bucket guys cull the tilapia. if only there was a way we could make em think tillies are better eating.

anyway. im keen to wipe out some numbers. a fish is a fish in my eyes. beats the donuts.

[Fishhunter69]

which pond r u talking about at the park? i was thinking if hitting it up on the weekend

[Shimanobwoie]

Hey guys where about is this park im keen to have a crack at a few and help the environment out at the same time. What are you guys thinking about going tomorrow?

[crazywalrus]

I had a quick fish with the boys and one of their mates this afternoon. We ended up with 15 tilles and most where of a good size. It was difficult as there is a lot of Turtles. I used the wide gap hooks which help with release. As Jacob was reeling in his line I noticed a few large Tillies swiping at the bait. The best success we had was to use the unweighted prawn similar to a soft plastic action. This reduced the turtle bycatch emensely and also started our hook ups. This is so different to what I normally do to fish for them. We also picked up 10 eels and two spangled perch. The waterway is pretty healthy. Not to bad for a quick arvo session. Good luck guys

[The Mad Hughesy]

I went down this afternoon for a quick look and ran into crazywalrus. Always good to meet another friendly AFO member. Looking foward to having a fish or two with you in the future mate

looked like alot of fun apart from the bloody turtles haha

[crazywalrus]

I went down this afternoon for a quick look and ran into crazywalrus. Always good to meet another friendly AFO member. Looking foward to having a fish or two with you in the future mate

looked like alot of fun apart from the bloody turtles haha

It was good to meet you mate. will be good to hit up NPD