During the last week of the brown trout season, we carried out an extensive survey of the Little Pine Lagoon trout population. The great news is the long-term angling prospects for this water are excellent.

Over two days, we surveyed a wide area of the lagoon. Using 120 box traps, we captured 478 brown trout. The fish were in very good condition many weighing in the 1 - 1.4 kg weight range. The largest brown trout captured was a male weighing almost 1.9 kg.

There was a wide range of fish sizes from 85 mm through to 570 mm with several year classes present. This indicates good spawning over the previous 5-6 years.

Based on these results, Little Pine Lagoon is one to watch for the coming 2018-19 season!

A full report for this survey and will be available on our web site soon.