Inland Fisheries Service News

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Photographer: Brad Harris
April 12, 2017

Tasmanian Trout Fishing Photo Competition: Last few weeks

We want your best Tasmanian trout fishing photos. There are cash and gear prizes on offer and both adult and junior categories. Photos need to be taken in Tasmania and be trout related but they don’t have to contain a fish. A favourite fishing spot, artfully placed gear, a group of family and friends fishing...

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One of the many Atlantic salmon that were stocked
April 11, 2017

Easter salmon ready to be caught

Yesterday we stocked 240 Atlantic salmon into Brushy Lagoon and today 120 were put into Craigbourne Dam. The fish were in the 4-5kg range. This should provide a bit of excitement for anglers over the Easter period. When our officers were stocking Craigbourne they noted that angler were catching some nice resident brown trout. The...

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The Tods Corner boat ramp at yingina/Great Lake
April 11, 2017

Tods Corner boat ramp repaired

We had a report from an angler last week that the top of the Tods Corner boat ramp at yingina/Great Lake had washed out due to wave action and was stopping vehicles from accessing the ramp. There was up to 300 mm drop from the edge of the ramp. We inspected it and engaged local...

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IFS carp team members Storm Eastley and Chris Boon with one of the carp from the aggregation.
April 7, 2017

Autumn brings the first carp aggregation of the 2016/17 season!

Aggregation – the formation of a number of things into a cluster After the mild, settled weather in late March, a radio transmitter ‘tracker’ carp was found in a rocky backwater of Lake Sorell. We found it using the large aerial built into our boat, then pinpointed it on foot using a handheld aerial. Trammel...

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The road to Brushy Lagoon
April 6, 2017

The road to Brushy Lagoon is open

The road to Brushy Lagoon has been re-opened by the Parks and Wildlife Service. Two new bridges have been constructed. These replace temporary ones that were put in after the June 2016 floods. A new top layer of gravel is being put on the road. This should be finished within the next fortnight. This means...