Salmonid Fish Releases 1998

Salmonid fish releases 1998	FN0145
Charles Barnham PSM February 1999

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Trout

Water Stocked	Date	Fish Size	Brown Trout	Rainb. Trout
Aringa Reservoir, Port Fairy	7	8-9	500	500
Barwon River, Ceres	8	9	*3 000	-
Batyo Catyo Lake, Donald	7	9	-	2 000
Beaufort Lake, Beaufort	7	8	500	-
Blue Rock Lake, Willow Grove	7-11	9-10	*6 998	*3 000
Bostock Reservoir, Ballan	7	8	3 000	-
Bullarto Reservoir, Bullarto	9	8	1 000	-
-	-	-	-	-
Cairn Curran Res., Maldon	10-11	9-10	*20 000	-
Cartcarrong Lake, Winslow	7	8	1 000	-
Colbrook Reservoir, Ballan	8	8	200	-
Colongulac Lake, Camperdown	11	10	*2 000	-
Cosgrove Reservoir, Creswick	9	8	1 000	-
-	-	-	-	-
Dean Reservoir, Dean	9	8	200	-
Deep Lake, Derrinallum	6	8-9	1 000	1 000
-	-	-	-	-
Eildon Pondage	1, 10-12	9-10	*8 000	-
-	3-4	R2YO	#2 500	-
-	11-12	2YO	*1000	*1000
-	1-12	3YO	#275	#275
Elingamite Lake, Cobden	9	8-10	1 000	1 000
Fyans Lake, Pomonal	6-8	8-9	6 000	6 000
-	-	-	-	-
Gillear Lake, Allansford	7	8-9	1 000	1 000
Glenmaggie Lake, Heyfield	9	9-10	*5 000	-
Goldfields Res., Maryborough	7	8	200	-
Gong Gong Res., Ballarat	9-10	8-9	2 500	1 000
Greenhill Lake, Ararat	7-10	8	2 000	-
-	-	-	-	-
Hamilton Lake, Hamilton	7	8	3 000	-
Harcourt Res., Harcourt Nth.	5	8	3 500	-
Hepburn Lagoon, Blampied	6-8	8-9	5 000	3 000
Hollands Creek, Tatong	9	9	*1 000	-
Hopkins River, Allansford	8	8	2 000	-
Hume Reservoir, Wodonga	11-12	8-10	22 379	-
-	-	-	(*10 990)	-
-	-	-	-	-
Jil Jil Lake, Donald	7	9	-	1 000
-	-	-	-	-
King River, Cheshunt	9-10	8-9	*5 000	-
Konong Wootong Res., Coleraine	7	8-9	1 500	1 500
-	-	-	-	-
Lang Lang River, Lang Lang	7	9	*3 000	-
Lauriston Res., Kyneton	5-10	8-9	7 500	-
Learmonth Lake, Learmonth	8-10	8-10	5 010	5 000
Lillydale Lake, Lilydale	7-10	9-10	*1 500	*1 500
-	-	-	-	-
Macalister River, Heyfield:	-	-	-	-
- above Lake Glenmaggie	9-10	9-10	-	*6 980
- below Lake Glenmaggie	11	10	*2 000	-
Malmsbury Res., Malmsbury	5-8	8	7 500	-
Merri River, Warrnambool:	-	-	-	-
- below Weir	8-9	8	6 000	-
- above Weir	8	8	1 300	-
Modewarre Lake, Mt. Moriac	6-9	8-10	5 000	5 000
Moorabol Res., Bolwarrah	10	8-9	8 000	-
Mount Emu Creek:	-	-	-	-
- Below Castlecarey	8	8	2 000	-
- Skipton	8	8	200	-
Murdeduke Lake, Winchelsea	7-10	9-10	-	10 000
-	-	-	-	-
Narracan Lake, Narracan	6-10	8	10 000	-
Natimuk Lake, Natimuk	7-9	9-10	-	5 000
Newlyn Reservoir, Newlyn	7	8	4 000	-
Nursery Reservoir, Macedon	9-10	8-9	1 000	-
-	-	-	-	-
Purrumbete Lake, Camperdown	5-10	7-10	*15 000	*10 000
-	-	-	-	-
Rocklands Reservoir, Balmoral	11	10	*2 500	-
Ryans Creek, Molyullah	9	9	*500	-
-	-	-	-	-
Sugarloaf Res., Christmas Hills	10	8-10	5 000	2 500
-	-	-	-	-
Talbot Reservoir, Talbot	8	8	1 000	-
Tarwin R.,(East Branch) Dumbalk	8	9	*3 000	-
Teddington Res’s., Stuart Mill:	-	-	-	-
- Top	8	8	1 000	-
- Bottom	8	8	1 500	-
Tooliorook Lake, Lismore	8	8	5 000	-
Toolondo Reservoir, Toolondo	8-10	9-10	*20 000	*5 000
-	-	-	-	-
Upper Coliban Res., Kyneton	10-11	9	*7 500	-
-	-	-	-	-
Wallace Lake, Edenhope	6-9	9-10	1 000	4 000
Wartook Lake, Halls Gap	10	8	5 000	-
Wendouree Lake, Ballarat	5-7	8-9	-	*6 000
West Barwon Dam, Forrest	9	10	-	1 000
Wombat Res., Daylesford	7	8-9	1 000	1 000
Wurdi Boluc Res., Wurdiboluc	7	8-9	2 000	2 000

CHINOOK SALMON

Water Stocked	Date	Fish Size	Chinook Salmon
Murdeduke Lake	4-11	9-10+	*15 000
Purrumbete Lake	4-10	9-10+	*15 000

SMALL WATERS STOCKING PROGRAM

A program of stocking ongrown or advanced yearling trout in small waters (normally less than 5 hectares sur-face area) in, or adjacent to, population centres, the waters being accessible and safe for both junior and disabled anglers.

