June 2013 Inland Fisheries Service News Archive
Four Springs Lake - Fisheries Performance Assessment
In response to falling catch rates and the need to investigate the success of recent trout stockings events at Four Springs Lake, the Service conducted a series of in-lake surveys during July and September 2012 and April 2013. The results of these surveys, in addition to a review of the postal questionnaire data and creel...
Lake Barrington to fall below its notification level of 119.42m
In advance of a major outage at the Paloona Power station Lake Barrington will be draw down to its normal minimum operating level of 116.59 m; this is 5.33 m below the full supply level of the lake. It is expected to reach this level on Monday 17th June and then should start to refill,...
Meadowbank Lake refilled as Hydro Tasmania's works are completed
Meadowbank Lake is once again open to angling. One of two lake fisheries open all year round in the south of the state, it has been off line for two months as a fishery whilst it was drained for works to be carried out by Hydro Tasmania. The current (7/6/2013) level is 0.6 metres below...
MAST has recently completed the upgrade of the camping ground boat ramp on Lake Burbury
Taking advantage of the recent low level of the lake, the new 64 metre long ramp will aid the launching and retrieving of trailer boats down to a level of 7.00 metres below full supply. The single lane, 5.00 metre wide ramp will be a lot more user friendly now the undesirable “right hand turn”...
River Leven stocked with adult brown trout
Tuesday 4 June 2013 the IFS stocked 300 adult brown trout fresh from the spawning run at Liawenee into the River Leven. The fish were released at Bannons Park on the Gunns Plains Road. A good turnout of anglers witnessed the release. These fish have yet to spawn and could provide a boost to natural...
