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big fish @ sugarloaf

Post by hunsky » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:39 pm

Went to sugarloaf this Tuesday and saw something I've never seen there before: a number of really big fish (easily 40cm+) scattered in the shallows appear to be spawning (?)

They wouldn't bite anything I threw at them and I couldn't take any clear photos. Couldn't tell what fish they are other than they look a lot like barra!

Anybody else saw these guys at sugarloaf lately?

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Re: big fish @ sugarloaf

Post by Huntnfish » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:47 pm

Carp

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Re: big fish @ sugarloaf

Post by eddyt » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:31 pm

Sounds like yellow belly

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Re: big fish @ sugarloaf

Post by hunsky » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:15 pm

Definitely weren't yellow bellies. I thought they were big roaches initially.

Now I think they could be carps.

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Post by Truedogz » Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:16 pm

Likely to be carp. They spawn in the shallows laying sticky eggs when water temperatures get to around 20 degrees C. I saw some spawning in Eildon in shallows the other day.

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Re: big fish @ sugarloaf

Post by hunsky » Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:42 pm

Truedogz wrote:Likely to be carp. They spawn in the shallows laying sticky eggs when water temperatures get to around 20 degrees C. I saw some spawning in Eildon in shallows the other day.

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That sounds like what I was witnessing! It was a really hot day and the water level was unusually high.

Someone should take these spawning monster carps out of the water :down:

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Re: big fish @ sugarloaf

Post by smile0784 » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:53 pm

Cant fisheries net.them while there breading

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