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Let’s go trout fishing Trout Fishing is Awesome! This may surprise many Tasmanians, but people from across the other side of the

Some international visitors come here Above: A large brown trout caught by Patrick world are very envious of our trout fishery. Morehouse from Four Springs. Below, a Lake anglers; Tasmania is very high on the list Leake rainbow caught by Viv Spencer. just to fish for trout and for many other our own backyard! They eat a variety of global fishing destinations, yet it is right here in ofcolours food andand oncespots. Trout are everywhere, great fun to you catch them, you catch and good to eat can choose to let them go or keep a variety of locations, just a short drive from your couple for dinner, as Trout are a remarkable fish that live in a huge they are delicious to house. In fact, if you head to your nearest creek, a popular pastime stream, river or dam, you will probably find trout. foreat. friends Trout fishing and is They are beautiful looking fish with striking family to socialise and for individuals to escape the

daily grind. Kids especially love catching trout and their fond memoriesA bit willabout last forever.trout These speckled wonders were introduced into Tasmania way back in 1864 after a long journey by

to successfully make their way into virtually every pieceboat from of freshwater England. Sincearound, then, from they near have city managed centres

rainbow trout, brook trout and Atlantic salmon canall the all waybe caught to the inhighland Tasmania lakes. and Brown all you trout, need is Rex Hunt loves Tasmanian trout fishing - and especially small stream fishing. Bait, lures or flies are all effective. gear and a few tricks up your sleeve! a licence if you are 14 or over, some basic fishing www.ifs.tas.gov.au Phone 1300 INFISH 1 Brown Trout Rainbow Trout

Brook Trout Atlantic Salmon

What you need

AService licence Tasmania if you are or older a tackle than store 14. A for Junior more licence information 14-17 andis to $12. Other licence prices vary. Visit http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au For lure, bait and trolling a rod of around two metres in length get yours. and a reel in the 2000-4000 range will be fine. You may find that you have a rod and reel at home that will easily do the job, but either way, we will give you some tips. You(Many could waters even have win restrictionsa boat package on fishingworth moremethods, than times $22,000 and seasons, so it pays to check first). by purchasingHow a tofull catch season alicence trout before 30 November 2013. A running sinker rig is let the bait drift back Bait Fishing the most simple of all. towards you naturally. Garden worms, wattle grubs, mudeyes, A swivel is often used Ensure you wind in the cockroaches, crickets and grasshoppers are as a stopper to keep the slack as the bait drifts the most common baits for trout and they all ball sinker away from back towards you. Running the hook and bait. It is ball In a lake, dam or not always necessary, sinker lagoon try and fish 2work metres well. in Frogs length, may matched no longer with be any used small as and the sinker should without any added bait. For most bait fishing, a rod of around always be as small as Swivel weight. possible. The leader and You can fish your bait to medium spinning reel - as long as it has hook - being below the under a float as well. fishing line! If you have fished for flathead sinker and swivel drifts Ask your tackle shop for around naturally. some advice on this. runningthen the sinkersame gear and maysingle be hook fine, likethough in the line In a river the back with a breaking strain of 2-4kg suits best. A diagram is the simplest form for most baits, eddies and quiet deep 20-30cm Tip: Use the lightest but for grasshoppers, crickets and mudeyes holes are prime spots. sinker possible, light You can walk slowly line and a Locked Blood This is one of the most popular methods upstream and with Knot*. you won’t need any sinker or swivel at all. only just a hook and Size 6-2 * Tying instructions on hook bait (remove the sinker page 8. to catch a trout. Bait fishing is often the and swivel) cast up and method used for many beginners first fishing experience.www.ifs.tas.gov.au Phone 1300 INFISH 2 Trolling lures from a boat you have ever trolled for Australian salmon then you have theIf you idea! have Armed a boat with then the trolling same luresrod and is a reel great mentioned option. If earlier, you simply purchase some trolling lures like Tasmanian Devils or Lofty’s Cobras and tow them behind your boat. Most of these will swim at a depth of only a luresmetre will or so. reach There their are maximum methods depthto get themby having swimming around much deeper if required. The majority of floating/diving are suitable for trolling, as are rivers such as the Derwent 50 - 75m of line out. Most of Tasmania’s lakes and lagoons Greg Hynes - the originator of Lofty’s Lures with a nice brownie. River. Like any boating, it pays to do your homework on yourLofty’s intended trolling water and tips practice safe boating at all times.caught between 2.7 to 3.2 kph. If you haven’t got a fish Line thickness is vitally important. Use 4 kg line or finder make sure the rod has a nice kicking action. If less with a maximum thickness of .025 mm, no anti the rod stops its constant throbbing it’s probably weed kinks, no fly droppers, no snap swivels, no beads. Use on your lure. Keep the rod level with the water, not a small number 14 black swivel 600 mm up the line, stuck up in the air; it drags the lure up to the surface. run the line through the centre of the lure and tie it to I set the drag very lightly. It doesn’t need to be high to a number 2 split ring attached to the treble. The less set the hook, the fish will hook itself. You can land big attachments on the line the better, and the better the fish by playing them out, instead of horsing them in. lure will work. Let the fish see the flash of the lure and When you catch a fish take note of where you hooked nothing else. it. Troll back over the area several more times. You are When trolling a new lake check with the locals where probably over a weed bed. the weed beds are; this is where the fish are. Troll with Your local tackle store will recommend the best lure a good long cast out the back and then some more. colours for the waters you intend to fish. The lure needs to be well back. No. 14 black 600mm This is especially true in shallow swivel from lure to lakes as the boat spooks them. swivel Speed is critical, and a good fish finder with speed is worth Use Locked Blood knots. the money. Most of my fish are See how to tie it on page 8. Line through lure to no. 2 split ring and treble.

