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Hurdle Creek, Wangaratta

Flows through grazing land and forest, sand bottom. Joins the King River below Moyhu. Catchment highly modified by forestry and agriculture. Stream has silted up badly in the middle and lower reaches and water is very low and warm in summer. A small stream that has only limited prospects for trout and cannot sustain more than light angling pressure. Contains mostly brown trout average 85g, maximum 1.2 kg, rainbow trout to 300g, average 45g, from a self-supporting population. River blackfish to 220g, and small redfin to 200g in the lower reaches. Last stocked with trout by the Department in 1978.

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