Inland Fisheries Service News
Anglers – get involved in improving fish habitat.
Anglers regularly express their concerns that the fishing is not as good as it used to be due to our waterways being choked with noxious plants and pests. There is now a lot of information on how to improve degraded fish habitat and there are ways you can get involved in local projects with the...
Opening of the trout season wrap up.
The weekend saw the opening of the brown trout season for 2017-2018, with thousands of anglers out trying to tempt a trout. Despite some rain and wind in the north, there were some outstanding catches to report. Going on the fishing seen on the opening weekend of the season, it looks like this trout season...
South Esk Angler Access project completed
On Saturday 5 August, to coincide with the start of the brown trout season, the Minister for Inland Fisheries, Jeremy Rockliff officially launched the South Esk River Anglers Access project on the riverbank at Hadspen. This is the 10th river access project completed by Anglers Alliance Tasmania (AAT) and Inland Fisheries Service (IFS). Since 2007,...
Lake Leake looking good early
Last week we assessed the trout population at Lake Leake. Over two nights, using 80 box traps, we captured 410 trout. This total consisted of 383 brown trout and 27 rainbow trout. As part of the assessment, in May 2017, we released 2,000 adult brown trout into Lake Leake. These fish had their adipose fin...
Let the fun begin
The countdown has begun to the much-anticipated start of the brown trout fishing season at midnight tonight. In the latest weather forecast from the BOM they have backed the wind off to what now looks like great trout fishing weather. With a bit of rain, particularly in the North West, how fishy can it get!...
