Fishing Tasmania —

Team Spirit of Tasmania does it again

By NEIL GROSE | The first round of the 2009 Spirit of Tasmania Trout Classic was held on Great Lake in terrible conditions, with wind averaging 25knots and gust exceeding 40 knots.
However the wind was from a reasonably favourable direction, allowing all teams to find productive water in safety.
All 18 teams were on [...]

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Tourism industry welcomes funding commitment

The Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania says Premier David Bartlett’s commitment of an additional $4 million this financial year for marketing and events will go a long way to sustaining visitor numbers.
Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania Chief Executive Daniel Hanna said today the funding commitment demonstrated that the Premier understood the dynamics of the industry [...]

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Doing the Right Thing in the Central Highlands

In the heart of Tasmania is the Central Highlands region – home to some of Australia’s most pristine fishing lakes. With a small human population of 2,000 and a trout population in the millions the Central Highlands is the ideal holiday spot for keen fishermen.
In the peak fishing months of September through to March [...]

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Casting into the UK market

Anglers Alliance Tasmania launches a wide-ranging promotion to the United Kingdom in November as part of its ongoing strategy to establish the UK market.
An informative flyer, left, about fishing in Tasmania and highlighting a competition to win a superb, handcrafted cane rod valued at $2000, is being widely-distributed through a partnership with the UK’s largest [...]

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Fishing again at Lake Dulverton

Oatland’s Lake Dulverton is finally transformed — flooded for the first time since 1990 — and teeming with more than 6300 brook and rainbow trout.
And, each afternoon, the local schoolchildren try and haul them in. For the majority it is has been their first opportunity to fish.
Organised by local angler Kerry Mancey, below, the lake [...]

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Carp eradication update

After several years of low water levels and poor spawning stimulus, this season will provide the long waited opportunity to confirm if carp have been successfully eradicated from Lake Crescent.
According to the Inland Fisheries Service, a rise of slightly less than 1 metre in Lake Sorell during the past quarter has inundated all marsh [...]

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Letter to the Minister, Peter Garrett

The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP,
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
Dear Minister
Re: Tasmania’s Interlaken Lakes

Drought breaking rains have thoroughly soaked the catchment with the result that all water storages other than these lakes are spilling.
Principal irrigators now hold many thousands of megalitres of water collected over winter.
The River Clyde has [...]

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Anglers Access – Huon and Macquarie Rivers

IFS and AAT have been implementing the Anglers Access projects on the Macquarie and Huon rivers during 2009.
The projects have involved negotiations with private and public landowners, completion of access agreements, riparian works including willow removal and installation of stiles, fences, water troughs and signs.
With all the ‘on the ground’ work now essentially completed [...]

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Urgent Notice to All Anglers

Just when it could be thought that the ecology of these lakes could be given the opportunity to recover, following good winter rains and the breaking of the years of drought, AAT believes that this opportunity could be in serious danger.
We urge all Clubs and individuals to write or email Minister Llewellyn on this matter [...]

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