Inland Fisheries Service News
Lake Pimsoll level
Hydro Tasmania takes pride in supporting anglers and other recreational water users. We maintain our assets to support hydropower generation, and for users to enjoy. We’ve drained Lake Plimsoll to about eight metres below full, to perform about five weeks of maintenance. It should return to normal by mid-February. Until then, lower levels may affect...
Meander River access reopened
Anglers access locations at Longridge Road and Birralee Road on the Meander River that were temporarily closed due to forest harvesting operations have been reopened to the public. The IFS thanks Forico for their continued support of the Anglers Access programme and the safety of anglers.
A wrap up of festive season fishing
Christmas/New Year saw many anglers heading to the Central Highlands. Although the conditions were windy at times, anglers reported great catches from a number of waters. Anglers trolling lead lines on yingina/Great Lake took bags of up to 10 fish. Green and gold cobra lures worked well, as did frog pattern flatfish lures. Arthurs Lake...
Work on Woods pays off
As 2017 draws to a close, it is timely to reflect on the performance of one of our more popular highlands fisheries, Woods Lake. Woods was ranked number three in the 2016/17 IFS angler postal survey, which puts Tasmania’s lakes in order of their popularity. However, in the not so distant past, Woods was a...
Not So Carpy Christmas
In the lead up to the festive season, we have continued to pull out all the stops in the fight against carp in Tasmania. The remaining carp have been very active within inshore regions due to warm water and recent rain events. This has been the time to strike: they are very susceptible to our...
