Inland Fisheries Service News
Responsible boating at Little Pine Lagoon
Little Pine Lagoon boat users would be aware that there has been a voluntary no petrol motors area at the northern end of the lagoon for several years to protect the aquatic plants and water quality. The area has been identified as north of a line of buoys which ran from just north of Bertrams...
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...
