Inland Fisheries Service News
Salmon into Craigbourne
Today we stocked 130 Atlantic salmon in Craigbourne Dam. The fish averaged 1.2 kg. The dam is full and fishing well with the adult brown trout and smaller rainbows it has received over the past few months providing lots of action. There is also, of course, one remaining $2 000 tagged brown trout after the...
Huntsman delivers the goods
Frederick “Ricky” Bassett, of Perth (Tasmania), retired recently and decided to buy a licence and return to trout fishing after a few years off. His mate, Neil, had recently bought a new boat. Along with Neil’s brother Ian, they took the boat to Huntsman Lake to give it a run. They trolled lures. Neil caught...
The rainbows have arrived at Liawenee
As if on cue, with the start of spring the rainbow trout spawning run has started at Liawenee Over the coming weeks we will use our fish trap on the canal to monitor the spawning run. We weigh and measure some fish as part of our long-term monitoring program. We will count all of the...
Anglers strike pay load at Briseis Mine Hole!
While in Derby, David Fraser, decided to take a young family friend, 8 year old Kaiden, for a quick fishing lesson at Briseis Mine Hole close to the centre of town. Before they started David looked Kaiden in the eye and said “if we catch the tagged fish we are going halves”. Kaiden looked David...
Brothers combine to land $2 000 tagged trout at Craigbourne
Len and Hilton Howard enjoy their time fishing together. Len is 82 and Hilton is 68. On Wednesday they headed to Craigbourne Dam on the word that the fish were biting. They launched their boat and were trolling lures around the lake. In the deep water off the dam Len hooked a good fish and...
