rickmarlin62 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Went for a yak this morn on a river north of me launched under a road bridge and fished our way downstream in years gone by it was long deep pools but at the moment we dragged the yaks up to 80mtrs over dry boulder beds with nearly no flow we caught quite a few bass up to 30cm we made it all the way to a rockbar where the tidal influence stops foto is of the main flow of freshwater coming out of one of our main rivers in the hunter over the rockbar into the salt its about 10 ft across with 3 inches of water in a couple of runs 4 years ago this had 3ft deep 40mtrs wide where my yak is in second foto this drought is bad 10 miles upriver is nearly dry with a few pools and hundreds of mtrs of dry riverbed didnt really take any fotos of fish as i just released them asap as im worried they will all perish if no rain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blackfish Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Certainly sad times Rick, thanks for posting. I just came back from the Mackleay and went up to Bellbrook, about the same. 🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Yeah blackfish strange feeling standing on that rockbar this morning looking at a piddle of water flowing im not saying name of place some will know some will figure it but its normally a big river flowing into a big waterway very disconcerting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Thanks for the report and photos Rick. Glad to see someone out and about. We haven't fished the freshwater of the Manning as the water is so low its almost unfishable not to mention we don't want to put more stress on the fish. Level 4 water restrictions and water being trucked in to Gloucester - unheard of. And the helicopters have just started up chasing more fires up here. Saw a photo of a 40cm whiting taken on fly at Swansea - might be a good option!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 My uncle is at stroud rd he said the river has stopped flowing in gloucester i was gunna do a trip up to bretti but i think il give it a miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Great report Ric. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Sorry to end the year on a negative folks, but... So sad Rick. Even worse to impact on communities is that there is no water for farming and that has directly affected rural communities in a big way. Our rice growing industry, which employed a lot of people, is on it's knees. Shops are struggling and many have already closed down. Worse to come, I fancy. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Just to add that some low life's have been netting and leaving set lines in those small pools that are left down here on the south coast. Not quite sure how strongly the rules on not entering national parks and state forrests are being upheld with the high fire regulations, but those rules must be having great influences on people's holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Scumbags hope they get caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Bert83 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 So sad to see Rick. I’ve nearly warn the bottom off my kayak from the few trips I’ve had to the Macquarie River. The lack of flow and water temps sky rocketing is a worrying trend. Only leaves me with the question of will any of these fish get through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Ive been hangin to go check out the mac where turon r meets it but dont know if theres enough water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Bert83 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 There’s still water in the main pools but starting to become very warm. Hardly worth the drive to be honest which is sad to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TAZ Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Gee, crap water flow. Where i am its no better. Been crook for the last couple of months and just got about to check out the waters where I am. No flows, low dam levels. Pretty sad in my district too. Wow how times have changed from fishing through all 4 seasons with success compared to now! Gotta get used to it I guess, though not liking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Where i was standing thete is normally 3ft of water from bank to bank now its a trickle this is a large feeder river into one of the biggest waterways on our coast !!!!! At the moment the riverbed is dry in gloucester there is no flow the crawford and myall arnt fairing any better my fave cod spot hasnt had running water for 11 months i fear for the fish populations in all of these and other rivers its even affecting the munmorah budgewoi tuggerah lake system as no rain filling the lakes has led to no water leaving at the entrance there are large sand islands with grass growing onthem right in front of the pelican feeding at the entrance this used to be water from one side to the other come on rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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