Inland Fisheries Service News
Beds ready for rainbow redds
When built in 1976 the Zig Zag Channel at Liawenee was described as “The new spawning grounds incorporate a novel design in that the channel follows a zig zag course to enable the greatest length of spawning ground to be located in a fixed area of land”. In the spring of 1977 the first adult...
Good day at the grasshopper festival
On Sunday 12th March we were at the Grasshopper Carnival at Gunns Plains. The rain did not stop between 250-300 people coming along. We had our display trailer and were able to talk to lots of anglers. The kids were happy to receive giveaways including stickers, fishing lures and booklets full of fishing tips. The...
IFS cleans up at Lake Crescent
A short summary of the clean-up activity at Lake Crescent. Last Tuesday the IFS team pulled on the gloves, picked up the garbage bags took part in Business Clean Up Australia Day. The clean-up area was the Lake Crescent boat ramp and car park, the road verges from the Lake Crescent screens out to Dennistoun...
Woods Lake navigation light repaired
The navigation light at Woods Lake has been repaired. We received reports in February that the navigation light at the Woods Lake boat ramp was not working. Last week Neil Morrow headed out to Woods Lake to make the repairs. We would like to thank the anglers who reported the fault. If you see something...
Mersey River flow to be reduced
Hydro Tasmania will be reducing the flow at Mersey River at Liena to 1.5 cumecs tomorrow (2 March). The target flow for the Mersey at Liena is presently 1.7 cumecs and declining, and tomorrow will be at approximately 1.5 cumecs. As there is an outage of Rowallan power station starting on Monday 6 March the...
