Inland Fisheries Service News
Junior angler catches $2 000 trout.
Fourteen-year-old Oliver Skinner loves fishing and living at Colebrook he likes to wet a line in nearby Craigbourne Dam most weekends. In March, as he was about to turn 14, he registered for a free Junior Angling Licence. He knew that there were tagged trout in Craigbourne Dam as part of the Tasmanian Tagged Trout...
Native Fish Monitoring – Shannon and Penstock Lagoons
Recently, we carried out surveys of the native fish populations at Shannon and Penstock lagoons. There are three species of native galaxiid fish within each of these waters, the Shannon paragalaxias and Great Lake paragalaxias both listed as threatened, and the more widespread and abundant Spotted galaxias, often referred to as ‘mountain trout’. During the...
Tasmanian Carp Management Program Update
The Carp Management Program held its yearly Workshop on the 5th of April. We looked at the data collected over the past spring and summer including carp caught and fishing effort. We reviewed how the carp removal is progressing and discussed what can be done to complete the eradication of carp from Tasmania. Dr. Alyssa Marshell,...
Do you have the latest version of the Infish App. 2.0?
We have become aware that there is a version of Infish App. 2.0 with incorrect information in particular about the rules for some waters. To make sure you have the correct and up to date information you may need to do an update through the App. store. Remember if in doubt refer the latest Tasmanian...
Some waters are about to close to fishing
On Sunday 29 May the fishing season at many inland waters come to the end for the 2021-22 season. Waters managed for rainbow trout that will close are: Dee Lagoon Junction Lake Lake Meston Lake Rowallan Lake Skinner Lake Youd Mersey River above Lake Rowallan River Leven upstream of Loongana Road Weld rivers (both North and...
