New horizons for stocked bass and perch
In November and December 2022, more than 560,000 Australian bass and estuary perch were stocked into nearly 30 lakes and rivers, including seven waterways for the first time ever*.
| Australian bass | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stock |
| Avon River | 10,000 |
| Blue Rock Lake | 50,000 |
| Cowwarr Weir | 2,000 |
| Heyfield Racecourse Lake* | 2,000 |
| Lake Bullen Merri | 10,000 |
| Lake Elingamite* | 5,000 |
| Lake Glenmaggie | 50,000 |
| Lake Guthridge | 5,000 |
| Lake Hyland | 1,000 |
| Lake Narracan | 25,000 |
| Macalister River | 24,000 |
| Mitchell River | 67,000 |
| Rainbow Creek | 1,000 |
| Snowy River | 24,000 |
| Tambo River | 10,000 |
| Thomson River | 5,000 |
| Timbarra River | 20,000 |
| Tyers River | 2,000 |
| Valencia Creek | 6,000 |
| Total | 319,000 |
| Estuary perch | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stock |
| Bemm River | 5,000 |
| Gippsland Lakes | 85,000 |
| Lakers Cutting, Pt Lonsdale* | 15,000 |
| Lake Tyers | 28,000 |
| Little River* | 10,000 |
| Melton Reservoir | 35,000 |
| Painkalac Reservoir* | 10,000 |
| Rocklands Reservoir* | 26,000 |
| Upper Sonty Ck Reservoir* | 30,000 |
| Total | 244,000 |
