MAST Boating and Fishing Fun Day 2017

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Sea run trout tactics – Craig Vertigan

During the trout off-season I tend to spend a bit of time chasing bream, to continue getting a fishing fix, and spend time tying flies and dreaming about the trout season to come. It’s a time to spend doing tackle maintenance, stocking up on lures and dreaming up new challenges and goals for the trout season ahead. When the new season comes around I usually spend the first few months targeting sea runners. Sea run trout are simply brown trout that spend much of there lives out to sea and come in to the estuaries for spawning and to feed on whitebait and the other small endemic fishes that spawn in late winter through spring. Mixed in with the silvery sea runners you can also expect to catch resident fish that have the typical dark colours of a normal brown trout as well as atlantic salmon in some of our estuaries that are located near salmon farm pens. Living in Hobart it is quick and easy to do a trip on the Huon or Derwent and is a more comfortable proposition compared to a trip up to the highlands with snow and freezing winds to contend with.

The Longford Fishing Club and MAST are running another day to show how inflatable life jackets work, a CPR demonstration will be run by the local volunteer ambulance service, flare demonstration run by MAST, and the local fire volunteers will showcase portable fire extinguishers.

MAST also encourages owners of inflatable life jackets to bring them along to have them checked by MAST staff and there will also be Life Jacket Vouchers available for any style of old standard, AS1512, 1499 or 2260, foam or inflatable jacket, that is brought to the MAST stand.

Start time is 11:00 am on Saturday 2 December 2017 and the local Rotary club will be running a BBQ. We will have people in the water showing the efficiency of inflatable life jackets and how crutch straps work as well as showcasing the importance of having your life jacket fitted correctly.