our mighty river

[carps 1]

does everyone remember these pickshttp://www.strikehook.com/forum/23-freshwater-fishing/43969-what-riverwell today im heading back to the river but not for fishing im heading up to move everything out of the lower sheds as the river is rising fast and is about to break the banks and flood the lower level of our property :blink: il post picks on my return tommorrow

[watersnake 2]

Hi Carp, Yea I was in Mannum Yesterday, its less than afoot from the top off the wharfs,the concreate and woodern. When I was out on the river in my Yak, It was the first time when I stop Paddling I didn't dift backwards. Between the Currant and slite wind blowing the other way, I could fish in the one spot. Not that it did any good. Cheers

[carps 1]

yea its crazy where we are its only 50-100mm from going over thebanks and flooding the lower flats where we are its weird to be standing on the flats and watching the boats come in higher than my head if ya get what i mean hahaha

[afishyfish 4]

yea its crazy where we are its only 50-100mm from going over thebanks and flooding the lower flats where we are its weird to be standing on the flats and watching the boats come in higher than my head if ya get what i mean hahaha

With that huge combination of storms hitting the Wagga Wagga region etc last week, I guess we'll be getting even MORE water !Some are going to love it, others will hate it :side: :whistle:

[Guest davidm#2]

its going to be worth it, and im sure we'll all end up loving it .just think, it means more time we get to enjoy the murry with more watercheers carp, cant wait for the pics

[carps 1]

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[carps 1]

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[carps 1]

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[carps 1]

this is the view from our lower shed the water is all from seepage at the moment the photo above is of what used to be a 6 ft stairway down to the river bank below so the original water level is about 10 foot lower than where it is now..

[carps 1]

the ground to the left is 6+ foot lower than the river on the right and only has 50-100 mm to come over and flood the lawn area

[carps 1]

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[Guest davidm#2]

great to see carps, even tho your sheds under water know

[afishyfish 4]

this is the view from our lower shed the water is all from seepage at the moment [attachment=3522]010.JPG[/attachment]

well at least you'll have somewhere to easily park the boat at night Carps

[carps 1]

sorry wrong pic try this one

[carps 1]

am going back up this weekend to seee how it looks il get more photos then

[finatic 1]

Carps, from the outside looking in, took this in July 2008, at that time you could walk across the river & not get your kneecap wet.Now that bank in the background is about to breach with about 3m more water up it than back then.Good luck hope not too much a mess is made & Merry Xmas in the attic.Finatic

[randal 0]

i live in newcastle nsw we have had rain but nothing like you boys have had best of luck to use hope the fishing good after its all over

[carps 1]

ITS FLOWWING OVER NOW

[carps 1]

and filling fast

[carps 1]

by tommorrow it will be level with the river

[carps 1]

at leastthe kids love their new pool with a lawn bottom hhahahahaha

[khany454 0]

golly! hope it dont get too high for yas. my parents live on the river here in mildura and im startin to get a bit worried myself.lucky i can jump in one of my mates trucks with an hour or so notice, get what aint insured (sentimentle gear) and get them the hell outta there.ile take some pics tomorrow of apex park here, a few of yas should know it.on a brighter note, they arent expecting a big flood though, "shouldnt" affect any homes etc... but weve all heard that before hey!

[Goldys_Fishin 0]

Hey Krany, Is the caravan park on the NSW side of the river in danger of flooding. my boss is ment to come for holidays in january???Cheers Goldy

[khany454 0]

gday fellas the waters gone down a bit here again, it will be up again though, as soon as it is ile post some pics.goldy, the whole of the murray is on flood alert mate, its hard to say though, they normally control the level between lock 11 and 15 pretty well because its the "pretty" area of mildura,buronga and gol gol. but depending on how much water we get it very well could go under,its happened before! january is when the big lot is coming they reckon.but yeah its very hard to say, wouldnt let a bit of water put him off though,if hes there and theres a chance it will get flooded he will get plenty of notice to get out. plenty other caravan parks here if that happens

[davo1980 7]

Fingers crossed for ya Carps that you dont get flooded out but on a good note at least the flooding of the river will hopefully bring on a good spawning for the declining Murray Cod that needs the flooding to spawn. Look forward to seeing those updated pics Carps.

[spog777 1]

Rivers running fast and deep so everyone please be careful. The undertow is a real bugger at the moment so if anyone wants a swim take heaps of care-maybe tying off a swimming zone should be considered. The backwaters are filling nicely so hopefully good breeding will take place as well as a top rate of yabbies and shrimps. Also time to catch the cod for catch and release is now upon us so maybe some nice pics are in the making.

[Guest davidm#2]

i was up near walker flat a few weeks bak, and the water in the backwaters were about 2m away from the main road between walkers and wongulla.so im going up there this afternoon, it should be interesting to see wat its like now.its a bit hard to fish, so we just go spearing, heaps of fun just walk around in knee deep water with the spear gun and a pitch fork hahahaha.cheers

[Goldys_Fishin 0]

I was having a late christmas lunch with the family today. While i was there i was chatting to my Uncle who lives at Mypolonga. He said he is worried about the river bank because there is cracks in it. And if it goes his house will go under. happened before and it might not happen this time but it will happen again. Cheers Goldy

[carps 1]

i am heading up again tommorrow il post more pics when home

[weaver 271]

Your be able to fish from the back door soon mate

[afishyfish 4]

Your be able to fish from the back door soon mate

Rod in one hand, frying pan all set to go in the other

[weaver 271]

Oldman was talking to a SA water rep on monday and from what she was saying the water is meant to peak on the 24th of January

[Goldys_Fishin 0]

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[carps 1]

is that including all this new water coming down from the north still tey cant get a break up there hey poor buggers

[finatic 1]

for mine I'd reckon that to be the first peak,another 7 or 8 weeks for the next lot to come.Finatic