Inland Fisheries Service News
Meadowbank Lake receives salmon stocking for Fathers Day
Yesterday (28 August 2013) Meadowbank Lake received 1,050 Atlantic salmon averaging 1.5 kg. These fish were kindly donated by SALTAS from their Wayatinah hatchery. The salmon should provide a boost to the lake which was drained for Hydro Tasmania works earlier this year. So get Dad enthused for a Fathers Day fishing expedition. Meadobank Lake...
Barrier net saves fish leaving Four Springs Lake
The new installation of barrier net on the Four Springs Lake spillway was inspected by IFS staff during the week. Four Springs Lake is at maximum capacity and has a large flow going down the spillway.The net was found to be working effectively with no fish found downstream of it.The net is a barrier net...
Fisheries Lane Brumbys Creek re-opens
Fisheries Lane at Brumbys creek has been re-opened to traffic again. It was closed last week due to heavy rain but has dried out enough to allow vehicles on it again. Anglers are asked to drive slowly to minimise road damage as there are still several wet areas on the road.
Little Pine Lagoon spilling
Anglers must at time wonder why IFS placed the foot bridge below the dam wall at Little Pine Lagoon. The bridge is the starting point for access to the western shore of the lagoon and the walking track to Lake Fergus. For most of the year it sits high and dry with no water flowing...
Carp Team pull up stumps at Lake Crescent
When a lone female carp was captured in an aggregation with a number of “Judas” transmitter fish in December 2007 the Carp Management team knew that they may have been on a winner. Despite extensive effort over the past six years no carp have been captured and no recruitment observed in the lake confirming that...
