Inland Fisheries Service News
Big lake - big tagged trout winner
Josh made the most of the recent public holiday by spending the day drift spinning on yingina / Great lake with his mate Luke. With a nice N/NW breeze they were having a good day and had caught 12 trout along the eastern shore. When lucky trout number thirteen was landed they could see that...
Floods damage fishing platforms on Plenty River
After numerous floods and repairs the disabled fishing platforms, on the Plenty River at the Salmon Ponds, have been removed due to safety concerns. Anglers with disabilities have a number of other options in the area. There are purpose built platforms on the River Derwent at the Esplanade, New Norfolk and at Windsor Corner on the...
Miner has lucky strike
West Coast miner Chris 'Scruff' Blair was trolling pink lures on Lake Mackintosh on Sunday afternoon with his 9 year old grandson Khye when they hooked and landed a nice brown trout. Scruff noticed that it had an orange tag with WINNER stamped on it. Scruff told Khye that they had caught one of the...
Knott holds firm to land $2 000 trout
Rodney Knott planned on fishing the Lake Leake fishing competition between the Launceston and Longford angling clubs on the weekend but he caught a prize a bit bigger than he thought when he landed one of the $2 000 trout from the Tasmanian Tagged Trout Promotion. Rodney headed up on Friday with his mate Geoff. They...
Latest Willow Warriors news
Thanks to all who came out to the recent Willow Warrior working bee. The warriors spent time performing follow-up treatment on willows and maintenance on a revegetated site on the Tyenna River at Westerway. The Willow Warriors will be back out on the river on Friday the 30th of September. If you would like to...
