Hinze eastern arm 28/4/24

[rayke1938]

All round slow day today with both the shrimp and fish hard to find. Ran out of bait by 10.30 with a tally of 19 bass and one tandan. Still good company and great to be on the water, Went upstream and only 2 trees productive a few bass just made 40cm rest mediocre.

[ellicat]

Great shot.

A lot of trees to choose from. haha

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Some great photos there Ray, good stuff. 

[snap1946]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Great shot.

A lot of trees to choose from. haha

 

do you eat any of the fish from there

[ellicat]

I'm not sure. I think there was an issue with mercury. @rayke1938 will know.

[Neil Stratford]

Looks like I missed out on a really good day.

That photo of the reflections of the trees is one of the best I’ve seen down there.

regards

neil

[rayke1938]

From seq water site. There used to be warning signs at both ramps but they were removed a few years ago. But still on website.

I no longer eat any fresh water fish due to if I want them I have to clean and cook myself. When Steve Wilkes used to have his father and sons weekends we used to cook them at the campsite and they were great. Hinze dam fish are one of the best eating fish from all the seq dams due to the absence of bony bream. Quite a few of my mates eat them regularly. From what I have seen from the reports the elevated levels were only in the larger fish and mates only take sub 40cm fish.

CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY AT HINZE DAM

 NOTICE SEVERITY

Affected Locations:

Hinze

 

Western Boat Ramp at Hinze

 

Eastern Boat Ramp at Hinze Dam

Last Updated: Friday, 25 November, 2022 - 11:20

Seqwater has advised fishers to release and not eat fish from Hinze Dam because of naturally-occurring mercury.

Queensland Health has warned that fish caught in the dam are not suitable to eat due to elevated levels of naturally-occurring mercury in longer-lived fish.

For further information please contact Qld Health or go to Mercury in fish | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au).

Edited April 28 by rayke1938

[Rebel]

Great report.

Top photos.