It was finally great to get out on the lake again and to get my bearings back. Lake Purrumbete is an amazing fishery with big schools of redfin and trophy trout if you're willing to chase them
Not in Victoria mate. If you hop onto the fisheries Victoria website they say “anglers are encouraged not to return Redfin”. It isn’t a law in Vic but in NSW I know that it is a law that you aren’t to return Redfin into the water. We kept the majority of our reddies but some fish were too small to grab a fillet off so they got returned
Yes, I'm fishing in NSW. From what I understand the reasons it is illegal to return Redfin to the water in NSW is they substantially outbreed all native fish and trout, they compete for breeding sights, and they compete strongly for available food sources. It comes down to the more redfin there are the less other species you are likely to catch. Down south In Purrumbete, a stocked water, more redfin there competing for available food could possibly result in a reduced growth rate of the stocked sport species. @@TommyTimeFishing
@@rossevans1774 you make a good point about lake Purrumbete and it would impact some of those fish for sure, but fisheries studies have discovered they are some of the fastest growing trout in the country! Fish reach up to 1kg after 12 months because they are feeding heavily on the lakes minnows and small Redfin that are prolific throughout the lake. It’s a fine balancing act at times but currently the stocked trout are absolutely thriving on the abundance of small reddies in the lake as well as other food sources. But in other waterways that they are competing with our native fish for food and habitat, it more than likely has an adverse effect on our native fish unfortunately
@@rossevans1774 you are almost right. However the lake shows it’s actually almost the opposite and that’s why the trout in the lake apparently grows bigger and better than anywhere. In many places in Vic the fish is so timid that catching Redfin is what gives us that joy.
