Opening of the 2013/14 Trout Season
Tasmania Inland Fisheries Service - 2 August 2013
(http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/news/opening-of-the-2013-14-trout-season/image_mini)
Joe Mangan stocking Lake Leake with one of 1,000 adult brown trout stocked there for the season opening.
With much anticipation the majority of the Tasmania's inland waters, open for angling from Saturday 3 August and remaining open until the 27 April 2014. The IFS has been busily stocking a variety of waters around the state in preparation for the coming season. The weather forecast is for cold windy conditions with snowfalls on the highlands but this shouldn’t prevent the fish from biting. Anglers should go prepared or target more sheltered waters in the lowlands.
This year the Inland Fisheries Service is giving away a boat package valued at over $22,000. Anglers 18 years and over that buy a full season or five season licence before the 30 November 2013 will go into the draw. The boat package will be on display at Four Springs Lake in the state's north on Saturday and Sunday.
Fisheries expected to be popular for the season opening include the following:
Water - Region
Arthurs Lake - Central Highlands
Woods Lake - Central Highlands
Four Springs Lake - North
Huntsman Lake - North
Lake Leake - Midlands
Tooms Lake - Midlands
Pet Dam - North West
Lake Kara - North West
River Derwent - South
Craigbourne Dam - South