Casting with Lures job,Lure but fishing lighter is very rods popular and thinner these line days, will especially work more with the younger generation. The gear above might do the efficiently. Any tackle store can help you choose the right outfit, to suit your budget, and give you some ascasting you are tips. always Soft plastics, busy casting celtas, and Ashley retrieving, spinners they and are various hard bodied lures are great fish-catchers and lures imitate some sort of prey and the most popular an active way to fish and loads of fun. The majority of Bibbed hard body lures have always been very popular for trout. Soft plastics, blade spinner and for trout fishing in Tasmania are lures that look like devons are also highly regarded by many. our native baitfish. Lures around 50-75mm long and in www.ifs.tas.gov.au Phone 1300 INFISH 3 black, brown and green shades are a great start. snag or current line is worth a few casts. A tip on all flowing waters is to look for a bubble line - this often indicates a line where food is concentrated - and where the Laketrout -may lure lay fishing in wait. tips A methodical approach is the one most

edge and start throwing your lure as far as likely to reward. Don’t just walk up to the

River - lure fishing tips directlypossible. in front and then work your way left The fan effect is best. Start with short casts When fishing a wadable river make your way to Lure fisher Adrian Webb shares a few tips: and right - extending your casts as you go. the middle of it where possible, by doing this you secondIf you are or usingtwo with a sinking the next lure cast have as oneyou castwill andcover should be able to cast and reach both sides of the retrieve it immediately - let the lure sink for a river. Concentrate on any point or drop off and work There will be parts of the river that will be too the deeper water. deep to wade out to, so just go out to a level that you feel comfortable with. DO NOT take any risks you way around the shore. Any type of structure as no fish is worth drowning for. is worth a few extra casts. If you catch a fish – Once you have made your way out to the centre or Troutremember can also what be the in veryarea shallowwas like waterand try in and lakes find so thereabouts, then start your first cast upstream similar places. to one river bank and work your way around by making the next cast about one metre apart until Timedon’t spentgo barging on observation in until you is neverhave fishedwasted. the close you have completed 180 degrees. in water first. Do this at least three times then move upstream another six metres and repeat the same procedure. Using this method you cover every part of the river and your catch rate will be right up there with the best of them.

