Inland Fisheries Service News
Seek and destroy carp
Winter is here and despite cool conditions that are not helpful to carp fishing, the IFS team is looking for opportunities to get the remaining 3% of carp out of Lake Sorell. Low water temperatures can encourage carp to gather in deep water and these groups can be found by using carp fitted with radio-transmitters...
Investing to support boaters and anglers at yingina/Great Lake
A new boat launching ramp has been developed to help recreational boaters and anglers enter yingina/Great Lake at lower water levels. Hydro Tasmania and the Inland Fisheries Service have developed the new launching ramp at Boundary Bay, at a shared cost of $15,000. The new ramp is about 300 metres east of the existing Boundary...
Trout transfers
Recent solid rains have sparked the brown trout spawning migration in the Highlands and trout management is in full swing at yingina/Great Lake providing an opportunity to stock waters where recruitment of juvenile fish is limited, but angling is high. To date the fish trap at Liawenee has produced approximately 5,600 fish and the one...
IFS attends Anglers Alliance Tasmania general meeting
John Diggle attended Anglers Alliance Tasmania 2nd quarterly meeting in Ross on Sunday 29 May. Special guests, amongst a strong turnout, included member for Lyons, Eric Hutchinson, Marcos Ambrose of Thousand Lakes Lodge and representatives from the Fly Fishers Club. The key items discussed included: Thousand Lakes Lodge and the nature of its operation Four...
Rainbow trout waters close
A reminder to all anglers that recreational fishing waters managed primarily for rainbow trout, plus Lakes Rosebery and Mackintosh, closed on 29 May 2016, that’s yesterday. The waters that remain open to all year round angling are; the River Derwent downstream of the Bridgewater Bridge, kanamaluka/River Tamar downstream of the North Esk (A8) and South...
