Inland Fisheries Service News
Smithton man pleads guilty
A 38 year-old man has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a whitebait net within 100 metres of an inland water in the state’s northwest. Dion Melvin HOUSE, of Smithton, was detected with the net at Deep Creek, which is a closed water for whitebait fishing. House was convicted in Smithton Magistrates Court and fined $477,...
Whitebait poacher convicted
On Monday 25 September 2017 Dale Lester Lambert of Smithton appeared in the Burnie Magistrates Court and was convicted of whitebait offences. Lambert was fined a total of $1113.00 with court costs of $164.30 for offences including illegal possession of whitebait and a non-permitted net. The penalties handed down in this instance should serve as...
The 2017 whitebait season opens Sunday 1 October
The 2017 whitebait season opens Sunday 1 October and will remain open until Saturday 11 November. The rivers open for whitebait fishing are subject to a schedule of annual rotations of open and closed waters. Whitebait fishers will need to ensure that the river they are proposing to fish is open for the season. This...
Rainbow trout waters to open on 30 September
The 2017-18 rainbow trout season is shaping up to be a good one with the current high water levels and recent catches of good sized fish in brown trout waters. With the opening of the waters known as the rainbow trout waters on Saturday 30 September and with some warmer days, now is a good...
World Fly Fishing Championships 2017 - Slovakia
Congratulations to the Australian team that competed in the recent World Fly Fishing Championships in Slovakia. It is well known that it is hard to beat the European teams on their continent. In the last session ,through a huge effort, the Aussie boys jumped over the Polish team to finish 5th. First place went to...
