Inland Fisheries Service News
Forest Harvesting Operations Talbots Lagoon
Forico advise that they will be conducting forest harvesting in the vicinity of Talbots Lagoon. Although the fishing season is closed any members of the public that are intending to visit the lagoon should exercise caution on Guildford Road due to truck and equipment movements.
Little Pine Lagoon - WFFC19 venue
Little Pine Lagoon will be one of the five venues for the 39th World Fly Fishing Championship to be held in Tasmania between 2 and 6 December 2019. Open and exposed on the Central Highlands the lagoon is known for its incredible sight fishing. Early season to tailing fish and then through summer with fish...
Tasmania's Welcome to World Fly Fishing Championship Teams
On behalf of Tasmania the Minister for responsible for Inland Fisheries, Hon. Guy Barnett, welcomes the teams of the World Fly fishing Championship 2019 in this short video.
Shannon Lagoon offers a challenge to anglers
During June 2017, we collected 500 fish from the River Derwent fish trap at Lake King William and then tagged and transferred into Shannon Lagoon. On 14-15 May 2019 we surveyed Shannon Lagoon to see how these fish were going. Over one night of trapping, we captured 43 brown trout. Of these fish, seven were...
IFS upgrades Haddens Bay boat ramp
Anglers have suggested that more parking would be useful at the Haddens Bay boat ramp at yingina/Great Lake. In response the IFS has groomed the ramp on both sides of the rock groyne to provide additional area for turning, launching and parking.
