G'day all,
I bought a new boat recently and have been enjoying a few fishing/camping trips in the Big River arm of Lake Eildon (Victoria) before it gets too snakey. Been camping in a little inlet and at night when shining a torch into the water my mate and I have seen a few fish that ive never seen before.
They are bright orange like a goldfish, some have black and white blotches along their back directly below the fin on their back (dorsal fin??). About 6-10 inches long but unlike goldfish, they are fairly sleek and incredibly fast. Only ever see one at a time so they don't appear to school. We see heaps of European carp as well and these are not carp. We have also seen barred galaxias and its not them either. Just wondering if anyone knows what they are from the description. It would be pretty cool if we've stumbled across an undiscovered species or one that is thought to be long extinct. I cant post links yet so even if I found a photo (which I haven't been able to) on the net I cant yet show you.
Hoping to get a photo one night. I found a website where you can input characteristics of freshwater fish and as soon as you input orange all it comes up with is barred galaxia.
Im very interested to hear of similar sightings or a positive ID.
By the way, a little fishing report up to last weekend, plenty of trout jumping but not eating. Trying scrubbies, maggots, variety of lures and wet and dry flies, spinning and trolling.
Cheers, Doug
I bought a new boat recently and have been enjoying a few fishing/camping trips in the Big River arm of Lake Eildon (Victoria) before it gets too snakey. Been camping in a little inlet and at night when shining a torch into the water my mate and I have seen a few fish that ive never seen before.
They are bright orange like a goldfish, some have black and white blotches along their back directly below the fin on their back (dorsal fin??). About 6-10 inches long but unlike goldfish, they are fairly sleek and incredibly fast. Only ever see one at a time so they don't appear to school. We see heaps of European carp as well and these are not carp. We have also seen barred galaxias and its not them either. Just wondering if anyone knows what they are from the description. It would be pretty cool if we've stumbled across an undiscovered species or one that is thought to be long extinct. I cant post links yet so even if I found a photo (which I haven't been able to) on the net I cant yet show you.
Hoping to get a photo one night. I found a website where you can input characteristics of freshwater fish and as soon as you input orange all it comes up with is barred galaxia.
Im very interested to hear of similar sightings or a positive ID.
By the way, a little fishing report up to last weekend, plenty of trout jumping but not eating. Trying scrubbies, maggots, variety of lures and wet and dry flies, spinning and trolling.
Cheers, Doug