Facilities for fishing with a disability now ready to use

The Plenty River adjacent to the Salmon Ponds has a newly established area with facilities reserved for anglers with a disability. Risdon Brook Dam had an upgrade of its' facilities ten months ago but has been too low to fish until now. To fish these areas that are out of bounds for able bodied licenced anglers you will need a Tasmanian Transport Access Scheme permit and a current angling licence.

After opening up the Plenty River a couple of years ago for anglers with a disability, work on providing safe accessible facilities has now been completed. These facilities were funded by the federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry' Recreational Fishing Community Grants Program and co-managed by IFS and Paraquad Tasmania. Three platforms have been built that provide safe and accessible fishing on one of Tasmania's most productive rivers. The pools that the platforms overlook are home to more than the occasional escapee rainbow trout and a mixed size range of resident brown trout.