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Water level current: 44.7 per cent.
Rain last seven days: 57 mm.
Current discharge: 383 megalitres (ML) per day.
Current inflow: 383 ML per day.
Water visibility: up to two metres in main basin.
Forecast weather: rain Thursday and Friday; mostly sunny Saturday; late shower Sunday. Very light winds and temperatures between 14 and 26 degrees Celsius.
New moon: March 31.
Full moon: April 15.
Water temperature: 22-24 degrees Celsius.
Murray cod: The fishing was a bit quiet in general over the weekend. There were only a couple of reports filtering in of captures, with a lot of fishermen going home with a big 0. Cod were not one of the target species in the Pirtek Challenge.
Yellow belly: Reports were a little better. Saturday fishing results seemed better than Sunday for the challenge. Andrew from Harden landed two crackers on Saturday measuring in at 62 and 65 cm. Andrew picked these up around the trees at Scrubby while casting Jackalls. There were a few fish also caught on spinner baits. Shrimp continue to do the job for the bait fishermen off the trees in the deeper water. I managed one fish in the challenge on the black gulp grubs and also had a post on our Facebook page of some success using the pumpkin seed colour.
Redfin: Had a few caught this week on bait, yabbies, shrimp and worms. The biggest was about 35 cm. There are still a few being picked up on the troll on all sorts of lures. I managed to locate a school on Sunday afternoon in about eight metres of water. I landed 20 fish in just over an hour using 3lb braid and 4 lb. leader and a 50 mm paddle tail plastic. Good fun. Most of the fish were around 30 cm. I lost the real big one at the boat while I was reaching for the net and got snapped off by something big.
Park news: We are undergoing a small name change. State Park is to be changed to Holiday Park. A new and improved website is also under construction. Burrinjuck is one of nine Inland Waters Holiday Parks.
Dean Brind
Burrinjuck Waters State Park.