Inland Fisheries Service News

Carp Management Program Leader Jonah Yick presenting work on the management of carp in Lake Sorell at the Tasmanian Fly Tyers Club meeting.
Carp Management Program Leader Jonah Yick presenting work on the management of carp in Lake Sorell at the Tasmanian Fly Tyers Club meeting.
Oct. 24, 2018

CMP presents to Tasmanian Fly Tyers Club meeting

Jonah Yick, IFS Carp Management Program (CMP) Leader recently presented at the Tasmanian Fly Tyers Club meeting. The Tasmanian Fly Tyers Club are great supporters of the CMP. They are very excited at the possibility of successful eradication. Many of the members fished Lake Sorell back in the pre-carp days. Jonah spoke about the battle...

Carp Management Program Leader Jonah Yick presenting work on the management of carp in Lake Sorell at the ASFB conference.
Carp Management Program Leader Jonah Yick presenting work on the management of carp in Lake Sorell at the ASFB conference.
Oct. 23, 2018

Inland Fisheries Service presents at national conference

Jonah Yick and Rob Freeman presented at the 2018 Australian Society for Fish Biology conference held over 7 – 11 of October in Melbourne. The conference brings together delegates from universities, environment, and fisheries bodies around Australia. There are about 200 presentations made. Jonah Yick, Carp Management Program Leader, talked about the status of carp...

A view along the slalom course of Bradys Lake
Bradys Lake
Oct. 18, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE - Bradys Lake upgrade works

A public notice from Hydro Tasmania: Hydro Tasmania would like to advise that water levels in Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon will be temporarily drawn down in October as part of normal operations. During this time Hydro Tasmania will be taking advantage of the lower levels to undertake upgrade works to the international slalom course....

Woods Lake road maintenance Oct 2018 - a large grader in action.
Maintenance works on Woods Lake Road
Oct. 18, 2018

Major upgrade to Woods Lake Road

Anglers please take extra care when travelling on Woods Lake Road. We will be doing major maintenance work over the next couple of weeks. The work includes adding over 1000 tons of gravel to the road surface at key locations between Arthurs Lake and the Woods Lake boat ramp and grading of the entire road....

girls fishing Gone Fishing Day Mieana
Young families enjoyed fishing at Miena Lodge Dam as part of Gone Fishing Day 2018
Oct. 15, 2018

Big weekend of fishing activities

This weekend was full of freshwater fishing activities. It all kicked off with Talk trout Tasmania held at the Great Lake Community Centre, Miena on Friday night. Anglers had the chance to meet IFS staff, learn about hot fishery topics and ask questions. Saturday saw the Great Lake Tie In, once again in Miena. A...