Mersey etc you will not be able to wade much On bigger rivers - such as the Derwent, Huon, of it. Concentrate on any piece of structure that mayLocked be a safe blood refuge for knot fish. Any point, dropoff, A common and strong knot for joining line to hooks swivels and terminal tackle is the locked blood, or clinch

Pass the line through the eye of the hook, swivel or lure knot. in place and thread the line back through the loop above and make 5-6 turns around the main line. Hold the coils The Locked Blood Knot is strong and an the eye. Then thread the line back through the large loop. important knot to learn in fishing. Hold the tag end and ensuring the coils don’t overlap - www.ifs.tas.gov.autighten slowly. Clip Phone tag end. 1300 INFISH 4 Fly Fishing Places to try for trout This is a challenging method and best suited to anglers South Derwent River once they have experienced to help understand water windsRight on its Hobart’s way down doorstep via several is the hydroelectric mighty Derwent andsome the other environment methods first,around impoundmentsRiver. It begins at to beautiful where it becomesLake St Clair a tidal and estuary extremely well though, trout. This method works around New Norfolk. This is an amazing trout fishery that has given up some trophy brown trout especially when you see fish over the years. All methods are productive here but feeding on insects. Angler Access sport fishing with lures around Bridgewater has Brochures really grown in recent times. There are some 28 very detailed ‘Angler Access’ brochures available on Tasmanian destinations that information on each waterway,give you specific plus other smaller waters in that The Derwent River is a fantastic trout fishery for these brochures, grab its full length from shore or boat, bait, lure or fly. themvicinity. from To allobtain good tackle stores or download them from:

Inland Fishinghttp://www.ifs.tas.gov.au Code Trolling, casting lures or flies from a boat, bait, lure There are a few basic rules and fly fishing from the shore will all bring some good results. Shore and boat access is excellent Tasmania, but also in relation and trout are plentiful. There is disabled access around trout fishing in accessat Bridgewater points are (Masons family friendlyPoint), Newand providingNorfolk you there are some areas you follow(Esplanade) the rules, and hoursHayes of (Windsor fun awaits Corner). you and Many your to certain waters. Firstly, are alsoallowed some to waters fish and you Lakeloved Meadowbankones. others you are not. There Meadowbank is a dammed section of the Derwent can fish all year long but troutothers season may have is open a specific from River located near Hamilton, just an hour from Augustseason applied.to May for The most general Hobart. It’s a picturesque and protected location lurkingthat is open if you’re to all willing methods to investigate of fishing and beyond open the all more information in the Tasmanian Inland Fishing year round. There’s a boat ramp and plenty of fish Codewaters., by It’s having not complicated a chat with your but you local will tackle find shop out brown and rainbow trout, plus Atlantic salmon or researching your intended location online at: shoreline. Meadowbank is regularly stocked with from time to time. As with some other locations, http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au fishing is sometimes best in the early morning and www.ifs.tas.gov.au Phone 1300 INFISH 5 evening when fish seem less fussy. Cape Wickham

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Yarra Creek Lackrana 0 10 20 30 40 50 Grassy kilometres Strzelecki Lady Barron National Park

CAPE BARREN ISLAND Three Hummock Island Hunter Clarke Island Island

Robbins Cape Grim BANKS STRAIT Island BASS STRAIT Swan Cape Portland Island Stanley

Wiltshire SMITHTON Rocky Cape Tomahawk Black Port National Park Mt William Marrawah River Latta A2 National Park West Boat Harbour Point Table Cape Edith Creek Gladstone Mawbanna WYNYARD Bridport Eddystone Point Somerset Low Arthur River BURNIE Narawntapu Greens Head Ansons Bay National Park Beach GEORGE Arthur River Sulphur Creek Penguin TOWN Pipers Hawley Kelso Bay DEVONPORT Beach Clarence Pt Tamar River Derby North - West Yolla ULVERSTONETurners Beach 1 Beauty Pt SCOTTSDALE of Ridgley Port Nabowla Branxholm Forests Sorell Beaconsfield Kayena Bangor Weldborough Fires Riana Forth A7 R Ringarooma Deviot A8 Lalla A3 Hampshire LATROBE Lilydale Binalong Bay Mersey Gravelly Gunns Plains Exeter Beach B18 Dilston Savage River Barrington Railton Rosevears Patersonia Frankford ST HELENS Grindelwald Legana North - East Forests National Park Nietta Sheffield North

