Inland Fisheries Service News
Opening weekend at Four Springs Lake
IFS staff Paul Donkers and Rob Freeman spent the opening weekend checking angling licences and examining anglers’ bags with some very pleasing results. On arrival at Four Springs Lake early Saturday morning, the car park was full and the shoreline dotted with spin and bait fishers in what was surprisingly fine weather. By lunchtime the...
Cold weather provides hot fishing on the River Derwent
The River Derwent lived up to its reputation of being a hot spot to fish early in the season. Despite cold windy conditions anglers were out in force with impressive catches of trout falling to lures both trolled and cast from a boat. Shore based anglers also had success with reports of fish being caught...
Wet weather doesn't dampen season's opening weekend
The less than ideal weather conditions on the weekend didn't dampen anglers' enthusiasm to fish the opening of the 2013/14 trout season. Inland Fisheries Service officers were out checking licences around the state on the much anticipated opening weekend of the new season and checked 654 anglers. Of the anglers checked most were compliant with...
IFS gets a new boat
A new boat was launched this week by Inland Fisheries Service. This vessel will primarily be used for compliance activities such as on water patrols. The new boat is designed so that it can used for other fisheries management duties as well, including carp control on Lake Sorell. The boat is set up to deploy...
Opening of the 2013/14 Trout Season
With much anticipation the majority of the Tasmania's inland waters, open for angling from Saturday 3 August and remaining open until the 27 April 2014. The IFS has been busily stocking a variety of waters around the state in preparation for the coming season. The weather forecast is for cold windy conditions with snowfalls on...
