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Mersey River Report

by Leigh Carpenter Hit the Mersey River middle reaches at dawn Sunday morning in search of Bream and fishing with plastics.
Landed one on a Squidgy bloodworm 100mm, nice fish 1.98kg and 48cm long. We fished the low tide mark were the water quickly drops off into the channel along the oyster racks that run along the southern shore. Keep your lure down deep and retrieve as you would for trout.

: Category: Mersey River; Published: 10 March 2011; Hits: 5923

Mersey River

Lake Echo Report March 2011

Good things come to whose who wait!
A new year promise to an old friend, Mike, from Ulverstone, to take him fishing at Lake Echo finally came to fruition.
If you want to catch large numbers trolling it is imperative to have the weather conditions ‘spot on’. Wind less than 10 knots, heavy cloud, some drizzle and no thunder or lightening. After pestering the weather bureau for days Sunday’s weather forecast turned out to be ideal!

: Category: Lake Echo; Published: 07 March 2011; Hits: 7057

Lake Echo

Squid Caught at Penguin

by Janeen Lillas
Caught recently on a kayak from the beach across from my house at Penguin. One hood measured 30 cm in length . As I gut them while still at sea I only return with the clean hoods. As you can see I ended up plastered with ink as the big squid wouldn't fit in my net.

Click Read More for a picture ...

: Category: North West Coast; Published: 04 March 2011; Hits: 7092

Game Fishing Pro Tips comes to Tassie

If you’re a seasoned game fisher looking to hone your skills or a newbie to the sport a series of free seminars presented by renowned lure designer and game angler Peter Pakula and Williamson’s, Andrew Jones will be of interest.

Presented by Rapala Freetime, GAMEssentials - Pro Tips on Game Fishing, is visiting Tasmania.

Topics include: Knowing and maintaining your tackle; rigging explained; fishing and fighting techniques; lure choice; trolling; using teasers and more.

Lucky door prizes will be given away at the at the following venues:

Tuesday 1 March - 7:30pm North Launceston Club Rooms, Aurora Stadium, Launceston.

Phone Tamar Marine to book 03 6331 6188.

$10 entry per person, with special offers on the night. Bookings are essential.

: Category: Tuna Fishing and other Game Fishing; Published: 03 March 2011; Hits: 5028

Tuna Fishing and other Game Fishing

Four Springs Kayak Report

Have attached some pics Friday afternoons kayak session with a mate at Four Springs.
Tried the trusty old black/gold t tail and also the powerbait 3" minnow in pearl olive for the first hour or so with no luck. Thought I might give the gold/black Hawk Chunk a run and whoompa....healthy 4lb rainbow to open the account;

: Category: Four Springs; Published: 26 February 2011; Hits: 7254

Ansons Bay Report

Just back from a family holiday at Anson’s Bay where the bream were very keen and the average size was the best I have ever seen.
Regards Corey Hogarth

: Category: East Coast; Published: 26 February 2011; Hits: 6237

East Coast

Recent Stocking of the Coal River

by Sarah Graham
The Inland Fisheries Service stocked the Coal River with 5,000 wild stock brown trout fingerling weighing around 20 g, on Tuesday 22 February. The young fish were marked by a clipping of the adipose fin so that they can be identified in future surveys to monitor the stocking effectiveness. They were put into 14 different locations in lots of 3-400, from below Craigbourne Dam to Fingerpost Bridge, south of Campania.
Picture: Seb Horbushko, IFS stocking the Coal River with wild brown trout fingerling

: Category: Other Rivers; Published: 26 February 2011; Hits: 7883

Other Rivers

St Helens Report

Fished on Saturday hoping to get on to some Albacore, got to the ramp at 9.30 am, slept in, too many drinks on the Friday night certainly doesn’t help.

: Category: St Helens; Published: 26 February 2011; Hits: 6071

St Helens

Ada and Carters trip 3

By John Dekkers
Returned home today from Ada and Carters, the fishing was still good, we brought home 9 this time.

: Category: Other Lakes; Published: 24 February 2011; Hits: 6038

Other Lakes

Lake Sorell – Reminder about Special Closure

by Sarah Graham
This is a reminder to anglers that Lake Sorell is closed for fishing. It was closed at the start of the 2010-11 angling season and will most likely remain closed next season. To avoid disappointment, anglers might instead consider going to Lake Crescent which is open for fishing.