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[malawiman85]

Hi all,

After Spending Saturday Stumbling Around Bells Rapids With My Kids I Have Developed An Interest Or At Least A Curiosity About Species occupying The river.
I Have Googled the Topic Without Much Luck.
Can Someone Point Me In The Right Direction?
Much appreciated.

[Kleinz]

Taste the water at Bells' Rapids. It's quite salty even in winter. No fish lave up there these days and even the birds are scarce as they can't drink it in summer. The superphosphate and herbicide does not help either. Nearly a dead river.

 

Pretty though...

[waxy]

Really? I Spose it does look pretty dead but I've seen juvenile marron or something similar up there.

Edited by waxy, 07 July 2013 - 07:48 PM.

[Graeme]

Black bream

gambusia

galaxias

shrimp

That's what I have caught @ Bells Rapids

[Kleinz]

ie stuff that is really really tough

[malawiman85]

I saw a bunch of shrimp and little inch long fish In The Shallows, Nothing Else.
Cheers Guys.

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

little inch long fish probably the gambusia they are noxious

[malawiman85]

That sucks because there were millions of em... well more than a few.

[slink]

Defiantly gambusia lol

[Kleinz]

Summer there is a dead zone.

[Graeme]

Summer there is a dead zone.

Apart from the flies and dead black bream?

[Kleinz]

Well, it's true the flies seem to enjoy it. Just noticed the birds prefer somewhere they can get a drink too.

[malawiman85]

Any interesting waterways around perth?

[Juls]

About an hours drive south the Murray river is much less polluted although still has gambusia, upstream from dwellingup (or even pinjarra) you can find galaxias maculatus, swan river goby, freshwater shrimp palaemonetes australis and marron. Far upstream you may also find western Pygmy perch and galaxias occidentalis and possibly koonac or gilgie species The Murray has a fair population of noxious pest red fin perch, if you like eating fish, these are great to eat. There is no bag limit or size limit on red fin perch, although you are not allowed to return them once caught. You will need a freshwater angling licence to catch any fish in freshwater, in particular angling species.

Closer to the coast you may find western hardy head and black bream.

The biggest problem you will face is knowing where to look and how to look.

Bait traps are illegal to use in freshwater.

Juls

Edited by Juls, 09 July 2013 - 06:30 PM.

[malawiman85]

Thanks Juls great information mate.