Inland Fisheries Service News
Closure of Rainbow Trout Waters
Sunday, 31 May is the final day of the 2025-26 season for designated rainbow trout waters and the extended season waters of: Lakes Mackintosh and Rosebery; and The lower section of Brumbys Creek, Tinamirakuna / Macquaire, Meander and South Esk Rivers. Waters are closed to allow trout to spawn undisturbed, ensuring a new group of...
Underwater Hazard Removed - Penstock Boating Corridor
Towards the end of the 2025-26 brown trout season the Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) received reports of a submerged obstacle in the Penstock Lagoon boating corridor. The obstruction has been located and IFS staff undertook work to move and mark what was found to be a remnant tree stump. A timely reminder - numerous similar...
AgFest 2026 “Guess the number of lures in the bucket” Competition Winners
The Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) is pleased to announce the winners of the “Guess the number of lures in the bucket” competition, held at AgFest 2026 in the Fishing Hub Marquee. A total of 584 fishing lures filled the competition bucket, with prizes awarded to entrants who submitted the closest estimates. Winners were determined across...
Redfin Perch Eradication Effort in the Huon Valley
The Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) has completed a targeted operation to eradicate invasive redfin perch from two farm dams in the Huon Valley, following the first detection of the species in the region. The issue was first identified on 12 March 2023, when an angler caught a redfin perch in Mountain River — the first...
Conserving the threatened Pedder galaxias
Since the late 1980s, Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) staff have led research and management actions that have saved the Pedder galaxias from extinction. This species was endemic to the original Lake Pedder, but its natural population declined after the lake was flooded. This species is now one of the most endangered freshwater fish in Australia,...
