Inland Fisheries Service News
Blackmans Lagoon Fishery Performance Assessment, July 2019
Blackmans Lagoon is well known for growing large trout that can be difficult to catch. During the 2019 Central Highlands brown trout spawning run, we transferred 500 wild brown trout into Blackmans Lagoon. Before we released them, we clipped their adipose fin. This was in preparation for a Fishery Performance Assessment so we could estimate...
Should you fish the Bradys Chain of lakes….
Well Yes! We think the Bradys Chain may surprise this season. Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tunagtinah Lagoon make up the Bradys Chain of Lakes. We have heavily stocked these lakes with adult brown trout for several years now. This year we added another 7 000 fish. These fish came from the River Derwent fish...
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...
