These little fire crackers are definitely on my bucket list. I'm not too sure the purple shirt helps much with stealth mode Michael Hutchison says if the stocking trials are successful and cost-effective, Jungle Perch could ultimately become an approved species for large-scale stocking in Queensland. what a great bycatch. Species list After a few failed attempts I finally caught my first Jungle Perch by accident while chasing Barra near Innisfail. Jim. hi wal,you must be happy with that as a by catch,well done.steven Fast and powerful swimmers, great fun on light gear. Love those JPs.
This is why anglers are best to target Jungle Perch on surface lures. “Jungle Perch have declined in some of these regions also, including in Taiwan and Reunion, and there is interest in restoring populations in those countries.”Looking to the future, researchers at Queensland DAF’s Bribie Island Research Centre are developing a hatchery production manual, which is expected to be completed by July 2015. Preliminary research focused on verifying past distributions of the species, studying their breeding biology and running preliminary captive rearing trials.In 2012 the FRDC co-funded a project with Queensland DAF to develop Jungle Perch fingerling production, with the aim of running stocking trials and developing a hatchery production manual. “The Jungle Perch was once endemic in the Gold Coast region where the fingerlings were released. For me now there are only two fish, Barra and By-catch, unless of course it’s fishing the fresh for Jungle Perch, another passion. To test the theory that Jungle Perch fingerlings home in on odours, laboratory trials will offer fingerlings a choice of two artificial streams to follow − one with Jungle Perch odour, the other stream without. Hi I'm Ropes and I'm addicted to fishing lures.
Sounds like a job for stealth mode and fluoro carbon lines.
Was with one of my own lures too.
At this stage, Jungle Perch are not an approved species for restocking in Queensland. Subsequent casts had plenty of interest with several fish thrashing about the lures.
However, juvenile Jungle Perch first migrate into freshwater when they are 40 to 50 days old and about 18 millimetres in length. I got one that was an Australian record 2.25 lb and 365mm long, on 3lb line. This manual could then be used to scale-up production to commercial quantities if a large-scale restocking program was subsequently recommended and approved. Send Private Message.
I was becoming frustrated at the amount of drama to get a new Leads. The fish have dispersed over several kilometres of stream and are growing well. I thought it was a legal sized barra - it absolutely smashed that lure as soon as it hit the water - sent water flying everywhere
The species was once found from Cape York down to northern New South Wales.