Inland Fisheries Service News
Brown Trout Season Ends
The majority of inland waters, which are based on the brown trout season, are now closed to fishing from today Monday 30 April until they reopen in the 2012-13 season on Saturday 4 August. However, the season’s fishing is not over with Lakes Mackintosh and Rosebery, and all rainbow trout waters remaining open until 3...
Results from Day One of the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships
Australia’s Gold Team is leading the way after day one of the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships being held in Tasmania, followed by Australia Green and Northern Ireland. But with three more sessions still to go before the competition ends at noon on Saturday, anyone could still win and the Tasmanian trout fishery is not making...
Four Springs All Clear for Blue Green Algae
The Inland Fisheries Service wishes to advise anglers that the public health notice regarding blue green algae at Four Springs Lake has been removed by the Meander Valley Council. This comes after recent sampling at three locations in the Lake showed no presence of cynobacteria. The Service has also been informed by Hydro Tasmania that...
Obstructing a Boat Ramp – Don’t Do This!
It’s the responsibility of all anglers to respect the rights of other anglers and freshwater recreational users. Preventing other boating anglers from using a boat ramp at a public inland water is not only disrespectful behaviour, it is prohibited by law and may cost the perpetrator more than a social rebuff by fellow anglers. Under...
New Seaward Limit Signage for the Huon River
The Inland Fisheries Service has recently installed new posts and signs locating the seaward limit on the Huon River. The signs have been installed at Castle Forbes Bay on the western side of the river and at Glaziers Bay on the eastern side of the river. The seaward limit is a line between these two...
