stevebrooke Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Is it weird that I just caught a 40cm Trout way up the top of Springbrook in a creek hardly deep enough for a fish to swim in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al32 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yes. Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Picture by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrison.c Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 thats completely normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrooke Posted April 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'll buy him if you want to sell him? They need to be kept in colder water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazybonezz Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 1stly was it in the national park if so its protected so put it back! Secondly put it back anyway it belongs in that creek not some pissy little fish tank. poor thing will stress to death its different when they know no better a come from the hatchery as juvies but this is a wild fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCichlid Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Where do you think aquarium fish came from in the first place? Awesome looking fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mines bigger Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Firstly he did the right thing by removing an introduced fish from pristine waterways, and secondly I doubt it will stress and die in a fish tank, after all it would have been illegally released in the first place..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 nice looking fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrooke Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 1stly was it in the national park if so its protected so put it back! Secondly put it back anyway it belongs in that creek not some pissy little fish tank. poor thing will stress to death its different when they know no better a come from the hatchery as juvies but this is a wild fish ARRRR firstly the tank its in is 8x2.5x2.5 and the creek (pool) it was caught in was about 5inches deep and about 4 foot long, it looked happier in my tank than the creek lol. And secondly it is a national park so why are there trout in the f*%king creek. I brought it home to study it and make sure it was a pest or not before releasing it back. Anyway, it was tasty lol There are 2 more mmmmmmmm sunday lunch I thinks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrooke Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 nice looking fish Yeah just wish they were a little smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrooke Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Where do you think aquarium fish came from in the first place?Awesome looking fish! Thanks bud, and on that note I cant recall ever seeing trout ever for sale in pet shops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thanks bud, and on that note I cant recall ever seeing trout ever for sale in pet shops They tend to die when water is much above 22 degrees C not many people willing to run a chiller to keep a trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I've kept Rainbows but yeah, heat kills them quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrooke Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Oh ok it wouldn't of lasted long in my 8ft anyway its set at about 25. Shame cos he looked awesome in the tank and he loved rubbing up against my turtles lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 If anybody else hunting fish there, happy to buy anything unusual on your hunt. Still looking for other gene variant of the jardinis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrooke Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 there's still 2 there about 30cm, I could show u my spot. caught it on bread on a hook lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mines bigger Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Go get them out..... They don't belong there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettasgalore Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Last I checked trout are illegal in QLD. I could not bring them over the border for an aquaponics setup and none of the farms could sell to me. I also understood from research you can't keep them in aquariums either. So it is considered a pest if found in any of the streams here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 How come the government could stock waterways and dams then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrison.c Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) ..... Edited April 27, 2014 by harrison.c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
none Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Last I checked trout are illegal in QLD. I could not bring them over the border for an aquaponics setup and none of the farms could sell to me.I also understood from research you can't keep them in aquariums either. So it is considered a pest if found in any of the streams here! Exactly right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
none Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) They tend to die when water is much above 22 degrees Cnot many people willing to run a chiller to keep a trout. Illegal to keep in QLD without permit although legal to keep in NSW where it was caught. Is fishing allowed in National Parks in NSW?? Certainly would be shot fishing in a National Park in QLD - irrespective of what you are catching! Edited April 26, 2014 by none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mines bigger Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) From my memory of the area the springbrook national park is only in Queensland, just over the border it changes to a nature reserve of some description Edit- found a map. http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/springbrook/pdf/springbrook-np-map.pdf Edited April 26, 2014 by mines bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
