Inland Fisheries Service News
Carp Team prepare for the upcoming spawning season
Despite cold conditions the Carp Management Team has been busy preparing for the oncoming carp spawning season that can commence anytime from October onwards through the warmer months. Once mature, carp are stimulated to spawn by warming water and rising lake levels. They are attracted into flooded wetlands that provide the ideal conditions for their...
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.
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...
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...
Salmon provide action in the south
Anglers are enjoying good catches of Atlantic salmon after the recent stocking of 1,800 salmon on 20 August. With recent poor weather in the highlands the Inland Fisheries Service has stocked this lowland water to provide a family fishery close to southern population centres. The fish were kindly donated by SALTAS and average 1.5 kg....