Wilmot Bridgenorth Nunamara Loongana River Lake Beaumaris Sandy Cape Waratah Roland HadspenBreadalbane Barrington Elizabeth Town LAUNCESTON Mathinna Gowrie Hagley Carrick Esk River Scamander Moina Park Falmouth A10 DELORAINE Savage River Ben Lomond Westbury 1 PERTH Western Junction Four Mile Creek Mole Creek Evandale National Park Ironhouse Point Golden Longford Mole Creek Karst St Marys National Park Valley Deddington Bracknell Nile Pieman River Cradle Valley G Rossarden Fingal Corinna R E A Meander T Cressy South Chain of Lagoons • Cradle W A4 Douglas Lake Mountain E Lake S Macquarie River Apsley Tullah Mackintosh T Pieman Lake E R N National Rowallan Cleveland Esk Avoca

S Rosebery Poatina Park Cradle Mountain T I Conara Mt Ossa •1617 GREAT E O R 1 Walls of S River Bicheno - Lake St Clair Zeehan LAKE Campbell Town U Jerusalem Arthurs Miena National Park Lake Lake National Park Leake Cranbrook Freycinet T Ross Lake Lake H Lake National QUEENSTOWN St Clair Bronte Sorell Park Waddamana Coles Bay E Derwent Bridge Swansea STRAHAN Lake Lake Park Burbury London Crescent Great Lakes Echo Tunbridge Wineglass Bay R Bradys Cape Sorell Lake River Lake Tooms Oyster Freycinet M King William Lake N a Peninsula c q • Frenchmans Cap u Little Bay a Franklin - Gordon Tarraleah Oatlands Lisdillon r Swanport Schouten ie n i H l Island a k Wild Rivers rb n Bothwell a Gordon o r Jericho u r F National Park A3 Craigbourne Dam River Tunnack O Essentially an irrigation dam that just happens Ouse Melton River 1 Mowbray Triabunna Maria Island Kempton Colebrook C stocking of all species of trout and salmon, but Orford National Park Derwent Hamilton 1 Spring Darlington it’sto be the great rainbow for fishing and Atlantic too! It receivesstocking regular that really Buckland Beach E Gordon Mount Field 4 Ellendale A10 Bagdad 2 Maria National Fentonbury Prince of Wales Range Island A monsters and really put up a battle on light tackle!Park Westerway Gretna Pontville Campania Lake National Park Bushy Brighton N gets anglers fired up. Some of the stocked fish are Tea Richmond Nugent River Park BRIDGEWATER Tree Gordon Plenty 1 Strathgordon Magra Granton1 Old Bch Midway SORELL Bait fishing is very popular here, as is fishing with Maydena Pt NEW NORFOLK Cambridge Copping powerbait and soft plastics. This location is often Molesworth GLENORCHY Dodges Ferry referred to as a ‘put and take’ fishery, where most Southern Rokeby Seven HOBART Mile Bch Carlton anglers keep the stocked fish for dinner. Dunalley A Huon River Lake Forests Fern Tree Lauderdale • Mt Anne Crabtree Grove E Pedder Judbury KINGSTON A9 Low Rocky Ranelagh Saltwater 3 South Arm River Eaglehawk Neck S Point The Huon River is a wild river, steeped in history HUONVILLE Margate A6 Snug Tasman Taranna and originates from Lake Pedder. It winds its Huon River Franklin Arthur Range Dennes Pt Koonya Fortescue biggestway through trout someever caught amazing in Australiawilderness weighed before over Castle Forbes Bay Kettering Nubeena Bay

