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Third FISH4CASH tagged trout caught
The third fish in the FISH4CASH promotion has been caught. The tagged rainbow trout which was 7 kg when it was released during October into Lake Meadowbank was caught December 27 2007. The lucky angler, Darren Collins is from NSW and was visiting his Tasmanian family when he was taken fishing to Meadowbank by his brother. Darren receives $1000 for captureing one of the fish released as part of the promotion.
Final FISH4CASH releases
Two tagged brown trout have been released as the final fish for the IFS FISH4CASH promotion. The trout from Great Lake were released into Lake Barrington and Great Lake on January 3 and 4 respectivly and are worth $1000 each to the lucky anglers who capture them. So far three of the four tagged trout released for the promotion have been captured with the fish at Lake Burbury still a chance for an angler to net themselves $1000.
Fourth FISH4CASH release
The Fourth FISH4CASH release concided with the Queenstown Anglers Lake Burbury fishing competition in November. The tagged trout was a wild rainbow from Lake Burbury itself. As with all releases in this 2007-08 season promotion, the angler who catches this fish before the end of the current angling season will win themselves $1000.
Third FISH4CASH release
The third tagged trout worth $1000 cash to a lucky licensed angler in the Inland Fisheries' FISH4CASH promotion was released at Lake Meadowbank today, Friday October 19.
The trophy sized female rainbow trout weighed a hefty 7 kg.
To collect their money, the angler must present their catch along with the IFS tag and their angling licence details to the Inland Fisheries Service at New Norfolk during business hours.
The Fish4Cash promotion, which will run for the duration of the 2007-08 season, is designed to encourage more Tasmanians to have a go at trout fishing.
The first trout, which was released into the Bradys chain of lakes, was caught within six days of its release while the second was caught within eight days of its release at Brushy Lagoon.
Second FISH4CASH fish caught
Congratulations to Roger Harris of Port Sorell. Roger was lucky enough to catch the second fish in the IFS' FISH4CASH promotion.
The trophy sized female rainbow trout weighing 5.1 kg was released at Brushy Lagoon on the 28th of August and caught by Roger on the evening of the 7th of September. Any angler would be pleased to catch such a fish but Roger is even happier as he gets a $1000 for catching this trophy.
Roger is a regular fisher of Brushy Lagoon but went along on Friday with the chance of catching the prize winning fish in mind. The fish was caught using a wood grub and cast to the fish when he saw it move.
The Fish4Cash promotion, which will run for the duration of the 2007-08 season, is designed to encourage more Tasmanians to have a go at trout fishing and to increase visits to the IFS website.
Another fish will be released in the coming months, keep an eye on this website for details.
The second tagged trout in the Inland Fisheries FISH4CASH promotion was released at another popular fishing location in a covert operation conducted last night by Viv Spencer, Senior Inspector, Inland Fisheries Service.
The trophy sized female rainbow trout weighing 5.1 kg would be a reward in itself but it is worth $1,000 in cash to the lucky angler who lands the fish and returns it along with the IFS tag and angling licence details to the Service.
The Fish4Cash promotion, which will run for the duration of the 2007-08 season, is designed to encourage more Tasmanians to have a go at trout fishing and to increase visits to the IFS website.
The first trout, which was released into the Bradys chain of lakes was caught on the second day of the opening weekend and within six days of its release.
This time the $1000 fish has been released at Brushy Lagoon!!
First FISH4CASH fish caugh on opening weekend of the 07/08 season
The opening of the trout season last weekend was successful for many anglers around the State but for one angler in particular, it paid off enormously with the catch of the day – the Inland Fisheries Service’ money fish – wo
rth $1,000 in this season’s Fish4Cash promotion.
Mr Glen Dickson, from South Hobart hooked the tagged female rainbow trout, weighing over 6 kg, at Lake Binney on Sunday at about 1.30 pm whilst trolling from his boat.
Mr Dickson dropped into the Inland Fisheries Service Office in New Norfolk on his return from a rewarding weekend’s fishing in the Bronte chain of lakes, to deliver the tagged fish for inspection and to collect his $1,000 cash.
"We caught 11 fish in total at Bradys and Binney over the weekend – three brook, two rainbows and six brown trout – but this money fish really made the weekend’s fishing worthwhile," Mr Dickson said.
Director of Inland Fisheries, Mr Diggle explained that the fish caught by Mr Dickson was the first of six to be released into waters around the State, each worth $1,000, in the Fish4Cash promotion run by the Service with the aim of encouraging more freshwater anglers.
"This tagged rainbow trout was released into Bradys Lake less than a week ago in preparation for the opening of the trout season," he said.
"Another tagged fish will be released over the next few weeks and the details of the location will be promoted on the Inland Fisheries website at" said Mr Diggle
