Bradys Lake, Lake Binney & Tungatinah Lagoon Anglers Access
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EDITION 5 Pest Fish Management Redfin perch (Perca fluviatilis) and tench (Tinca tinca) Bradys Lake, Lake Binney have populations in Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon. If either of these species are caught, & Tungatinah Lagoon anglers are asked to humanely kill the captured fish and dispose of appropriately. It is an offence to use fish or Anglers fish products for bait or to transfer fish between waters. Access Recreational Use Informal lakeshore camping is permitted on the western REGION: CENTRAL shore of Lake Binney near the boat ramp, at Bradys Lake on the western shore near the boat ramp and on the western and northern shores of Tungatinah Lagoon. No facilities are provided. Campers should bring a chemical or portable toilet. Access Rules • Keep to formed tracks. • Do not litter. • Respect Hydro land. • Shooting is prohibited. • Fires in formal fireplaces or firepots only. • Do not fell trees. Responsible Boating Formal boat ramps are located on the western shores of Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon. Observe the 5-knot speed limit in the canals between Lake Binney and Bradys Lake and Tungatinah Lagoon, the areas prohibited for navigation between the signs and the Dee tunnel outlet and within 200 metres of the CONTACT DETAILS Tungatinah inlet structure. 17 Back River Road, Practice minimal impact boating by accelerating gently New Norfolk, 7140 in shallow water to avoid the underwater wash from Ph: 1300 INFISH the propeller jet stirring up silt and mud. This sediment www.ifs.tas.gov.au clouds the water, disturbs sensitive weed beds, smothers aquatic plants and degrades fish habitat. BL11342 Inland Fisheries Service Getting There Angling Regulations Protect our Waters The Bradys chain is approximately 2 hours drive from To fish in any open public inland water in Tasmania Recreational anglers have a responsibility to look after Hobart via the A10. you must hold a current Inland Angling Licence unless fisheries resources for the benefit of the environment you are under 14 years of age. A summary of the and future generations. Background regulations are contained within the Tasmanian Inland • Do not bring live or dead fish, fish products, animals Recreational Fishing Code. or aquatic plants into Tasmania. The Bradys chain consists of three waters Bradys Lake, Please note: • Do not bring any used fishing gear or any other Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon. These three waters • Bait fishing is not permitted in the canal from freshwater recreational equipment that may be were created between 1952-56 as storages to run the Check, the control gates on the A10 to where the water damp, wet or contain water into Tasmania. near-by Tungatinah power station on the Nive River. clean and dry enters Bradys Lake (Known as the whitewater). your fishing equipment before entering Tasmania. Recreational Fishery Management Species Minimum size Bag limit • Do not transfer any freshwater fish, frogs, tadpoles, invertebrates or plants between inland waters. Brown trout, The Brady’s chain of waters are managed by the Inland 300 mm 5* • Check your boat, trailer, waders and fishing gear for Rainbow trout Fisheries Service. weed and other pests that should not be transferred * Combined daily bag limit of 5 fish can only include 2 before moving between waters. Angling Notes fish over 500mm in length. • Do not use willow (which is a plant pest) as a rod support as it has the ability to propagate from a The Bradys chain offers the angler a range of fishing strike. experiences. Trolling and spin fishing is very popular, deep Method Season diving lures are not required. For the fly angler there are good opportunities to polaroid fish, with beetle falls Fly fishing From the first Saturday during summer a particular highlight. Baitfishing is an Artificial lures in August to the Sunday effective method although all angling methods produce Bait fishing nearest the 30th April. fish. Code of Conduct Native Fish Management • Be aware of and comply with fishing regulations. The short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) is stocked • Respect the rights of other anglers and users. upstream of the dam wall. • Protect the environment. • Carefully return undersized, protected or unwanted catch back to the water. • Fish species and other organisms must not be relocated or transferred into other water bodies. Big Jim Lake Echo Lake B11 Claren Lake Samuel c e To Strahan Information Bradys for oncurrent is level Lake lake Level Lake • Do • • Remember • • Report from available Fishing from a boat within 100 metres ofanangler aboatwithin100 metres Fishing from allright-ifit’s wash-ifitswhiteit’s Check your Report illegal activities to; Bushwatch1800333000 Report illegalactivitiesto; immediately totheInlandFisheriesServiceimmediately is fishing brown TAILERS BAY not R i securely ve CONSERVATION any r LOCATION park AREA from slow VALLEY RD unusual www.hydro.com.au/water/lake-levels C173 A moored. the down. 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