Inland Fisheries Service News
Working bees have been transforming the Lake Skinner track
The Parks and Wildlife Service have recently undertaken a number of working bees on the track to Lake Skinner. As well as undertaking the usual grunt work involved in upgrading tracks they have also used this time as an opportunity to provide some masterclasses on bush carpentry. A group of volunteers were tutored in the...
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...
