Current inflow: 1903 ML per day.  

Current water level: 38.2 per cent.    

Water level last week: 40.5 per cent. 

Water visibility: up to one metre.   

Recent rain: 1mm.

Weather: mostly sunny for the weekend. Temperatures between 18 and 34 degrees Celsius, with winds up to 14km/h. Clearing shower on Sunday with about 1–5mm expected.

Full moon: March 6.                            

New  moon: March  20.               

Water temperature: 25 degrees Celsius.

Murray cod: remain fairly quiet, however Mick managed to troll up four smaller fish between 60 and 70cm. Mick used hard body Orgee lures as he did no good on spinner baits. There has also been the odd small fish taking shrimp worms or yabbies usually as a bye catch. The Murrumbidgee River between the main basin and Scrubby's Island seems to be the most likely. The Goodradigbee River is becoming quite shallow, with a lot of timber now showing from the top of Wade Island.

Yellow belly: Have also quietened off, with most fishermen reporting them tough to find. Bait fishing on the many trees with live shrimp is still the best chance. Plenty of big shrimp about which could be why the fish are a bit scarce. Dan from Wagga reported 11 yellows over the weekend on shrimp but he is not revealing his spot. I had a go this week with the lures and plastics in the main basin but came home empty-handed. I suggest to go deeper to find the cooler water with either bait or plastics. Trolling will be tough when the yellows are holding tight to trees or in 10 metres of water.

Redfin: Dan from Wagga caught 17 on bait this week again not letting on where. The redfin were still firing this time a year ago with the water level still around 44 per cent. Just a matter of finding them.

Carp: plenty being caught on worms, corn and bread. Or even fly. 

Park news:  Cottage 8 painting is complete with the scaffold now going up around cottage 21 followed by 22. The new kitchens for 20 and 22 will also be finished for Easter.

The Burrinjuck round of the Australian Yellow belly Championships is on March 13 and 14. 

Dean Brind, 

Burrinjuck Waters Holiday Park.