Inland Fisheries Service News
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...
Love of Lake Leake pays off!
Rex Meikle loves fishing Lake Leake so much he has a shack there. On Tuesday afternoon, just on dark, he was fishing from a drifting boat with his mate Barry in the area where the Snowy River enters. Using a wet Woolley Bugger fly, fishing in shallow water, Rex hooked and landed the catch of...
Flooded rivers = good fishing
The brown trout fishing season is now well underway and there has been lots of great fishing reported. With recent rain and more forecast the major rivers are in flood. This makes for great bait fishing conditions. Trout have just returned from spawning and are hungry to put condition back on after the winter. They...
