JonD Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 My daughter has a little write up in today's Sunday Telegraph on fish kills due to the fires down here. Shame they used a photo of her looking so happy as she certainly wasn't. Blue sky's today and the all clear for tourists to return to the south coast. Local beach scene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Clain Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Looks terrible, hopefully not to much overall damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I wouldn’t worry about the photo. I reckon it’s too small to see any expression on her face. Of all creatures I would’ve figured the ones in the water would be safe from fire, guess I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 So very sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Oh Jon that is terrible. Do you have a link to that article? How will that affect the fishing down there at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 That's a bugger. Some good sized flatties amongst them, and probably more that you will not see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnzey Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Tilba lake had some significant kills last week. Would have been ~1000 flathead, 1000 bream and a few hundred mullet, 10s of eels and crabs. Water was putrid. I'm not sure if it's fire related or due to high day temps which tipped the ecosystem over the edge. All flatties were between 45-65cm. Such a pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, barnzey said: Tilba lake had some significant kills last week. Would have been ~1000 flathead, 1000 bream and a few hundred mullet, 10s of eels and crabs. Water was putrid. I'm not sure if it's fire related or due to high day temps which tipped the ecosystem over the edge. All flatties were between 45-65cm. Such a pity. Any species it is a pity really. Seems to be more posts about this too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 This is what marine biologist friend from the area mentioned on my facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Very sad and I think the impact will become more noticeable over the next few months and even years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Thanks for that @JonD I wondered about the effects and that has explained it. Not a good outcome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I was at Bellbrook, west of Kempsey last week. The Macleay River had stopped flowing there some time previously. There was rain higher up and the river started to flow. It did not take long to notice that there dead fish and eels floating down stream. It got the stage that the river was a mass of dead fish. It was so sad to see so many fish being killed and wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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