Inland Fisheries Service News
New parking area constructed for anglers on the Mersey River
Anglers Alliance Tasmania and IFS have jointly funded the construction of a parking area on the western side of the Mersey River at Latrobe as part of the Mersey River Anglers Access project. Previously anglers had to park on the narrow verge on the busy B19 (Frogmore Lane) to access the western side of the...
Memento of a special catch donated to Salmon Ponds Museum
Mrs Barbara Martak together with her daughter Karen presented a mounted brown trout caught by her husband Jo in February 1986 at Little Pine Lagoon for inclusion as an exhibit at the Salmon Ponds Museum of Trout Fishing at Plenty to Deputy Director Tony Wright. Mrs Martak also included the story as related of the...
Big salmon stocked at Brushy Lagoon
Today (29 May 2014) the IFS stocked 400 Atlantic salmon into Brushy Lagoon. The fish donated by Petuna Aquaculture from their Cressy farm averaged five kilograms in weight and ranged from three to eight kilograms. Anglers are reminded that there is a five fish bag limit at Brushy Lagoon with only two permitted to be...
Big fisheries penalties handed out to whitebait poachers
Two Stanley men were fined a total of $10,230 in Smithton Magistrate’s court last week (22/05/14), after pleading guilty to charges relating to the illegal taking of whitebait. The court heard that Lincoln Maurice Jackson and Jeremy Stephen Lane were apprehended last October at Deep Creek near Smithton, where they were found to be in...
Trout glorious trout - Trout Weekend 2014
The annual Trout Weekend was recently held 17 – 18 May with around 4,200 people attending over the two days at Liawenee. The feature of the event is the annual migration of brown trout as they leave the Great Lake and travel up Liawenee Canal to spawn. The spawning run was at its peak and...
