Carp at Lake Sorell

The battle is on for the IFS carp team as a result of last spring/summer spawning at Lake Sorell – an unpreventable outcome of the ideal conditions this fishing season. Over 15,000 juvenile carp from the spawning have been removed to date and the population of adult fish has been reduced significantly over the summer [...]

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Bradys Lake stocked with salmon

Bradys Lake received 288 Atlantic salmon in mid-March from Tassal, the same size (between 2 to 3.5kg) as the 400 plus that went into Lake Meadowbank in early March. There will be another stocking of Tassal salmon prior to Easter.

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New Fish-out Pond for Kids at Liawenee

IFS has just completed the construction of a second juniors’ fishout pond at Liawenee in preparation for the IFS Trout Weekend on 22-23 May, which effectively doubles the space for kids to fish for trout. Fishcare Volunteers have managed the kids fishout pond at the weekend event over the past two years and it is [...]

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Inland Fisheries Business Clean Up Day

IFS participated in the recent Business Clean Up Australia Day with four teams picking up rubbish at a range of popular fishing waters. Participantsd note that the amount of rubbish left at some of the State’s most popular fishing waters, such as Penstock Lagoon, waters in the Bradys system, Lake Echo was significantly reduced, while [...]

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Spirit of Tasmania Bream Classic sees record catches

Marvellous conditions greeted the 25 starting teams in round one of the 2010 Spirit of Tasmania Bream Classic series. After a fun filled Howler Custom Rods briefing, where Tim Colgrave won the Howler Custom rod, valued at around $300.00, teams soon filed off to their respective dens. In cool and overcast conditions and light winds, [...]

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Spirit of Tasmania Bream Classic full results

Team/total fish/total weight (includes bream bag) www.tasfish.com – Bigfin 10/11.27 Ecogear/Nitro 10/10.57 www.sportsfishtasmania.com 10/9.97 Cranka Pro 10/9.31 Tasfish.com 10/9.18 Bream It On 10/9.07 Club Marine 10/9.00 Unique Breaming 10/8.97 Lyndcraft Boats 10/8.90 Strike Pro 10/8.79 Bigfin 9/8.39 St Helens Bait & Tackle 8/8.32 Butcheri 10/8.09 Tasmanian Fishing and Boating News 10/8.03 Pellow Saws & Mowers/3BNF [...]

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Opening round of Bream Classic set to sizzle

Saturday will see the beginning of the first round of the 2010 Spirit of Tasmania Bream Classic Championship to be held at Georges Bay, St Helens. The Bream classic championship is held over three rounds, the first in St Helens and corresponding rounds on the Swan River at Swansea in April and the final round [...]

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Great Lakes Anglers Access brochure

Download the Great Lakes Anglers Access brochure.

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Anglers Access for Leven River

Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) and Anglers Alliance Tasmania (AAT) have completed the Anglers Access project on the River Leven. This project is building on the success of similar projects completed on Brumbys Creek, Macquarie River and the Huon River and is proposed for other rivers including the Derwent, Tyenna and Meander rivers.

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Huge Atlantic Salmon release

More than 1,000 trophy-sized Atlantic salmon have been released into southern Tasmania’s lakes and dams, in time for the Christmas catch. Lake Meadowbank, Craigbourne Dam and Brady’s Lake have all been stocked with the fish, which have been donated by three salmon companies from their surplus breeding stock. John Diggle of the Inland Fisheries Service [...]

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