ON
GOLDEN
PONDS By Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling
T
he Australian freshwater fish known to science as Macquaria ambigua has quite a few common names. That fact alone points to its importance and popularity, as well as its extensive geographic distribution.
Some folks know this fish best as the golden perch or simply “golden”. To others, it’s a yellowbelly or “yella”. In South Australia, it’s far more likely to be referred to as a callop (based on a regional Indigenous word), while old-timers everywhere still occasionally call it a Murray perch or white perch.
Starlo with the calibre of trophy golden perch or yellowbelly many anglers still only dream of catching. Truth is, fish like this are readily available in many of our dams.
ON GOLDEN PONDS — catching yellowbelly in dams
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