School holiday periods are usually targetted for these releases, with the majority of the releases being made to coincide with the second and third semester holidays when water temperatures are best suited to trout.
In most instances rainbow trout are stocked as they are normally bigger than brown trout at that time of year and are reputedly easier to catch by inexperienced anglers.

Water Stocked	Date	Fish Size	Brown Trout	Rainb. Trout
Arboretum Dam, Euroa	6-9	9-10	-	400
Anderson Lake, Chiltern	6-9	9-10	-	400
Caulfield Race Course Lake	7	9	-	200
Cobden Lake, Cobden	7-9	9-10	-	400
Donald Caravan Park Lake	9	9	-	300
Emerald Lake, Emerald	7	9	-	300
Esmonde Lake, Ballarat	6	9	-	100
Fosters Dam, Glenrowan	6-9	9-10	-	400
Guyatt Lake, Sale	6-9	9-10	-	1,000
Hyland Lake, Churchill	6-9	9-10	-	1,400
Jack Roper Reserve Lake,	-	-	-	-
Broadmeadows	7-10	9-10	-	500
Jubilee Lake, Daylesford	6-9	9	-	200
Kennington Reservoir, Bendigo	6-9	9	-	400
Kerford Lake, Beechworth	6-9	9-10	-	1,000
King Lake, Rutherglen	6-9	9-10	-	400
(Previously stocked as “Victoria Lake, Rutherglen”)	-	-	-	-
Korumburra A/Club Dam	7	9	-	200
Lismore Golf Club Dam, Lismore	6	9	-	100
Marysville Dam, Marysville	7-9	9-10	-	400
Morwell Lake, Morwell	6-9	9-10	-	600
Mt. Beauty Pondage, Mt. Beauty	5	9	-	200
Neanger Lake, Eaglehawk	6-9	9	-	400
Police Paddock Dam, Horsham	9-10	9-10	200	600
Rawson Dam, Rawson	6-9	9-10	-	600
Rowville Lakes, Knox	2-9	9-10	-	400
Roxburgh Park Lakes	7-9	9-10	-	400
St. Georges Lake, Creswick	6-9	9	-	400
Seagull Lake, Corio	9	10	-	300
Tatong A/Club Dam, Tatong	9	9	200	-
Tea Tree Lake, Mortlake	6-9	9-10	-	400
Weeroona Lake, Bendigo	6-9	9	-	400

TOTAL RELEASES

- No. of Fish	Brown Trout	Rainb. Trout	Chin. Salmon	TOTAL
Yearling	-	-	-	-
- clipped	*116 988	*42 840	*30 000	*189 828
- unclipped	127 899	55 940	-	-
-	244 887	98 780	30 000	373 667
% clipped	47.8	43.3	100.0	50.8
-	-	-	-	-
Rising 2YO	#2 500	-	-	#2 500
2YO	*1 000	*1 000	-	*2 000
3YO	#275	#275	-	#550
	248 662	100 055	30 000	378 717
Clipped	121,170	45,110	30,000	196,280
% clipped	48.6	44.1	100.0	51.5
-	-	-	-	-
- Weight of Fish (kg)	Brown Trout	Rainb. Trout	Chin. Salmon	TOTAL
Yearling	25 645	11 231	4 627	41 502
Rising 2YO	578	-	-	578
2YO	719	910	-	1 629
3YO	641	685	-	1 325
-	27 583	12 826	4 627	45 035

FISH RELEASE SIZES

Size	Fish Length Range (mm)	Fish Weight Range (g. per fish)	% of BT (Numbers of fish)	% of RT	% of CS
Fingerling/Yearling:		-	-	-	-
1	to 25	to 0.2	-	-	-
2	26 - 50	0.3 - 1.5	-	-	-
3	51 - 75	1.6 - 5	-	-	-
4	76 - 100	5.1 - 12	-	-	-
5	101 - 125	12.1 - 23	-	-	-
6	126 - 150	24 - 40	-	-	-
7	151 - 175	41 - 62	-	2.0	-
8	176 - 200	63 - 91	46.1	4.4	-
9	201 - 225	92 - 133	38.9	70.4	24.3
10	226 - 250	134 - 188	15.0	23.2	63.2
10+	250+	189+	-	-	12.5

Average fish weights 1998:
Brown trout - 105g, Rainbow trout - 114g
Chinook salmon - 154g

R2YO Ranged in individual fish weight between 211g and 234g; average weight was 231g.
2YO Ranged in individual fish weight between 640g to 968g; average weight was 815g.
3YO Ranged in individual fish weight between 2kg to 3.03kg; average weight was 2.41kg.

TRANSPORT

Man Days 221.5
Liberation vehicles 78 724 km

NOTES

* Indicates fin-clipped fish were released. Where fin-clipped fish were only part of the stocking, the number of marked fish is shown in brackets. Right ventral (RV) was the standard clip for 1998. The angler volunteer finclip program (FINCLIP 98 clipped nearly 190,000 fish.

# Fish were adipose (AD), the standard clip for 1997.

T Triploid fish.

Date is the date of release in months (i.e. 4 = April, 10 = October). Where the total allocation was released over several months, the first and last months of releases are shown.

R2YO Rising two-year-old fish.

2YO Two-year-old fish.

3YO Three-year-old fish.

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