Blacktown City Council- Media Event - Mount Druitt Fishing Centre Opens This Weekend

MEDIA RELEASE

Media Event:
2pm Wednesday, August 2 2017
Mount Druitt Fishing Centre, aka
Mount Druitt Swimming Centre.

The annual “pouring of the fish” as the pool is stocked with some 800 trout.

The fishing season opens this weekend and the pool at Mount Druitt Fishing Centre has been stocked with trout

Held over two weekends, the 25th Blacktown Council Family Fish-in is again a sell out and several hundred fishers have booked their slots at Mount Druitt Swimming Centre, which has become a fishing centre for the next two weekends.

“All sessions have been filled and we are looking forward to seeing lots of people having lots of fun together, said the Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Stephen Bali.

“At one stage, Council wanted to close the Mount Druitt Swimming Centre, but then there was a change on mind and I am proud to be the Mayor who fought to keep the centre open,” he said.

“For 25 years people have been coming to the pool to fish – it’s a really quirky idea that has kept going and going,” he said.

Although all sessions over the next two weekends are fully booked for fishing, spectators are welcome and entry to the pool is free.

“There are 600 fishing spots around the pool across the two weekends, and this year they were all taken within a fortnight of bookings opening.

“There are grandchildren there who are being taught how to fish by grandparents who were taught how to fish at the Fish-In.”

“Those booked in for the second week should not worry about the pool being fished out.

“Another 400 Salmon Trout will be leaving the mountain waters of Sandy Waterfall Creek, on the Goobragandra River just outside of Tumut, to be added to the waters of Mount Druitt Swimming Centre, next Thursday.

The Fish In runs from 5pm to 8.30pm on the next two Friday and Saturday nights (August 4, 5, 11 and 12).

There are heaps of prizes to be given away each session including the major prize – a Family Fishing Adventure in any location of your choice within NSW.

Friendly volunteers from NSW Fisheries will also be present at each session to answer your fish enquiries and to give advice and information.

This event is proceeding under a permit from NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Click here for short video on Trout entering Pool

Anglers at last year’s Blacktown City Council Family Fish-in at Mount Druitt Fishing Centre.