Where do poddies go in winter?

[Koalaboi]

Hi,

Around my way the poddies have vacated their usual haunts. Perhaps, like those of us watching Game of Thrones, they've heard that winter is coming. I've noticed this in previous years: they just seem to fade away around now. Mind you, the bigger mullet have been schooling near the mouth of Tuggerah Lake and seem to be waiting for the opportunity to head to the sea to be netted by pros (their 4WDs are parked at various spots along the beach lately) so their eggs can be sold to the Japanese and their flesh sent off to Qld to be turned into cat food.

I asked an old Aboriginal Uncle, a pro fisherman and oyster farmer, and he reckons they head up the rivers towards the fresh.

Any ideas or observations?

KB

Edited May 12, 2019 by Koalaboi
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[Welster]

I can’t help but am interested to hear any thoughts also. 

[Green Hornet]

Down my way at St,Georges Basin, which isn't really tidal but open to the ocean, the poddys go ultra shallow in winter. No greater than about 100mm of water. Can't say I've seen them in the feeder creeks when its cold.

[TurtleTown]

An interesting question that I would be interested in as well

[Koalaboi]

Hi,

I rode to work this morning around Tuggerah Lake on the bike track and saw what I am pretty sure to be lots of poddy schools in the shallows.

I normally look for them around Long Jetty which in summer, is quite sheltered from the predominantly SE to NE winds. With the westerlies now in full swing, the eastern shore of the lake is quite open, the bottom stirred up with lots of weed washed in.

Just wondering if the poddies tend to move to the sheltered sections of water during the seasons?

KB

 

Edited May 15, 2019 by Koalaboi
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