Regulations

Min size: 300 mm Bag limit: 12 Method: All methods (bait, lures and flies) Season: 5/8/2023 - 28/4/2024

Background

This is a small Hydro Tasmania storage near Tarraleah. Good access only is permitted.

Getting There

Pump Pond can be accessed via a 400m walk from the Lyell Highway at Tarraleah 1 km north of the Butlers Gorge (C603) intersection.

Recreational Fish Management

Pump Pond is managed as a wild trout fishery.

Angling Notes

Pump Pond is a small clearwater with grassy flats and forest around most of the shoreline. Suitable for shore-based angling and wading, lure anglers and fly fishers have a good chance of catching some of the large populatin of predominately small brown trout.

Protect Waters

Recreational anglers have a responsibility to look after fisheries resources for the benefit of the environment and future generations. Do not bring live or dead fish, fish products, animals or aquatic plants into Tasmania. Do not bring any used fishing gear or any other freshwater recreational equipment that may be damp, wet or contain water into Tasmania. Check, clean and dry your fishing equipment before entering Tasmania. Do not transfer any freshwater fish, frogs, tadpoles, invertebrates or plants between inland waters. Check your boat, trailer, waders and fishing gear for weed and other pests that should not be transferred before moving between waters. Do not use willow (which is a plant pest) as a rod support as it has the ability to propagate from a strike.

Pest Fish Management

Anglers can help reduce the spread of pests in Tasmanian waterways. It is an offence to use fish or fish products for bait or to transfer fish between waters. Significant penalties apply.

Reminder

Be aware of and comply with fishing regulations.
Respect the rights of other anglers and users.
Protect the environment.
Carefully return undersized, protected or unwated catch back to the water.
Fish species and other organisms must not be relocated or transferred into other water bodies.