Inland Fisheries Service News
Lake Kara stocked
This week a 150 rainbow trout were transported from the Salmon Ponds and stocked into Lake Kara. The fish averaged around 1kg and should provide some good sport for anglers in the North West region. Send us some photos of your successful catches. Anglers are reminded that a daily bag limit of five fish applies...
Changes to public access at Lake Barrington and Lake Paloona
Hydro Tasmania has advised of changed access for recreation at Lake Barrington and Lake Paloona At Lake Barrington, the changes have extended the area of navigable water. Previously, recreational users were excluded up to 1600 metres from Devils Gate Dam. This exclusion zone has been reduced to 400 metres upstream of the dam wall. At...
Boating hazard at Large Bay boat ramp, Lake Echo
Submerged logs have been detected at the Large Bay boat ramp (Lake Echo). Whilst launching is still possible boaters should be aware of potential navigation hazards and check the ramp carefully before launching.
Increased and targeted effort to eradicate carp means stepping up our work effort
It is estimated that over 95% of the carp population in Lake Sorell has been removed but this does not mean we have pulled back in effort, in fact we have increased our effort significantly. Gill net fishing pressure alone has been increased 5000% over the last 3 years in actual net hours. There has...
Electrofishing training so we can continue to improve our fisheries
Electro-fishing is an important sampling tool for our fisheries management and is used for fish surveys, investigation of pest fish sightings and for the ongoing carp eradication program. A training session was recently held at the Lake Crescent Field Station and IFS staff were provided a theoretical and practical session on the technical aspects of...
