Inland Fisheries Service News
Hydro Tasmania visitor survey
Have your say and win a stay at Pedder Wilderness Lodge. Hydro Tasmania are reviewing the experiences at their sites by conducting a community survey - open to anyone who has visited one of our recreation or visitor sites (i.e. campsites, waterways, lookouts or heritage sites) in the past 5 years. For more information and...
Fishing report
Lake Leake continues to fish well, producing well-conditioned browns and rainbows for both lure and fly anglers. Black and gold T tails and large woolly buggers have worked well with water being quite dirty after snow melt and run off. The fish seem to be feeding heavily on snails and stick caddis. Blackmans Lagoon is...
Never been a better time to go trout fishing
Stay safe, support local businesses, buy a licence and catch a trout! The Inland Fisheries Service is running a major promotion to encourage trout fishing in regional areas during the 2020-21 angling season, which started on 1 August 2020. Five brown trout were tagged and released into lakes around Tasmania. One each into Arthurs Lake,...
Opening of the trout season
After a long break from trout fishing for some of us and all the recent disruption to our lives, one Tasmanian tradition continued this weekend with the opening of the 2020-21 brown trout fishing season. Anglers were out in force around the state making the most of idyllic winter weather to head back to their...
Atlantic salmon released into Lake Kara for start of season
The new trout season begins tomorrow. To support angling opportunities in regional areas we have stocked 100 Atlantic salmon into Lake Kara. At an average weight of over 1.5kg, they will test the skills of any angler. Remember the bag limit in Lake Kara is 5 fish total, of which only 2 may measure longer...
