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Sunshine Advocate

Location

Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

Date

Nov 12, 1937

Page

11

Deep Creek Fishing Club Awards Ten Perch Trophy

Local club members fished the Deep and Jackson creeks last Sunday with L Cooper winning the trophy for ten English perch weighing 94 lb. Hyett Crick Brown and Bailey also had mixed bags. The Jackson's Snake Hole catch led. Next Saturday the Eildon Weir weekend comp departs Sunshine at 1.30 pm with C Dagg G Green referees and B Craddock steward.

Jackson's L. Cooper S. Hyett G. R. Crick D. Brown C. Bailey Snake Hole Eildon Weir Sunshine C. Dagg G. Green B. Craddock Quinn Lake Bullen

Price on cormorants eyed to save trout stocks

A Fisheries department request seeks paying a bounty on cormorants due to their rising numbers and alleged destruction of young trout. With yearling trout valued at £15 per 1000 and a cormorant found to contain 16 small trout, officials expect better waters and reduced restocking costs.

Fisheries Department

Tasmanian fisheries limit cormorant heads to curb raids

The passage describes extensive destruction by pests with repeated raids on rookeries. Tasmanian Fisheries address the issue by issuing eight cartridges for each black cormorant head and five for every white head, aiming to control the population.

Tasmanian

Where Fish Are Biting In Local Streams

Reports show bream in Lower Maribyrnong with fish up to 9 lb at Pipe Works. Trout fishing should improve after rains as streams clear except Deep Creek remains colored. Jacksons Creek yields trout and some English perch to 1 lb using wet fly and mudeye. Eildon notes large red tins below the Spillway.

Maribyrnong Jacksons Creek Eildon

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