Bucket Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hello people.. After all the rain I made my way down to the river to see if the weed was was getting swept away. First I headed to Tench Reserve boat ramp. I saw this :- And closer up. Anyone who has fished the river will understand the huge amount of water that is there. For everyone else i'm trying to search my pictures to find a normal water level picture. Just to give you an idea the pontoon on the left has two levels. This may help After seeing that, I jumped into the car and headed straight for the weir. WHAT WEIR !!!! The first depression on the smooth water is where the weir is ... From the looks of the river all the surface weed has been cleaned out but I imagine the weed that is rooted will slowly die from the reduced sunlight and lack of settled nutrience. FINGERS CROSSED. I have more pictures if your interested. Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Post Em Up Stephen , those are pics to remember!! I havent seen that much water in the Nepean in a long , long time !! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Greetings, Great pics stephen. Havn't seen the Nepean like this for quite some time. I for one would love to see some more pics. Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Post Em Up Stephen , those are pics to remember!! I havent seen that much water in the Nepean in a long , long time !! Ross Here are some more.... The river has broken the banks in most places. This was the jetty to get onto the Nepean Belle The brand new river walk near the weir just had a bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalucius Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Just what it needs. I haven't seen that for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyfingers Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I've been visiting the Nepean for over 15 years now and have NEVER seen it like that! It's a great thing because to be honest, I SWORE I'd never take my boat down there again because of all the weed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The ducks sure look happy with that water level. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 That is awesome! And how good was it to hear warragamba got some water!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUFFO Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Top photo's anyone who knows the river will appreciate them and realize the river is up about 2.5m.The narrows would not be so narrow now! Cheers Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Or Shallow!! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Greetings Thanks for posting the rest of the pics Stephen Great stuff Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osprey Rider Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 We will probably be able to go bass fishing off the M4 if this rain continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Thats amazing how high it is i knew last week it was over the lower jetty a tench park but thats filled another metre higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 dont think anybody will be crossing the wier to go bass or carp fishing for a while. cant wait till the next bass season should be a ripper if that rain clears out the crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi waynie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) Here's a photo of what the weir normally looks like. And i'm another one of the happy many to see the loo getting flushed. Also good for fish distribution but does any body know how or if it will affect the newly spawned bass further down stream. Has any body been out to Yarramundie cause some wallys had been in there and done a big clean up and made a big pile of dead trees ON THE UP RIVER SIDE of the bridge. Lata Raida. Waynie Edited June 18, 2007 by kiwi waynie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 The best news is that with the Nepean Dam actually overflowing, any run off goes straight into Warragamba Dam! Win Win situation! At least the run off is not just going down the drain, like all the normal rain run off! Cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi waynie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 The best news is that with the Nepean Dam actually overflowing, any run off goes straight into Warragamba Dam! Win Win situation! At least the run off is not just going down the drain, like all the normal rain run off! Cheers Roberta Hi Roberta, Unfortunatly Nepean does not flow in to the dam i think sombody made this very uneducated quote on the news and led a lot of pepole astray. Lata Raida Waynie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 great to see let it flood and clean out the system and bring on the next bass season i reccon theres gonna be some stonkers in the river with all the fish that have been trapped in pools full of weed not connected to the main river because of the water lever that have now been released with all the water BRING ON THE BASS CHEERS MICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjd Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 The new Bridge at Menangle was under water which I think may be the first time ever. A mate who has lived in Menangle all his life said he saw the old wooden bridge go under but that was the first time he ever saw the new concrete bridge (which is much higher) go under water!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 The Bass fishing will be sensational this season and the fresh will give the big girls a go at spawning When are we going???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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