Inland Fisheries Service News
Flood damage closes Corra Linn Public Reserve
Corra Linn Public Reserve is closed at the moment because of flood damage and we’re not sure when it will be open again. Found on the banks for the North Esk River, about 15 minutes south of Launceston, we visited the Corra Linn Public Reserve last week and it’s not looking good. The toilet block...
Anglers Access update
We’re still working our way around Angler Access sites to look at damage from the floods. Neil Morrow is out and about and had a better day on the rivers on Saturday. He inspected access infrastructure on the North Esk and saw no damage only debris. He also got to areas of the Macquarie River,...
New season licences are on sale!
The new season is almost here and as of today you can buy or renew your licence for the 2016 – 17 season so you can start fishing on the 1 August HOWEVER most of the waters open on 6 August (check the code here). Go online now and purchase your licence herebut be sure...
Anglers Access flood damage update
We’ve now looked at most of the Anglers Access sites. There is major damage in the Leven and Mersey catchments and minor damage on the other northern rivers. Many stiles and signs are damaged or missing and fences destroyed. Fortunately, footbridges and many stiles have survived although they are covered in debris. Due to the...
IFS checks on a special group of golden galaxias
The golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus) is a small rare native fish found only in lakes Crescent and Sorell and is a listed Threatened Species. Even though there are quite a lot of them in lakes Crescent and Sorell, in 1998 some were moved to a spring fed farm dam, off the Clyde river, just in...
