Inland Fisheries Service News
Tagging trout to improve your fishing
We tag for a number of reasons: to estimate the number of fish in a water (usually a lake) to work out how much a fish has grown or to track fish movements. Anglers can help in all these areas. Here is a quick guide on what you can do if you catch a tagged...
Over Size and Over Mass loads heading to the Cattle Hill Windfarm
Just a reminder that there are still many Over Size and Over Mass loads being transported through to the Cattle Hill Windfarm site. This is occurring every day of the week except Sundays. Using Midland Highway, Highland Lakes Rd from Melton Mowbray through Bothwell to the Northern entrance to Waddamana Rd over the Bashin Causeway....
Brush up on the rules before the start of the new trout season
Christmas Eve for trout anglers is fast approaching with the opening of the 2019-20 trout season scheduled for this weekend. With plenty of recent rain our rivers and lakes are primed to provide some excellent angling opportunities. Popular waters have had plenty of fish added by our wild fish transfer team and the weekend’s weather...
Advice to not eat fish from the lower North Esk River
Public Health Services has detected per- and poly-fluroalkyl substance (PFAS) in fish (including eels) from the North Esk River downstream of Corra Linn Gorge. The North Esk River re-opens to fishing on Saturday 3 August and anglers are reminded of the advice from Public Health Services not to eat any fish, including eels, caught in this...
A correction to the Tasmanian Inland Fishing Code 2019-20
There is a mistake in the printed version of the Tasmanian Inland Fishing Code 2019-20. On page 27 – it says: Lake fisheries rules a minimum size limit of 300 mm a daily bag limit of 12 fish open to all fishing methods a season of 3/8/19 - 3/5/20 Examples: Arthurs Lake, Bronte Lagoon, Lake...
