Inland Fisheries Service News
Willow control on the Tyenna River– a tribute to the Clark Family
Another 500m section of the Tyenna River at Westerway has been transformed! Following on from efforts of local residents and the Tyenna Willow Warriors, the last of the large willows have been removed from the riverbank opposite the Westerway Primary School. The Clark family have been working with local contractor Aaron Scherer and the Derwent...
Pet Reservoir
Yesterday 980 wild brown trout, averaging 850 grams, were transported from Liawenee to the Pet Reservoir. These fish will have time to settle and be ready for the new trout fishing season that starts on Saturday 7 August. This will provide a boost to anglers that enjoy this popular fishery on the North West Coast....
Some waters are about to close to fishing
On Sunday 30 May the fishing season at many inland waters come to the end for the 2020-21 season. Waters managed for rainbow trout that will close are: Dee Lagoon Junction Lake Lake Meston Lake Rowallan Lake Skinner Lake Youd Mersey River above Lake Rowallan River Leven upstream of Loongana Road Weld rivers (both North...
Trout fishing in the Land of a Thousand Lakes to feature on TV.
The Nineteen Lagoons region of Tasmania's Land of a Thousand Lakes will be the feature of this weekends Fishing Australia program. It will be free to air at 4pm on Sunday 30 May on WIN Television. This is part of Tourism Australia's Great Fishing Adventures of Australia. To see the promotion clip for the show...
Penstock and Shannon Lagoons – Native fish monitoring
Each year we monitor the native fish populations at Penstock and Shannon lagoons. The three species of fish we are looking for are, the spotted galaxias, the Shannon paragalaxias and the Great Lake paragalaxias. This year we caught a very large number of both the spotted galaxias and more pleasingly, the threatened Shannon paragalaxias. This...
