Inland Fisheries Service News
How many casts does it take to catch a $5,000 tagged trout? Just two!
While Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) staff in our New Norfolk office were chatting with a local anger who was contemplating buying an angling licence for the 2025-26 season — in walked Allan Kelly, saying “he’d just caught a brown ‘slob’ trout with a tag in it”. Allan, who splits his time between Scotland and Tasmania,...
Fry stockings targeted to get the best results for our rivers
As most anglers would be aware, trout populations in many Tasmanian inland waters throughout 2024 and into early 2025 were negatively impacted by a higher than usual populations of cormorants. As part of our response to this issue, the Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) completed a series of back-pack electro-fishing surveys in rivers and creeks across the...
“Oakley Special” Lands First $5,000 Tagged Trout of the Season!
As the old saying goes, “Ten percent of anglers catch ninety percent of the fish”, and Leo Oakley is definitely one of that ten percent! A long-time licence holder and passionate trout angler, Leo has spent much of his life fishing across Tasmania. He is often found at his retirement shack in the highlands and...
Jan Spencer inducted into Tasmanian Angling Hall of Fame
The Inland Fisheries Service would like to congratulate Tasmanian fly fisher and fly-tyer Jan Spencer, the first woman to represent Australia on a national fly-fishing team, as the latest inductee to the Tasmanian Angling Hall of Fame. Jan has had a long association with trout fishing and close affinity for the central highlands of Tasmania....
Bradys Lake Pontoon Maintenance
Earlier this week the Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) teamed up with Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) to do routine maintenance on our pontoons in the highlands. MAST, IFS and Hydro Tasmania work collaboratively to maintain the boating infrastructure in the highlands, and from time to time, storm damage or fluctuating water levels cause minor maintenance...
