Inland Fisheries Service News
Fishing Report - Recreation Day Long Weekend
Inland Fisheries Officers were on patrol over Northern Recreation Day long weekend. Weather conditions were ideal, with light winds and a mix of sunny and overcast conditions throughout the weekend. The fish were biting, with the following waters standing out: yingina/Great Lake – All angling methods were productive. Trollers using cobra lures on both surface...
The passing of Leslie "Bob" Ward
We are saddened by the recent passing of Bob Ward. Bob represented anglers from southern Tasmania as an Associate Commissioner on the Inland Fisheries Commission from 1990 to 1999. Bob was well known around the regional angling clubs where he attended meetings regularly. He was a life member of the Bridgewater and Southern Tasmania Licenced Angler Association...
Native trees to shade spawning channels
Last year the team from the Derwent Catchment Project (DCP) collected seed from our field station at Liawenee and grew them to advanced seedlings at their Hamilton nursery. Yesterday we worked with DCP to plant out over 300 seedlings around the rainbow trout spawning channels and the Liawenee Field Station. Snow and cider gum along with a...
Inland Fisheries Service Annual Report 2022-23
Check out the activities we have undertaken over the past year in the Inland Fisheries Annual Report 2022-23 Front cover artwork by Trevor Hawkins
Talbots Lagoon access upgrades
An extension to the parking area has been completed at Talbots Lagoon. Increasing popularity at Talbots over the past few seasons had seen the limited parking facilities become quite crowded on busy days. In partnership with Forico, IFS engaged Civilscape Contracting to complete the car park extension. This involved removing a small amount of plantation...