becoming a tidal estuary atSouthwest Huonville. One of the Port Huon Cygnet Nicholls Rt STORM Port Tasman Woodbridge Geeveston BAY Peninsula Arthur National Park National Park Gardners Middleton Bay Cape Pillar Hartz Mtns l N 13kg and was caught by Sir Robert Hamilton in e Cape Raoul n Federation • National Park n the Huon in 1887. There are around 20 designated a Peak Verona h Dover C BRUNY A access points on this river. Some of the rivers that Sands ux ea Alonnah Port st flow into the Huon are amazing fisheries in their ca Davey e M tr Lunawanna Adventure own right. In the lower sections, bait fishing, lure n Base image by TASMAP (www.tasmap.tas.gov.au),E Bay © State of Tasmania. ' Melaleuca D S and fly plus some trolling in the estuary are all Ida Bay Southport ISLAND mostpossible. common In the throughout, middle reaches, but rainbows lures are canprobably be Great places to fish - in the South A Cloudy South Bruny the most effective method. Brown trout are the In Southern Tasmania, awesomeBay trout fishing T National Park South West Cape is right at your back door! Some of the most found further up the catchment. Atlantic salmon popular watersCockle are: Creek Maatsuyker sometimes escape from fish farms andGroup can be South East Cape encountered too – these are great eating! 1 Derwent River: Sea run trout and resident brown trout. All methods - shore or boat. 2 Craigbourne Dam: Brown trout, rainbow For more detail on roads, visitor attractionstrout and Atlantic and services, salmon. All methods - refer to Visitors Map of Tasmania available at Service Tasmania outlets, Visitorshore Information or boat. centres and selected retail outlets statewide. 3 Huon River: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon (farm escapees). All methods - shore or boat. www.tasmap.tas.gov.au © STATE OF TASMANIA 4 Lake Meadowbank: Brown trout, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon. All methods - shore or boat. Or try these: Weld River, Tyenna River, Plenty River and hundreds of other waters within Large Atlantic salmon are regularly stocked around Tassie’s Central Plateau region – also known as Tasmania at Craigbourne Dam, Meadowbank Dam, the Highland Lakes. Brushy Lagoon, lakes Kara and Barrington in particular. Find the latest stocking at www.ifs.tas.gov.au

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Naracoopa Emita G Currie ISLAND R O Whitemark U P

Yarra Creek Lackrana 0 10 20 30 40 50 Grassy kilometres Strzelecki Lady Barron National Park

CAPE BARREN ISLAND Three Hummock Island Hunter Clarke Island Island

Robbins Cape Grim BANKS STRAIT Island BASS STRAIT Swan Cape Portland Island Stanley

Wilmot Bridgenorth Nunamara Loongana River Lake Beaumaris Sandy Cape Waratah Roland HadspenBreadalbane Barrington Elizabeth Town LAUNCESTON Mathinna Gowrie Hagley Carrick Esk River Scamander Moina Park Falmouth A10 DELORAINE Savage River Ben Lomond Westbury 1 PERTH Western Junction Four Mile Creek Highland Lakes Mole Creek Evandale National Park Ironhouse Point Golden Longford Mole Creek Karst St Marys National Park Valley Deddington Bracknell Nile Pieman River most productive waters in the stateCradle is Valley G Rossarden Fingal Corinna R E A Meander If you want to catch a trout, one of the T Cressy South Chain of Lagoons • Cradle W A4 Douglas Lake Mountain E River Lake catchment and located in the S Macquarie River Apsley Tullah Mackintosh T Pieman Lake E R Lake King William – part of the Derwent N National Rowallan Cleveland Esk Avoca

