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Released into
the Wild
M illybrook M anager M at t
C ollin s releasing t rou t int o a
pr ivat e dam f or Break O ’ Day
An glers Clu b
The o p en i n g o f t he 2022
t ro u t sea so n i n c l u d ed a
b o n u s t o a n g l ers, a ro u n d
20, 000 H u o n ra i n b o w t ro u t
f ro m o u r M i l l y b ro o k ha t c her y
w er e r el ea sed i n t o sel ec t ed
l a kes a ro u n d Ta sma n i a a s
p a r t o f t he I n l a n d Fi sher i es
S er vi c e (I FS ) st o c ki n g p ro g ra m .
Fo r m a n y y ea rs, t he I FS ha s
c o n t ra c t ed H u o n t o g ro w
ra i n b o w t ro u t u p w a r d s o f
1, 300 g ra m s w her e t hey ’r e
t hen t ra n sp o r t ed f ro m Ma t h i n n a t o sel ec t ed l a kes a n d
d a m s a ro u n d t he S t a t e. Re l ea se w a t ers a r e c ho sen by
t he I FS f o r t he l i mi t ed w a t er
o u t f l o w (r est r i c t i n g t ro u t
esc a p i n g i n t o o t her w a t er w a ys).
Thi s y ea r, l a kes a n d d a ms
a c ro ss t he S t a t e f ro m Bru shy
La g o o n t o Br i sei s H o l e, a n d
P i o n eer La ke t o Pet Reser vo i r
a n d ever y w her e i n b et w een
w er e st o c ked . Bra d ys La ke
w a s a m a j o r b en ef i c i a r y w i t h
m o r e t ha n 5, 000 ra i n b o w s
r el ea sed , ha l f o f w hi c h
w ei g hed b et w een 1. 3 a n d 3
ki l o s!
Ra i n b o w s a r e a f a i r l y ha r d y
sp ec i es, so d esp i t e t ra vel l i n g
l o n g d i st a n c es, t hey c o p e
w el l w i t h t ra n sp o r t a t i o n .
On c e r el ea sed i n t o t he l a ke
o r d a m (a p ro c ess w hi c h l i t era l l y sees t hem t i p p ed f ro m
t he c o n ver t ed m i l k t a n ker
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d i r ec t l y in t o t he wa t er ),
t hey t ro u t p er f o r m a c ro b a t ic
‘ p o r p o i se’ lea p s, a p ro c ess
w hi c h help s t hem t o r ec a lib ra t e t heir swim b la d d ers
a f t er r ec eivin g hig her t ha n
u su a l l evels o f o xyg en .
I n a d d i t io n , Hu o n a lso
d o n a t ed a n u mb er o f
l a rg er t ro u t t o Br ea k
O’ Da y An g lin g Clu b
t o st o c k p r iva t e d a ms
f i shed by t he c lu b . The
C l u b ha d a lo n g wa it
f o r t hem a s wet win t er
c o n d i t i o n s mea n t t ha t
t ru c ks w er en’t a b le t o
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Edition Thirteen
a c c ess p a d d o cks t o d e liv e r
t hem b u t t hey f ina lly a rriv e d
in la t e Oct o b e r t o m uch ex c it emen t f ro m club me mb e rs .
Clu b S e cre t a r y Ho wa rd
Jo n es said t he club wa s im men sely g ra t e f ul.
“ The trout were in excellent
condition, swam away strongly and
could be seen “porpoising” as they
explored their new environment. We
look forward to some outstanding
fishing over the coming seasons!”
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