Members from the Wallerawang branch of the Central Acclimatisation society and DPI Fisheries have started local area stockings with the release of approximately 10,000 rainbow trout fingerling at Lake Wallace.
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Wednesday, November 28 marked the start of the maintenance impoundment trout stockings for the year.
The group had two stock releases of 7,500 fingerling released into Lake Lyell on Monday, December 3 with another 7,500 released on Wednesday, December 5 at Lake Lyell.
Lake Pillans also received a top up of a little over 500 of the baby trout.
About 7000 trout fingerling are also programmed to be released into Thompsons Creek Dam early next week.
All rainbow trout fingerlings are received from the DPI fisheries Dutton Hatchery near Ebor with brown trout from Jindabyne's gaden Hatchery.
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Other impoundment areas stocked in the past month include; Orange, Rylstone Dam, Ben Chifley, Wyangala, Carcoar dam and Oberon Dam.
With positive feedback received from the larger tagged trout release into Oberon dam last year, this year Carcoar Dam received around 1000 larger tagged trout (grown out to almost 12 months old) as part of the trail program in order to help combat the Redfin issue with in the dam.
According to Wallerawang branch Central Acclimatisation society member Ray Tang, the fish in the rivers and lakes around the area and the NSW recreational trout fishery is very important to our local area because it not only contributes to the economy but provides historic and social significance to many communities.
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