The 2022 whitebait season opens on Saturday 1 October. The season will run for 6 weeks closing on Friday 11 November.

A whitebait licence is required to fish for whitebait. Licences are $34 available from the IFS website, Service Tasmania outlets and selected tackle shops.

A whitebait licence permits anglers to take a maximum of 2 kilograms of whitebait per day, and a total of 10 kilograms for the season. Please check the 2022-23 Inland Fishing Code for the regulations relating to whitebait fishing. 

The following waters are open to whitebait fishing this year:

• Duck River (not from 50 metres above and below the water gauging weir)
• Great Forester River
• Henty River
• Huon River
• Inglis River
• Mersey River
• Montagu River
• Pieman River
• River Derwent
• River Forth
• kanamaluka / River Tamar (including Trevallyn Tailrace)
• Rubicon River (except 50 metres above and below the water gauging weir)

All other waters are closed to whitebait fishing.