Sunday 8 October is national Gone Fishing Day. Grab a friend and go trout fishing.

With junior angling events happening across Tasmania. Gone Fishing Day is a great opportunity for those 17 years of age and under to catch a trout. 

Plus - Gone Fishing Day is an angling licence free day! An angling licence will not be required for anyone wanting to fish inland waters in Tasmania on this day.

Anglers Alliance Tasmania (AAT) and the Inland Fisheries Service, with support of local angling clubs, are holding free junior angling events on Sunday 8 October 2023 as part of national Gone Fishing Day. In preparation, AAT have stocked junior angling venues.

Gone Fishing Day is a national event created to encourage people to get outdoors, drop a line, enjoy time with family and friend by or on the water, and hopefully catch a fish or two.

Getting outdoors is beneficial to both physical and mental health. All anglers agree there is no such thing as a bad days fishing when you are out with family and friends in the outdoors. 

Venues for junior angling events

The freshwater Junior Angling Events, run by local club volunteers as part of Gone Fishing Day are:

Northwest

Taylors Dam, Latrobe 10am - 3pm

Devonport Anglers Club

(OPPOSITE House of Anvers at 9025 Bass Highway, Latrobe

Contact: Peter Coventry 0417 149 489

North

Longford Fishing Club Dam, Cressy 10am - 3pm

Longford Fishing Club

Elphinstone Road,

Contact; Nigel Clarke 0438 066 499

South

New Norfolk Anglers Club Junior Pond, Bushy Park, 10am - 2pm

New Norfolk Licensed Anglers Association

10 Acre Lane, Bushy Park

Contact: Laurie Harrison 0428 626 370

Anglers Alliance Tasmania

For more information on free junior angling events, please contact 

AAT Executive Officer, Tony Wright 0419 116 541