Inland Fisheries Service News
When is a carp not a carp!
Yesterday afternoon, we received a phone call from a concerned member of the public informing us of a carp caught on rod and line out of the Macquarie River. The fish was described as approximately 3.5kg, with barbels (whiskers around the mouth), and a carp shaped body. Although the fish was disposed of after capture,...
Shannon Lagoon - Fishery Performance Assessment
Shannon Lagoon is a fishery that receives very little attention from anglers. However, a recent survey of the brown trout population suggest this water may well be worth the extra effort. Using 40 box traps over two nights, we captured 106 brown trout and one rainbow trout. The average weight of the resident Shannon Lagoon...
Angler Postal Survey 2016-17 results
The Angler Postal Survey (APS) is an annual survey of the state's licenced anglers. The survey has been running continuously since 1986-87 angling season. Each year the IFS sends out 5,000 questionnaires to randomly selected anglers from our licence database. We aim to get back 1,000 of these questionnaires detailing where an angler has fished...
Eastern access to Craigbourne Dam open
The eastern access to Craigbourne Dam via Link Road and Craigbourne Road is open to the public. This access is a public road through private property. Please shut the gate behind you and observe the no fires and no camping advice. Recently stocked rainbow trout are still being caught by persistent anglers. For more information...
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...
