Who are the keepers, the custodians of our native flora and fauna clearly it is not fisheries otherwise they would have closed me down or given me support after all I have had a permit from them for nearly eight years. it begs the question is there a plan or is this a ad hock department not sure of what’s next , if so I would counsel the next government to put a broom through this department and put in place people who care, people who will answer the phone , people who that don’t do this job because the got the required mark at school.

I know that some people will not like me being so angry, all l want is for fisheries to do there job get off there behinds and do some work ,stop sending email to each other and remember why you are a fisheries officer to look after the native fish of Australia. you have a unique position you can make a difference, sending an email to college sitting next to you is not work and does nothing to further the wellbeing of native fish .

Tomorrow I am going to move last years brood fish ,young fish , fingerlings what ever you wish to call them,these fish should be going into local waterways but they are going into dams I have had to construct at my cost to house them, fisheries do not seem interested in native fish but if you want some trout well the flood gates open . my name is Sticks Mueller and I never give up, I will grow so many native blackfish here on this property that fisheries officers of the future will have no choice but to act. I have had great support from all the politician I have spoken to no matter there colour, but the individuals we put in power to look after the well being of native fish in Victoria have no interest in these great fish, believe me that will change I will advocate to government at all levels including federal  to see these people are replaced and proper custodians put in there place, people who are dedicated and passionate about the native fish of Victoria and eastern Australia in general. I should also mention that my blog regularly gets over 200 views and some times as many as 4500 so fisheries should take note this tax payer has had enough. if the PUBLIC SERVANTS AT FISHERIES DO NOT CALL ME ASAP I will make it my life mission to expose them as nothing but as frauds masquerading as environmentalist while sucking on the public teat.

What are Yabbabs I here you ask ok this is a recipe I developed when I lived in Bendigo the first thing you need is some pretty good size Yabbies we are only using the tail, so after you humanly dispatch the yabbies remove the tail and the elementary tract that’s for you who don’t know is the black line extending down the tail, clean and wash in salty water and place on a skewer long enough to keep your hands out of the oil make some beer batter and dunk your tails into the batter and coat well and then into the oil until cooked it pays to try one before you serve them up and there you have Yabbabs.For those of you that like a feed of Yabbies from time to time and you have access to a dam it pays to feed your Yabbies, you will have more Yabbies and they will be bigger, above I am placing Lucerne billets around the dam the young Yabbies will feed on this and hopefully grow nice and fat to feed my fish and me, we only have four weeks to spring and the Yabbies will be mating soon so if you intend to do this now is the time, by the way most herbage is good food for Yabbies vegetables scraps as well, just don’t put to much in you may mess up the dam for other users.

I make and sell breeding boxes for native fish these are the same design that I used when I successfully bred my blackfish you can see they have some holes at one end this is to allow some water flow while the closed end offers the fish and eggs some protection from predators, the handle allows for depth adjustment and can be made longer if required.

The object leaning against the shed door is a bat box designed for our local insect eating bats, there are five or six different  bats in western Victoria all are very small without their wings they would be smaller than a mouse.

the bat box is $14 the fish boxes are $12 plus delivery.

I will advise on installation to each individual buyer as different fish require different placement. Money from the sales will go towards the fish breeding facility.

If you are interested please phone 0407843998 or leave your details in comments thank you.

Native plants going in around the ponds these will attract insects and birds and in turn feed the fish. We purchased the plants from Pearson’s nursery at Allansford near Warrnambool the young lady that served us was very helpful and clearly new her plants we will do more with them in the future.

We had a early sneak peek at spring today and it was perfect for planting , up until now the ground has been far to wet.

It is worth remembering that animals do much better if they feel safe and comfortable they will breed a lot easier and be much better at the handling stages. This applies to all animals not just fish.

Pond no 2

You can also see the solar lights also for attracting insects to the waters edge for the fish to feed on, the grass has picked up its been slow because of the cold and wet overcast days, hopefully that’s behind us now we are moving into the windy part of the year, wind is our friend because it aerates the ponds and dams.

It seems I spelt Heytesbury wrong in a couple of post I am sorry it will not happen again.

Thanks for correcting me in comments if I make anymore blunders please let me know. Leo is sorry too.

Tank no 5 is the ugly duckling of my tanks it has fantastic habitat its aerated in under trees produces good yabbies but the blackfish struggle I am going to re assign this tank for another purpose probably bait and plants to feed and seed the other four tanks and four ponds.

The pots contain Nardoo which is a native water weed famous for starving Burke and Wills to death, but it attracts insects and frogs which we already  have in abundance.

I know that a lot of you fishers are aware of the great black bream fishing in the Curdies river around boggy creek and Peterborough however once you get away from the salt influence there is not much to fish for the odd eel redfin and even trout, it is my plan to change that I fully intend to have blackfish in place as soon as fisheries gives me the go ahead, I only live a mile from the river so as soon as I get fisheries here to inspect my setup and see the fish are healthy it could happen this breeding season and you can expect to be able to catch legal fish in this place in a few short years. I also must say that if you are coming down this way to fish or sightsee  you should take a drive through the Hatesbury settlement it features some of the prettiest land scapes in AUST not to mention the great dairy farming ,producing milk that goes to making  cheese yogurt and all manner of thins for AUST and for  export to the rest of the world.    The Curdies  valley looking southwest with a rain shower coming up the valley.

Barb Wire Canoe

This is a photo of a corrugated tin boat, I took this photo in Perth at a maritime museum and it reminded me of when I was a boy growing up at Cooriemungle  where we had a barb wire canoe it  was  a little  different than this one it was tied together with barbed wire, needless to say we learnt to bale and swim at the same time, I know that the young today might think they are a myth but I kid you not we had one.