Inland Fisheries Service News

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Seb Horbushko of the IFS releasing into Lake Dulverton an adult brown trout from the highland spawning runs.
June 25, 2013

Adult brown trout transfers completed for 2013

The last of the brown trout have migrated up the Liawenee Canal at Great Lake spelling an end to this season's brown trout spawning run. These last fish were transferred to Brady’s Lake to complete the season's stocking allocation of 5,000 adult brown trout for that fishery and 600 were released into Tooms Lake. Last...

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The upper River Derwent that feeds Lake King William, providing plenty of spawning opportunities giving the lake a very large population of trout.
June 25, 2013

Lake King William open for fishing all year round

Whilst previously open to all year round fishing until 2006, Lake King William has only been open during the brown trout season for the past six years. At the request of angling groups the lake is again open to all year round fishing. The regulation changes in order for this to occur have been passed...

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The IFS aims to produce quality trout like this at Four Springs Lake.
June 17, 2013

Four Springs Lake - Fisheries Performance Assessment

In response to falling catch rates and the need to investigate the success of recent trout stockings events at Four Springs Lake, the Service conducted a series of in-lake surveys during July and September 2012 and April 2013. The results of these surveys, in addition to a review of the postal questionnaire data and creel...

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Lake Barrington will be drawn down below normal levels in the coming week.
June 14, 2013

Lake Barrington to fall below its notification level of 119.42m

In advance of a major outage at the Paloona Power station Lake Barrington will be draw down to its normal minimum operating level of 116.59 m; this is 5.33 m below the full supply level of the lake. It is expected to reach this level on Monday 17th June and then should start to refill,...

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June 7, 2013

Meadowbank Lake refilled as Hydro Tasmania's works are completed

Meadowbank Lake is once again open to angling. One of two lake fisheries open all year round in the south of the state, it has been off line for two months as a fishery whilst it was drained for works to be carried out by Hydro Tasmania. The current (7/6/2013) level is 0.6 metres below...