S Rosebery Poatina Park Cradle Mountain T central highlands. It has a large number 3 I Conara Mt Ossa •1617 GREAT E O R 1 of fish that respond well to all methods Walls of S River Bicheno the entire year and angler surveys- Lake reveal St Clair Zeehanthatof fishing. on average, It’s another each angler water catchesopen for LAKE Campbell Town U Jerusalem Arthurs Miena National Park Lake Lake National Park Leake Cranbrook Freycinet T around 3 fish per day. You could catch 4 Ross Lake Lake H many more than this! Other popular Lake National QUEENSTOWN St Clair Bronte Sorell waters include Bronte Lagoon, Dee Park Waddamana Coles Bay E Derwent Bridge Swansea STRAHAN Lake Lake Park Lagoon and Lake Echo –Burbury all waters that London Crescent Great 2Lakes Echo Tunbridge Wineglass Bay R Bradys Cape Sorell Agive short up well-conditioneddrive over the hill fish can that see youare Lake River 1 Lake Tooms Oyster Freycinet fantasticM eating and can be good fighters. King William Lake N at thea famed Great Lake, Arthurs Lake Peninsula c q • Frenchmans Cap u Little Bay a Franklin - Gordon Tarraleah Oatlands Lisdillon r Swanport Schouten ie loyal anglers that know their nfavourite i H l Island and Woodsa Lake. Each of thesek attractsWild Rivers shore intimatelyrb and once youn discover Base image by TASMAP (www.tasmap.tas.gov.au), Bothwell a Gordon o r © State of Tasmania. Jericho u r F National Park A3 River Tunnack O these, sensational fishing is there for the Four great placesOuse to fish Melton River Mowbray Triabunna Maria Island ataking. bit wild There and arecold dozens at any oftime other of year, waters so it pays to - in Central Tasmania Kempton Colebrook C to fish in the area too. The ‘Highland Lakes’ can get Orford National Park Derwent Hamilton 1 Spring Darlington 1 LakeMount King Field William: Renowned as one of Buckland Beach E Gordon A10 Maria NationalEllendale Bagdad always be prepared with appropriate clothing. If Tasmania’s mostFentonbury productive lakes. It is open Island A Prince of Wales Range you can stay warm and dry, you can fish longer! all year roundPark andWesterway although the fishGretna are small Pontville Campania Lake National Park Bushy Brighton N Most can be fished from the shore or boat. they are plentiful. All methods - shore or boat. Tea Richmond Nugent North River Park BRIDGEWATER Tree Gordon Plenty Strathgordon 2 Magra Granton Old Bch Midway SORELL Bronte, BradysMaydena and Lake Echo: Brown NEW NORFOLK Pt Rivers like the South Esk, North Esk, Macquarie trout, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon.Molesworth All Cambridge Copping andFishing St Patricks options are are steeped excellent in in history northern and Tasmania. have put methods - shore or boat. GLENORCHY Dodges Ferry Southern Rokeby Seven HOBART Mile Bch Carlton 3 Great Lake: Located in the Central Highlands Dunalley A There are numerous spots to ‘soak a bait’ on Lake Forests Fern Tree Lauderdale • Mt Anne Crabtree smiles on the faces of anglers for many decades. Great Lake is open all year round. It has Grove E Pedder fantastic shore access and severalJudbury boat ramps. KINGSTON A9 Low Rocky Ranelagh Saltwater South Arm River Eaglehawk Neck S these rivers, thoughPoint lure fishing is increasingly Brown and rainbow trout areHUONVILLE readily caught. Margate A6 Snug Tasman Taranna popular, as is the re-emergence of fly-fishing on All methodsHuon areRiver popular - shoreFranklin or boat. Arthur Range Dennes Pt Koonya Fortescue these traditional rivers. Brown trout are the main Castle Forbes Bay Kettering Nubeena Bay 4 Arthurs Lake: A brown trout only water, this fish you will encounter. For still waters, you can’tSouthwest Port Huon Cygnet Nicholls Rt STORM Port Tasman lake has seen it go from historic low levels to Woodbridge Peninsula Arthur National Park go past Four Springs and Brushy Lagoon – both Geeveston BAY National Park full over just a few seasons. Spawning has beenGardners Middleton Bay Cape Pillar Hartz Mtns l N around 25 minutes out of Launceston. Both have e Cape Raoul fantastic and resulted in numerous smaller fish. n Federation • National Park n some great-sized brown and rainbow trout, plus a ThisPeak is unlikely to change for at least a coupleVerona h Dover C BRUNY A CataractAtlantics Gorgeare stocked while intourists Brushy splash from aroundtime to intime. the Sands ux of years. All methods are popular here - frome a Alonnah Port st Brown trout even swim around in Launceston’s ca Davey shore or boat. There is good camping at Jonahe M tr Lunawanna Adventure n Bay Bay and Pumphouse Bay. E Melaleuca ' S water – there you go! D Ida Bay Southport ISLAND A www.ifs.tas.gov.au Phone 1300 INFISH 7 Cloudy South Bruny Bay T National Park South West Cape Cockle Creek Maatsuyker Group South East Cape

