Inland Fisheries Service News

Woods Lake Road maintenance continues
As part of a long term program to improve Woods Lake Road the World Fly Fishing Championship (WFFC) organising committee, IFS and Hydro Tasmania are investing in maintenance and upgrades. Over coming weeks additional gravel will be added to key sections of the road and new culverts will be installed to improve drainage. The gravel...

West Coast Rivers: Now is the time!
The whitebait is currently running very thick on the west coast of the state. To trout fishermen, this means one thing….. Sea Runners! We have had numerous reports of big schools of whitebait migrating upstream in the Arthur, Henty, Little Henty and Pieman rivers. These huge schools of bait are being hunted by sea run...

Inland Fisheries Service Annual Report 2016-17
For a wrap up of all things IFS last financial year, see the IFS Annual Report 2016-17. Tabled in parliament last week, the IFS Annual Report 2016-17 is now available on our website.

The gate to Lake Augusta and the 19 Lagoons is open
Last week the Parks and Wildlife Service opened the gate to Lake Augusta and the 19 Lagoon. Angling information for this area is available in the Western Lakes Anglers Access Brochure.

Rainbow stocking
This week we stocked three important fisheries with large Rainbow trout averaging 5kg. The waters stocked are Craigbourne Dam, Brushy Lagoon and Lake Kara. Each water received 300 fish each and will provide excellent fishing and will compliment many of our other popular fisheries that are performing very well. Special thanks go to Huon Aquaculture...