Inland Fisheries Service News
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...
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...
Last minute stocking for Lake Kara
On the eve of the opening of the new trout season the call has just come through that 500 fish have been stocked into Lake Kara. Ranging in size from 1 kg through to a trophy sized 4 kg the mix of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout will certainly make this lake a place to...
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...
