August 2020 Inland Fisheries Service News Archive

Aug. 13, 2020

Never been a better time to go trout fishing

Stay safe, support local businesses, buy a licence and catch a trout! The Inland Fisheries Service is running a major promotion to encourage trout fishing in regional areas during the 2020-21 angling season, which started on 1 August 2020. Five brown trout were tagged and released into lakes around Tasmania. One each into Arthurs Lake,...

Aug. 3, 2020

Opening of the trout season

After a long break from trout fishing for some of us and all the recent disruption to our lives, one Tasmanian tradition continued this weekend with the opening of the 2020-21 brown trout fishing season. Anglers were out in force around the state making the most of idyllic winter weather to head back to their...