Inland Fisheries Service News
Carp Management Program Quarterly Report for January to March 2019
We removed six carp from Lake Sorell since January even though we fished as hard as ever. This shows how small the remaining population of carp in the lake must be. Gill nets were set over much of the lake. We continued to target structures and habitat where carp like to live. The ratio of...
Annual closure Lake Augusta Road
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service wishes to advise that the boom gate on Lake Augusta Rd just beyond The Thousand Lakes Lodge, has been closed for the winter period following the conclusion of the 2018-19 fishing season. The reopening of the boom gate is planned for around 1 October subject...
The Easter and Anzac Day long weekends wrap up
With the 2018-19 brown trout fishing season closing last Sunday night, anglers took advantage of the Easter and Anzac Day long weekends to chase their final trout of the season. The weather was superb for fishing over Easter. The season closing weekend was a little more challenging. Our Officers patrolled everywhere, from Lake Piemen in...
Brown trout waters close for the 2018-19 season
Most of waters around the State closed yesterday, Sunday 28 April 2019. If you didn’t get enough fishing time this season there are inland waters still open to angling. Fisheries open until Sunday 2 June include: Dee Lagoon; Lake Mackintosh; Lake Rosebery; Lake Rowallan; Lake Skinner; Mersey River above Lake Rowallan and the associated upper...
Trout poacher convicted
On Tuesday 16 April, in the Launceston Magistrates Court, a defendant appeared on Inland Fisheries charges. These related to the illegal taking of fish from Sandbanks Creek, yingina/Great Lake, during last year’s spawning run. The defendant pled guilty and was convicted of disturbing spawning fish and assisting his friend to illegally take fish from the...
