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THE BARRAMUNDI URGE
How strong is the urge in Barramundi to take part in spawning and move from freshwater down to the estuary? Well it seems that no matter how long the river is and what obstacles may be in the way the urge means they will take on all challenges. To illustrate that in 2007 there were 848 tagged Barramundi stocked into
HOW FAR DO FLATHEAD MOVE? GUESS AND WIN A LURE
Flathead are considered to be fish that are fairly localised in its movement and that is generally true. Of the 4,116 Flathead that have been recaptured to date 88.4% have been recaptured within 20km of where tagged. That suggests that they are mostly localised. Interestingly 178 fish (4.3%) were recaptured in the same place as where tagged, almost exactly a
WHERE HAVE THE SOMERSET BASS GONE?
This meant that there were very few opportunities for fish to leave the lake. Since 2008 the dam has spilled a number of times causing flooding downstream in Ipswich and Brisbane. This also provided the opportunity for fish to leave the lake. Since 2008 there have been 65 recaptures of fish tagged prior to 2008 and 63.1% of recaptures have