Inland Fisheries Service News
Maintenance to the road into Double Lagoon
If you ventured into the Nineteen Lagoon area of the Western Lakes during the second week of December 2012 you would have noticed machinery undertaking maintenance to the road heading into Double Lagoon. With funding assistance from MAST the Inland Fisheries Service has undertaken maintenance on the Double Lagoon road and access to the lake...
Access to Tyenna River closed in places due to tree removal, 6 & 7 December
Norske Skog advises that access to the Tyenna River near Tyenna Road will be closed on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th December and access to the Humboldt River will also be closed on Friday 7th December. During these times, safety and environmental works will be completed. Phone 62610158 for further information.
New signage at Pet Dam
Cradle Mountain Water and IFS have recently installed new information signs for recreational anglers at Pet Dam. The new signs coincide with improved access arrangements at the dam with more of the south western shore now accessible to anglers. IFS would like to thank Cradle Mountain Water for their continued support of angling at Pet...
Recreational use of Lake Trevallyn
The recent stocking of Atlantic salmon has attracted more anglers to Lake Trevallyn. The lake is managed to cater for other recreational use and the rights of water skiers, wake boarders and swimmers should be respected. The salmon in previous years have made their way up into the South Esk River in the weeks following...
Lake Barrington and Brushy Lagoon receive salmon
Lake Barrington and Brushy Lagoon each received 360 Atlantic salmon this week (13 and 14 November 2012). The salmon averaged 3 kg in weight and were donated by Springfield Fisheries. Anglers are reminded that there is a five fish bag limit on these waters with no more that two fish over 600 mm in length.
