Inland Fisheries Service News
Recent Atlantic salmon stockings
Petuna Fisheries at Cressy donated salmon that we stocked this past week into the following IFS waterways 1. Taylors Dam near Latrobe This is a registered junior angling fishery and 150 salmon averaging 3kg were transferred into the dam. The Inland Fisheries Service supports registered junior angling ponds with regular stockings of available fish from...
IFS reports to Angler Alliance Tasmania
Anglers Alliance (AAT) is the peak body for freshwater recreational anglers in Tasmania. The IFS meets with AAT up to four times each year. With each meeting there is a report submitted to AAT from the IFS that provides updates on projects and activities the IFS is conducting. These reports are published on the IFS...
Cold start for keen anglers
A cold start hasn’t dampened the spirits of many anglers looking to bag their first trout of the 2015/16 season. Fisheries Officers patrolled waters across the state, including the North West and far North East, Central Plateau and Southern districts. 341 anglers were inspected across more than 30 waters with Fisheries Officers very pleased with...
Middle and top boat ramps at Lake Echo closed for opening weekend
A report has just come in (Friday 31 August 2015 11 Am) that the middle and top boat ramps at Lake Echo are unusable due to a large amount of log debris that has been left at both these sites. IFS is coordinating the removal of these logs but this is not expected to happen...
Improvements made to Lake Crescent Canal entrance
With great support from MAST, IFS has been able to considerably improve the entrance into the launching canal at Lake Crescent. A steel post that was situated about two thirds of the way across the the canal entrance has been removed. This now provides an approximately six metre opening to the canal thus making it...
