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BARKING BARGAIN: Nurrabiel farmer Warren Russell sizes up a new farming acquisition, a kelpie puppy that he bought at Wimmera Machinery Field Days at Longerenong. The Field Days have provided something for everyone this week. Story, more pictures, pages 30 and 31. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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uthorities have worked hard to ensure near-perfect conditions for thousands of people lining the banks of the Wimmera River for Sunday’s annual Horsham Fishing Competition.
A technical fault at Horsham Weir before last year’s competition led to the river level rising, frustrating some anglers. Wimmera Catchment Management
Authority chief executive David Brennan said there would be no issue this year. He said the CMA had been working with Horsham Rural City Council to ensure anglers would enjoy ideal river conditions. “Everything being equal the Wimmera River levels will stay exactly the same at the weekend as they have been for the past four or five weeks,” he said.
“The river is in really good health at the moment considering we’ve had such a dry summer. “It’s always hard to predict whether it will be a good day for fishing, but certainly the water quality and the environmental conditions along the river for the fishing comp are as good as they could be. “Something people will notice this year in particular is the water quality and the reduction in turbidity.
“Basically, the water is a lot clearer than it has been for the past few years. “It’s a showcase event for the Wimmera River and we hope we can continue to see a trend where we’re catching more native fish than carp.” Fishing competition chairwoman Adele Rohde said entries were on track to match or exceed last year’s total. As of yesterday afternoon competition organisers had received about 1100 entries.
“This is a huge week for Horsham in general – with the Wimmera Machinery Field Days and a heap of other things happening – which is great for the town and hopefully the fishing competition can add to that,” Mrs Rohde said. “A survey last year indicated about 25 percent of contestants would spend more than $700 locally during the weekend.” Continued page 3
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