Inland Fisheries Service News
Rubbish a concern for the emerging family fishery at Lake Kara
During a routine check of access facilities, IFS staff recently removed five garbage bags of rubbish from numerous campsites around Lake Kara. Items included large amounts of nappies and human faecal matter as well as fishing line and bait packaging. The amount of rubbish left behind indicates this behaviour is not limited to just a...
Big trout caught in Lake Crescent survey
The recent juvenile carp surveys conducted at Lake Crescent resulted in large, well-conditioned brown and rainbow trout being caught. Brown and rainbow trout up to 10 and 6 pound were caught along the marsh edges in small fyke nets. These trout were in top condition and well within the range of both land-based and boat...
Juvenile carp surveys in lakes' Crescent and Sorell
The annual juvenile carp surveys were undertaken over the past few weeks in Lake Crescent and Lake Sorell. These surveys are to determine whether any new recruitment had occurred over the past season, and as a result targets small juvenile carp. Small meshed fyke nets and backpack electrofishers were the two techniques used through-out the...
Winner of the January junior licence holder prize draw
Josh Hall from Rocherlea was the winner of the Junior angler prize draw for January. Josh was very happy to receive his prize pack. A junior licence holder (14-17 years of age) is drawn from the licence data base each month for the 2013/14 angling season.
Clyde River carp survey
On 25 March the Carp Management Team conducted the annual downstream survey of the Clyde River. The object of this exercise is to check that the river system below lakes' Crescent and Sorell remains carp-free. Sites were sampled using backpack electro-fishing gear around Hamilton and upstream and downstream of Bothwell. The river had a good...
