Trout Weekend
Liawenee, yingina / Great Lake
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May 2022
10am - 3pm daily
Trout Weekend returns to the IFS Liawenee Field Station for 2022 on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May.
This year Trout Weekend goes back to its roots as an outdoor event celebrating and focusing on the wild brown trout spawning run.
Crowd favourites are back including wild brown trout ova stripping and live fish displays.
You will be able to talk to IFS staff about anglers access, fisheries projects, carp control and compliance operations.
Bring your walking boots and enjoy a walk down Liawenee Canal to see the working fish trap. This is a nice 3km return walk that will take about 1 hour.
Hydro Tasmania, MAST, Biosecurity Tasmania and Marine Resources (NRE Tasmania) are joining us for the weekend.
You can buy your lunch or a snack. There will be food and beverage.
This year there will no junior angling ponds and to make sure the event is COVID-safe there are no trade stalls, cooking demonstrations or fish smoking displays.
We hope we see you at Liawenee for Trout Weekend 2022.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: When is Trout Weekend 2022?
A: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May
Q: What are the opening times?
A: 10am until 3pm each day.
Q: Why was it cancelled the last two years?
A: Due to COVID-19
Q: What can we see and do?
A: The event will focus on the brown trout spawning run. There will be the crowd favourites including:
- trout ova stripping demonstrations (getting the eggs from the fish),
- live fish displays.
- you can talk to IFS staff about our angler access, fisheries projects, carp control and compliance operations
- walk down Liawenee Canal to see the working fish trap (bring your walking boots)
Q: How far is the walk to the working trap?
A: The walk is 3km return along a gravel road and will take about 1 hour (bring your walking boots).
Q: Why have you changed Trout Weekend?
A: To keep us all COVID- safe
Q: What other displays will there be?
A: Hydro Tasmania, MAST, Biosecurity Tasmania, and Marine Resources will attend and have outside displays.
Q: Will there be food and drinks available?
A: Yes. There will be food and drinks available for purchase.
Q: Will there be indoor displays.
A: No. This year to keep us all COVID safe all activities will be outdoors.
Q: Will there be trade displays?
A: No. To keep us all COVID safe there will be no inside displays.
Q: Will there be fish cooking and smoking demonstrations
A: No. To keep us all COVID safe there will be no inside displays
Q: Will there be the table with giveaways?
A: No. To keep us all COVID safe there will be no inside displays
Q: Will the helicopter rides be there?
A: No to keep us all COVID- safe there will be no helicopter rides.
Q: Will there be a junior angling pond?
A: No. Biosecurity changes means there will be no junior angling pond this year or in the future.
Q: What should I wear?
A: Dress for the cold conditions of Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Make sure you check the weather and come prepared - snow, rain, hail and sun.
Q: Will it be cold?
A: Yes. Dress for the cold conditions of Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Make sure you check the weather and come prepared - snow, rain, hail and sun.
Q: Is there any heating?
A: No. Trout Weekend 2022 is all outside. Dress for the cold conditions of Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Make sure you check the weather and come prepared - snow, rain, hail and sun.
Q: Can I buy or bring alcohol?
A: No. Trout Weekend is an alcohol-free event
Q: Can I bring my dog?
A: No. Trout Weekend is a dog-free event