For more detail on roads, visitor attractions and services, refer to Visitors Map of Tasmania available at Service Tasmania outlets, Visitor Information centres and selected retail outlets statewide. www.tasmap.tas.gov.au © STATE OF TASMANIA Cape Wickham

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ISLAND

Naracoopa Emita G Currie ISLAND R O Whitemark U P

Yarra Creek Lackrana 0 10 20 30 40 50 Grassy kilometres Strzelecki Lady Barron National Park

CAPE BARREN ISLAND Three Hummock Island Hunter Clarke Island Island

Robbins Cape Grim BANKS STRAIT Island BASS STRAIT Swan Cape Portland Island Stanley

Wiltshire SMITHTON Rocky Cape Tomahawk Black Port National Park Mt William Marrawah River Latta A2 National Park West Boat Harbour Point Table Cape Edith Creek Gladstone Mawbanna WYNYARD Bridport Eddystone Point Somerset Low Arthur River BURNIE Narawntapu Greens Head Ansons Bay National Park Beach GEORGE Arthur River Sulphur Creek Penguin TOWN Pipers Hawley Kelso Bay DEVONPORT Beach Clarence Pt Tamar River Derby North - West Yolla ULVERSTONETurners Beach 1 Beauty Pt SCOTTSDALE of Ridgley Port Nabowla Branxholm Forests Sorell Beaconsfield Kayena Bangor Weldborough Fires Riana Forth A7 R Ringarooma Deviot A8 Lalla A3 Hampshire LATROBE Lilydale Binalong Bay Mersey Gravelly Gunns Plains Exeter Beach B18 5 Dilston Savage River Barrington Railton Rosevears Patersonia Frankford ST HELENS 5 3Grindelwald Legana North - East Forests National Park Nietta Sheffield North

Wilmot Bridgenorth Nunamara Loongana River Lake 6 Beaumaris Sandy Cape Waratah Roland HadspenBreadalbane Barrington Elizabeth Town LAUNCESTON Mathinna Gowrie Hagley Carrick Esk River Scamander Moina Park 5 2 Falmouth A10 DELORAINE Savage River Ben Lomond Westbury 1 PERTH Western Junction Four Mile Creek Mole Creek Evandale National Park Ironhouse Point Golden Longford Mole Creek Karst St Marys National Park Valley Deddington Bracknell Nile Pieman River Cradle Valley G 4 Rossarden Fingal Corinna R E A Meander 1 T Cressy South Chain of Lagoons • Cradle W A4 Douglas Lake Mountain E 1 Lake S Macquarie River Apsley Tullah Mackintosh T Pieman Lake E R N National Rowallan Cleveland Esk Avoca

