Inland Fisheries Service News
Access to the Nineteen Lagoons and beyond
We have had a number of enquiries about access to the Central Plateau Conservation Area TWWHA (Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area) and in particular the area known as the Western Lakes accessed via Lake Augusta Road. For all vehicle and walking track information and general inquiries but more specifically the Lake Augusta gate, Double Lagoon...
Carp Program on high alert.
High rainfall over winter saw both lakes Sorell and Crescent go above Full Supply Level (FSL). In early October Lake Sorell went to 160mm above (FSL) and Lake Crescent 210mm. This put our carp management program into the high risk level because there was a chance the lakes would spill and open up sites to...
Big female carp removed from Lake Sorell!
Recently a 1.9kg female carp was caught from a big fyke net on the Silver Plains Marsh at Lake Sorell. This is the biggest carp caught so far this season, and had the largest proportion of eggs per body weight than any other fish from the 2009 cohort ever caught. This indicates that this fish...
Phew, it’s tench, not carp.
This week we responded to reports of carp remains left on the bank of Brumby’s. The report came from visiting Victorian anglers. They were familiar with the appearance of this species. All carp sightings reported are taken seriously and fully investigated. The fish remains were successfully located and identified as that of a large tench,...
A few more for Brushy
We released a few more Atlantic salmon into Brushy Lagoon today. That's twice this week. Another 150 at an average of 3kg. Happy fishing all.
