A win for anglers and threatened species
By Colin Gordon | 1 July 2021
A POSITIVE move for recreational anglers, regional tourism and native threatened species in the Central Tablelands recently took place with the first translocation of 70 brown trout from Winburndale Dam to the newly developed fishery at the Mill Ponds, Portland NSW.
The brown trout ranged in size from 150mm up to large fish around two kilos in weight and were captured from the Dam by NSW DPI Fisheries assisted by volunteers from the Central Acclimatisation Society (CAS). With Winburndale Dam closed to public access, the joint initiative to translocate the fish will allow recreational anglers a chance to fish for the trout which were previously un-accessible to the public.