Inland Fisheries Service News
Vegetation clearing on Brushy Lagoon Road
Due to the popularity of Brushy Lagoon in response to recent stockings IFS engaged contractors to slash roadside foliage to improve road safety and lines of sight. This will be welcome news for anglers accessing the fishery who have commented on the amount of roadside vegetation this spring. IFS would like to thank Forestry Tasmania...
Bronte Lagoon clean up day
The second week of August 2012 saw a keen group of Bronte based anglers and community members, in addition to the local police officer from Liawenee and fisheries undertake a clean up of several waters in the Bronte/Bradys, King William, Little Pine and Lake Echo regions. This has become an annual event and is supported...
River Derwent starting to fire as whitebait make their way up stream
The River Derwent in the estuary section is always a popular fishery early in the season and saw quite a few boating and shore based anglers opening weekend of this season. While anglers caught a few fish opening weekend the consensus was that it was still a bit early with sea run brown trout being...
Season's off to a great start, remember to renew your licence!
This season has started really well with fish being caught from fisheries all over the state. Over the weekend inspectors visited a number of fisheries in the North and South of the state to find anglers having success wherever they went. Craigbourne Dam has been popular with fresh stocks of Atlantic salmon put in there...
Lake Kara gets salmon and more broodstock for Brushy Lagoon
Lake Kara was stocked on 24 August 2012 with 450 Atlantic salmon averaging just under 2kg, the fish were donated by Saltas from Wayatinah. This is a fishery that has always struggled to show good results but is a popular water amongst North West anglers. Hopefully this trial stocking may result in some good catches...
