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Buckland River - North East Victoria
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| 29 December 2007, Brad |
| Location: |
Porepunkah |
Time: |
10am |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Celtas, Rapalas |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x brown trout @ 500g |
| Comments: |
A week before heavy rain in the area meant the lower reaches of the river were running quite dirty, so I decided to head about an hour up Buckland Valley into the high reaches of the river. Waded upstream for about an hour and saw a few smaller fish. Lost a rainbow just before I landed the brown. River looked in fairly good condition although the minimal fish sightings can be put down to the river being heavily fished over the X-mas break. |
| 23-26 April 2004, Pete Tremain |
| Location: |
Mytleford |
Time: |
Afternoon for 3 hours |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Celta |
| Fish Caught: |
20+ x brown trout @ fingerlings to 1kg
60+ x rainbow trout @ fingerlings to 1.5kg |
| Comments: |
Fished after heavy rain on Friday. Best fishing as river dropped and cleared. |
| 1-6 October 2003, Pete Tremain |
| Location: |
Porepunkah |
Time: |
Varied |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms, Celtas |
| Fish Caught: |
None, see comment below. |
| Comments: |
First visit to the Buckland since the fires. Amazing land slides, gravel flows have scoured the valley. Usually catch and release 80 fish over the NSW October long weekend every year for 30 years. Only saw one fish during entire trip, a good brown of around the 1.5kg mark. Usually see plenty of fish spooked as we wade, even if they don't follow or take the lure. Fear that fires have devestated fish population. Pete. |
| 15 May 2003, Allan Price |
| Location: |
Porepunkah |
Time: |
Morn noon & eve (with breaks) |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Lures (and some fly) |
| Fish Caught: |
Noone, see comment below. |
| Comments: |
Really a recce after recent fires. Still some signs of ash, but relatively clear. Sighted a very few small specimens but really didn't look like attracting much interest. The river has really copped it over recent years and may take some time to recover. |
| 2 February 2002, Allan Price and Bill Finn |
| Location: |
Buckland River Valley |
Time: |
Dawn and dusk |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Wet and dry flies, misc lures |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x brown trout @ 44 cms |
| Comments: |
Weather hot. River low and clear. Bill presented his flies brilliantly but scored a big zero. The brown was taken while the stream was disturbed by light rain and an easterly breeze. |
| 24 November 2001, Allan Price |
| Location: |
Buckland Valley,
Bright |
Time: |
9am-10.30am |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Vibrax Celta, Wooly Bugger |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x rainbow trout @ 28 cm |
| Comments: |
River high and clear. Sighted 4 or 5 fish in pools above and below races but only one taken with Vibrax in deep hole below race. Released catch. |
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