lake conjola report

[Yaulpang]

Hi guys

spent last week on holidays at lake conjola entrance caravan park. Thanks to poddy trapper for his advice. booked a nice cabin for the wife and 2 kids.

Onto fishing. it was pretty tough going landbased. tried the beach and lake for nothing. very frustrating. all people i spoke to were not having much success despite fishing with live nippers.

The lake was closed and bit dirty. on our last day we hired a boat from the post office and at last success. 3 bream caught on garlic chicken fillet. gear was the humble handline with 12 lb mono

Edited December 25, 2012 by Yaulpang

[Yaulpang]

Hi guys

spent last week on holidays at lake conjola entrance caravan park. Thanks to poddy trapper for his advice. booked a nice cabin for the wife and 2 kids.

Onto fishing. it was pretty tough going landbased. tried the beach and lake for nothing. very frustrating. all people i spoke to were not having much success despite fishing with live nippers.

The lake was closed and bit dirty. on our last day we hired a boat from the post office and at last success. 3 bream caught on garlic chicken fillet. gear was the humble handline with 12 lb mono

[mr.e.p.d]

Sounds tough. At least you got some family time in... Priceless better luck for the new yr

[mialla]

That's what holiday time is all about enjoying with family - nice Bream

[brendong]

Good to hear you still had fun.

The lake needs a good flushing and dredging, there is so much sand at the entrance but the greedy council just won't do it despite a few companies saying they will do it for nothing as long as they can keep the sand. Sounds fair to me....but instead they will let the water in the lake build up to 1 meter spend 10k to open it and watch it close back up in a matter of weeks. Thats's happened about 4 times in a row now, if not more!!!!

Was done there on the weekend and heading back tomorrow. There is some greenish slime weed staring to form around the edges near the sand hills.

I saw heaps of sizable whiting but struggled to get them to hit my poppers, quite a few follows on the suga pens and NW pencils.

Might have to run up to the basin for some flatty fillets and top water bream and whiting me thinks.

Still Conjola is a very pretty place, just unfortunate the lake is a sad state of affairs ATM.

[Yaulpang]

We had a great holiday - thanks again for the advice Poddy trapper. The entrance park was a nice and friendly place to stay. Great cabins.

[cheap charlie]

Good to hear you still had fun.

The lake needs a good flushing and dredging, there is so much sand at the entrance but the greedy council just won't do it despite a few companies saying they will do it for nothing as long as they can keep the sand. Sounds fair to me....but instead they will let the water in the lake build up to 1 meter spend 10k to open it and watch it close back up in a matter of weeks. Thats's happened about 4 times in a row

Still Conjola is a very pretty place, just unfortunate the lake is a sad state of affairs ATM.

I am a rate payer in the area and the issue has played out many times over the years.

Not only Conjola but also Burrill & Tabourie lake.

They state the issue with the sand being taken away is technically classified as mining.

The flood management strategy you where referring to when the lake reaches the level where the council will open the lake gets around the mining issue as the sand is shifted aside.

The only way to permanently keep the lake open is to build a break wall each side of the entrance and drege a channel as they have done in Narooma and Forster.