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		Angling Waters of the Millicent Coast Basin
			MILLICENT COAST BASIN MAP (PDF 86Kb)
			BOOROOPKI SWAMP
			BRINGALBERT LAKE
			CARPOLAC LAKE
			CHARLEGRARK LAKE
			COLLINS LAKE
			MOSQUITO CREEK
			RATZCASTLE LAKE
			WALLACE LAKE

			WATER SALINITY

A Guide to the Inland Angling Waters of Victoria
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Goldfish at Booroopki Swamp

This is a very large flat drainage basin located mainly in South Australia. The small area extending into Victoria consists of unconsolidated deposits extending north to Booroopki, then a northern area of sand dune complex. The southern area has some farmland and scattered low forest while the dune area is covered with mallee and saltbush.

Mean annual rainfall in the north is 400-500mm increasing to just over 700mm in the south. Surface water consists of a large number of shallow brackish lakes and swamps and the upper reaches of Mosquito Creek. However only a few waters are considered suitable for angling. Murray cod and golden perch have been introduced into a number of waters.

Management

Fisheries Victoria, DPI, manages stocking and fisheries policy. Compliance with fisheries regulations and angler contact is managed by South West Fisheries, DPI. Management of the catchments is carried out by Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority. Urban water is managed by Glenelg Region Water Authority. Irrigation and rural water use is managed by Gippsland & Southern Rural Water Authority. No waterways are listed for development of Streamflow Management Plans.

Diversions

No water is diverted from this basin.

Heritage River Areas, Natural Catchment Areas and Representative Rivers

None in this basin.

Ramsar Sites

None in this basin.

Fish Stocking

The Department of Primary Industries' (DPI) fish stocking program is designed to enhance recreational fishing opportunities for:

Desirable introduced species such as brown trout, rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and Atlantic salmon, and
Desirable native fish species such as golden perch, Murray cod, Australian bass and silver perch.

Stocking Plans for desirable species are developed annually as part of the regional consultation process involving VRFish representatives and various arms of DPI including Fisheries Victoria and Primary Industries Research Victoria (PIRVic).

Up to date information can be found on the Fish Stocking section in Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Fish Species in the Basin

Native	Introduced
Australian smelt	brown trout
flat-headed gudgeon	goldfish
golden perch	rainbow trout
Murray cod	redfin
non-specked hardyhead*	tench
southern pygmy perch
Yarra pygmy perch

*This species was recorded in 1971. It is usually confined to the Murray system and there is some doubt about the accuracy of the record.

Murray cod and redfin are the predominant angling fish but low water conditions have severely affected stocks of Murray cod. Check with DPI, Horsham, as to current stocks of Murray cod and water conditions.

Best Fishing Waters

Water

Species

Lake Charlegrark

Booroopki Swamp

Murray cod

Lake Wallace

salmonids, redfin

Threatened Fish Species

The Department of Sustainability and Environment has listed Murray cod as Vulnerable and Yarra pygmy perch as Lower risk-near threatened. These two species plus the non-specked hardyhead are also listed under the Flora & Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

Environmental Condition of Waterways

Not assessed.

Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia