Over the weekend, hundreds of trees were planted at numerous sites along the Macquarie River, with around 25 Inland Waterways volunteer committee members and their families tuning up to get their hands dirty.
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Using funds raised at the annual Lake Burrendong Classic fishing competition, hundreds of River Red Gums and Casuarinas were planted into the wet soil along the riparian zone at numerous public reserves both north and south of the city.
The Inland Waterways tree planting on Sunday complemented the work Dubbo Macquarie River Bush Care, who rallied another 30 or so volunteers who got to work and planted around 700 trees at Golf Links Creek.
The works coincided with National Tree Planting day, that saw people across
Australia grab a shovel and get out doors over the weekend to make a positive difference in their local environment.
AFTA Awards handed out:
SHIMANO has swept the major awards at the 2016 AFTA Tackle Show on the Gold Coast taking out the hotly contested categories of best rod, best reel, best combo and best line.
Other notables included River2Sea for best soft lure, Halco for best hard lure and Fishing and Outdoor World Darwin for best overall retail store.
Jarvis Walker and Wilson Australia received Industry Achievement awards for 70 years in business while former Fishing World Publisher and Editor Jim Harnwell received an Industry Contribution
Brook Trout release in Purrumbete:
BROOK trout are being released into Lake Purrumbete near Camperdown this week, the first official release of the fish in Victoria.
Executive Director of Fisheries Victoria, Travis Dowling said anglers have often expressed a desire to have the species stocked into Lake Purrumbete.
“The brook trout is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family and although it is called a trout, it is actually a char,” Dowling said.
Brook trout are native to eastern North America, in the United States and Canada, but have been introduced into other countries around the world.
Dowling said it’s a striking looking fish, with a dark green to brown colour, with a distinctive marbled pattern and a sprinkling of red dots on its back, surrounded by blue halos along the flanks.
The lower fins are often reddish in colour with white leading edges.
“The stocking is the first of a two year trial stocking the fish into the lake,” Dowling said.
Lake Purrumbete is a popular redfin fishery and is already stocked with Chinook salmon, brown trout and rainbow trout.
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