Inland Fisheries Service News
Hydro Tasmania/Cressy Community 2018 Tasmanian Trout Expo
The Tasmanian Trout Expo is on again this weekend. Come to Brumbys Creek this Saturday and Sunday between 8am and 4pm. The IFS is supporting the Expo making it an angling-licence-exempt weekend for participants. Prizes are offered in various categories and the major draw card is a tagged wild brown trout worth $10 000. The event involves over 50...
Tagged monster brown trout recaptured in the River Derwent
Recently, local New Norfolk angler, Jason Harrison, caught an amazing brown trout in the River Derwent River. The fish not only weighed over 4.5 kg (10 pounds) but also happened to be a tagged fish from a study conducted almost exactly 10 years ago! Jason was fishing on the banks of the River Derwent in...
Fish are about despite fickle weather
Fisheries Officers over the weekend patrolled waters across the centre, east and northeast of the State. Saturday delivered fantastic angling conditions. Plenty of sunshine and light winds. The weather was not so good on Sunday, with strong westerlies. Standout waters for the weekend were: Lake Crescent – There were some very impressive catches from Lake...
Brown trout are rebuilding their condition after winter
Anglers often report catching fish early in the season that are below average condition. Brown trout spawn between May and July. During this period they have eaten little and spent considerable energy moving up through the cold fast water to the spawning grounds. Male brown trout can mature as early as two years of age...
Man fined for assisting whitebait poacher
A Smithton man was recently found guilty at the Burnie Magistrate’s Court of three charges of inducing another person to commit an offence under the Inland Fisheries Act 1995. Peter Salter was charged by Fisheries Officers with assisting Brodie Popowski (convicted on 10 May 2018) illegally taking whitebait at the Montagu River during October 2017....
