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Broken River
Above Lake Nillabcootie
Flows through open grazing land, rock and gravel bed. Very low in
summer. Carries abundant redfin average 150g, maximum 900g and
occasional brown trout to 2.3 kg. Occasional reports of Macquarie
perch being taken just above
Lake Nillahcootie. Access is difficult
due to private ownership of stream frontages.
Lake Nillabcootie to Benalla
Flows through open grazing country in a series of runs and deep
pools, gravel beds. Below Swanpool the river becomes sluggish with a
mud and sand bed. Very badly silted from its junction with the
Moonee Moonee Creek to Benalla Lake. Contains brown trout
average 220g, maximum 800g, with carp and abundant small redfin
maximum 450g further downstream, some golden perch above Swanpool,
and some spiny freshwater crayfish. Public access only from the
Swanpool and Samaria Road bridges. Elsewhere, permission must be
obtained to cross private property. Stocked by the Department of
Primary Industries with Macquarie perch
but the species has not yet become established.
Benalla to Shepparton
Sluggish with deep pools and runs, mud and sand bottom. Carries
Murray cod, golden perch, redfin, carp and blackfish. An occasional
Murray cod to 30 kg is caught. Stocked above Gowangardie Weir with
golden perch by the Department of Primary Industries. Weir is a good fishing access point
with golden perch over 1 kg, redfin and carp.
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