Boating

The Service has specific regulations for some waters, but these restrictions only apply to the fishing activity. For example, a person can use an outboard motor to travel on Lake Lea, but cannot use the motor while fishing. Oars are the only permitted means of propulsion while fishing from a boat on this lake.

Fishing from a boat

• Fishing from a boat within 100 metres of an angler fishing from the shore - is prohibited unless the boat is securely moored.
• Lakes Lea, Bantic, Garcia, Bellinger, Ashford and Ada Lagoon - a boat must only be rowed.
• Lake Leake - a boat must only be rowed except if using an electric motor while fishing from a boat (ie trolling).
• Lakes Botsford, Dudley, Carter Lakes, Howes Bay Lagoon, East Rocky and Rocky lagoons, and all lagoons between the track from Augusta Dam to the former Lake Augusta and the James River, and Middle Myrtle Pond - no fishing from a boat.
• Penstock and Little Pine lagoons - no trolling of flies from a boat.
• Brumbys Creek and its tributaries - no fishing from a boat (except the ponds immediately above No's 1 and 3 weirs where fishing from a stationary boat is permitted).
• Curries River Dam - only electric outboards can be used when either fishing or travelling on this water. Other non-fishing rules apply to boats on this water.

Float tubes
There are no special regulations relating to the use of float tubes, except in Middle Myrtle Pond where no person can take fish whilst floating with the aid of any device that provides buoyancy.

MAST (Marine and Safety Tasmania) speed restrictions
The following speed limits exist for recreational vessels in Tasmania and on-the-spot fines can be issued to offenders.
No boat shall exceed a speed of 5 knots when within 60 metres of a wharf, jetty, mooring, the shoreline or other boat.
No boat shall exceed a speed of 5 knots when within 120 metres of a person swimming, a person diving (displaying the A flag) or a person wading in the water.
There are also a number of designated areas around the state where a speed limit of 5 knots exists. These areas are normally around popular swimming beaches where MAST has previously encountered dangerous behaviour from PWC and boat operators in close proximity to swimmers.

Some of the inland lakes where this speed limit applies are below:

• Four Springs Lake.
• Arthurs Lake - Waters of Cowpaddock Bay north of the transmission lines.
• Penstock Lagoon.
• Little Pine Lagoon.
• Bradys Lake/Lake Binney - waters of Bradys/Binney Canal.
• Lake Binney/Tungatinah Lagoon - waters of the Binney/Tungatinah Canal.
• Waters of Mossy Marsh.
• Waters of Pump Pond.
• Waters of Shannon Lagoon.