S Rosebery Poatina Park Cradle Mountain T I Conara Mt Ossa •1617 GREAT E O R 1 Base image by TASMAP (www.tasmap.tas.gov.au), Walls of S River Bicheno - Lake St Clair Zeehan© State of Tasmania. LAKE Campbell Town U Jerusalem Arthurs Miena North West National Park Lake Lake National Park Leake Cranbrook Freycinet T Great places to fishRoss Lake Lake H - in Northern andLake NW Tasmania National QUEENSTOWN St Clair Bronte Sorell Park Waddamana Coles Bay E SomeFor anglers of the lookingmajor rivers to get include into trout theDerwent fishing Meander, Bridge in the Swansea STRAHAN Lake Lake Park Burbury 1London Crescent Great Lakes SouthEcho Esk River: Tasmania’s longestTunbridge river at Wineglass Bay R Mersey,Northwest, Leven options and Emu are not Rivers, very which far away all haveat all. Bradys Cape Sorell Lake River Lake just over 200kms. Slow flowing for most of its Tooms Oyster Freycinet M King William Lake N numerous adedicated Angler Access points to Peninsula c q • Frenchmans Cap u length. Brown trout inhabit the whole length. Little Bay a Franklin - Gordon Tarraleah Oatlands Lisdillon r Swanport Schouten ie n H i Open to all methods l Island a k Wild Rivers dominate, but yourb may encountern the odd rainbow Bothwell a Gordon o r Jericho u r F trout,cater forespecially all anglers. in the Once upper again, reachesNational brown Park of trout each 2 A3 River North Esk and St Pats rivers: Beautiful little Tunnack O streamsOuse with mostlyMelton small fish. Some small River Mowbray Triabunna Maria Island Kempton Colebrook C northwest that contain trout, access is limited rainbows in upper St Pats. All methods. Orford National Park Derwent Hamilton 1 Spring Darlington river. Though there are many private dams in the Buckland Beach E Gordon Mount Field 3Ellendale A10 Bagdad Maria National Fentonbury Four Springs and Brushy Lagoon: Both close Prince of Wales Range Island A Park Westerwayto Launceston.Gretna Four SpringsPontville is aCampania renowned early and options are restricted to public fisheriesLake like National Park Bushy Brighton N Tea Richmond Nugent River Park BRIDGEWATER Tree Gordon season waterPlenty with trophy rainbow and brown Huntsman Lake, just out of Deloraine; aStrathgordon dammed Magra Granton Old Bch Midway SORELL Maydena trout. BrushyNEW NORFOLK is open all year and Ptreceives Furthersection ofwest, the Meandersome of the River more and popular open to lakes artificial are Molesworth Cambridge Copping GLENORCHY Dodges Ferry lures and fly only, but ideal for a spot of trolling. regularSouthern stocking with large AtlanticRokeby Seven salmon. HOBART Mile Bch Carlton Dunalley A Lake BothForests open to all methodsFern Tree - shore Lauderdaleor boat. • Mt Anne Crabtree Grove E Lake Kara, Lake Barrington plus the Pet and PedderGuide Judbury KINGSTON A9 Low Rocky 4 Huntsman Lake Ranelaghand Meander River: Saltwater South Arm River Eaglehawk Neck S Dams. Point HUONVILLE Margate Huntsman is openA6 allSnug year and providesTasman good Taranna Huon River Franklin Arthur Range Dennes Pt Koonya Fortescue Leven,The North Mersey, West Forth, also has Rubicon some andof the Arthur best seaall have run Castle Forbes Bay Kettering Nubeena Bay sport. Artificial only. Meander - all methods. Southwest Port Huon Cygnet Nicholls Rt STORM Port Tasman trout fishing in the State. Rivers such as the Inglis, Woodbridge Geeveston BAY Peninsula Arthur National Park National Park 5 Mersey and LevenGardners riversMiddleton: Premium river Bay Cape Pillar Hartz Mtns l N e Cape Raoul n Federation • National Park n the potential for a double figure fish. Some of the fisheries with fantastic access.a Check out the Peak Verona h Dover C BRUNY A Sands ux comprehensive Anglerea AccessAlonnah brochures. smaller creeks and rivers will oftenPort surprise. Best st ca Did you know that even Dove LakeDavey at the foot e M time Late September through to Mid November. tr Lunawanna Adventure n 6 E Bay of Cradle Mountain has trout? See, they are Lake Barrington' : Barrington is open all year Melaleuca D S Ida Bay Southport ISLAND everywhere! to all methods - from boat or shore. Rainbows, A Cloudy South Bruny browns and regular stockingBay of large Atlantic T Please enjoy Tasmania’s trout fishing National Park South West Cape salmon. In summerCockle Creek you will be competing with - check the rules and respect both the Maatsuyker Group skiers and rowers. environment and other people. South East Cape

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