Dolphins in Tuross Lake

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 30th August 2009, 06:59 AM

must be a LOT of fish in that lake

**vnx205** · 30th August 2009, 10:06 AM

I guess that fish numbers had built up since commercial fishing in the lake was prohibited.

I think that happened in 2002 and anecdotal evidence suggests that the fishing had improved for recreational fishermen.

I have heard that the dolphins are more interested in mullet than flathead. I don't know if that is true, but I hope it is and there does seem to be some justification for the belief. They have certainly been seen working as a team to round up schools of mullet.

**hoadie72** · 7th February 2010, 08:32 PM

Was searching through the forum for threads about kayaks and I came across this one. I did make it down to the lake on Sept 4th but didn't see the dolphins. I assume they're still there?

**vnx205** · 8th February 2010, 08:03 AM

They were still there until the recent rains.

This happened.

So they had to do this to the entrance.

I wasn't there to see it. i was driving down from Darwin at the time, dodging Cyclone Olga.
I have heard that the dolphins went back out to sea. There are even rumours that four dolphins went out because there was a new baby with them that had been born in the lake. If that is true, then they must have been happy and healthy in the lake. I will be interested to learn whether there really was a new baby.

**vnx205** · 12th February 2010, 12:14 PM

The dolphins are still in the lake. However, they are now there by choice. The mouth is 50 metres wide and 2 or 3 metres deep at high tide.

I saw all three of them when I was out on the lake kayaking this morning.

They may have gone out briefly, but apparently with all the murky water just outside the mouth, there are likely to be sharks hanging around. Maybe they know this and realise they are safer in the lake or maybe they have just become accustomed to their celebrity status.

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