The new angling season opens on Saturday, 3 August 2024.  Be prepared and purchase your licence now! 

This season, if you are aged between 18 and 21 years of age, you can benefit from a heavily discounted licence as part of the Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) Young Angler Licence Promotion.   

Junior anglers aged between 14 and 17 years of age require a licence to fish Tasmania’s inland lakes and rivers for trout, and the good news is that the Tasmania government has made a commitment to ensure that junior licences will continue to be free for a least the next three seasons!

Junior anglers under 14 years of age do not require an angling licence.

New licences, or licence renewals, can be obtained by visiting Service Tasmania, various fishing tackle stores, or from the IFS website: www.ifs.tas.gov.au

All funds generated from the sale of licences go directly into managing our amazing inland fishery. 

Licence fees contribute to stocking of inland waters, creating, improving and maintaining access to the fishery, compliance related activities, undertaking various research programs, fishery stock assessments, threatened species monitoring, pest fish management, stakeholder engagement and collaboration activities and ongoing environmental advocacy work. 

We couldn’t do this important work without your ongoing support, so thank you!