Tasmanian Fishing Report 24/8/22
After recent rain many of the lakes are filling up making for some great fishing.
The Season Continues to fish extremely well even with trying weather conditions.
Freshwater
Penstock
Fishing has been fairly good in both the shallows and the deeper areas of the lake. Both boat anglers and shore based have been productive. Mostly Brown Trout have been caught.
Little Pine Lagoon
Fishing has been fantastic around the flooded margins. The fish have not been too fussy about fly choice. A lightly weighted wooly bugger or wooly worm is a popular choice.
Bronte, Brady’s and Binney
The chain has still been producing good numbers of both Rainbow and Brown Trout. The Rainbow Trout have been reported to be full of small rocks. Trolling, Spinning and fly have been working well.
Woods
Has been fishing well if you can get through the weed, drift spinning has been very productive with decent sized fish being caught over the last week. Trolling has been hard with the weed levels. Lucky Craft Flash Minnows have been a go to due to their shallow running nature.
Derwent River
Good Searun Trout have been caught over the last week from around Lindisfarne and upstream. All forms of fishing have been good. The standout lure for a few has been the Brown Trout Lucky Craft Flash Minnow.
Arthurs Lake
Spinning lures and working plastics in amongst the trees has been going well with some decent fish caught. Berkley power minnows in pumpkinseed have been a standout.
Leake and Tooms Lake
Both lakes have been not been fishing well and have not really fired of yet. Other lakes would be worth a shot over Leake and Tooms at this point.
Saltwater
Bream
The bream has not slowed this year and have been caught along most shores in the Derwent and Browns River.
Flathead
Flathead have been fishing fairly well considering the time of year and weather conditions. Reports of good numbers of size fish and over have been reported. Marion Bay, Norfolk Bay and around Bruny Island have all been fairly reliable.
Striped Trumpeter
With the closure of the season fast approaching now is the time to get a Stripey fix. The fishing has been good in the shallower areas from down South and all up the east coast. We now stock the popular Vexed Bottom Meat Jig which is proving to be very effective on the stripeys, perfect for a modern twist on bottom fishing.
Tuna
The odd School Bluefin Tuna are still about around the mouth of Fortescue Bay and Hippolyte Rocks.
New Products
Spot On the Fishing Connection has just received new products from Samaki and Fish Craft, affordable lures for everything from Trout to Tuna.
Become a Willow Warrior - Tyenna Working Bee 27/08/22
The Willow Warriors will be back out on the Tyenna River on Saturday 27th August 2022 at the Raspberry Farm, Westerway. Work will involve follow up on previously treated willows and planting maintenance.
All welcome.
Opportunity for anglers with a disability
Taswater generously allow anglers with a disability to fish from the two purpose built platforms at Risdon Brook Reservoir. The Reservoir is reserved for anglers eligible disabilities for the purpose of the Transport Access Scheme.
Adjacent parking and level access to this picturesque and sheltered water make it the ideal location. Current high water levels provide perfect conditions for anglers to fish for the rainbow trout stocked by the IFS in both 2020 and 2021.
Charles at Woods Lake with a cracker.
Charles with another Woods fish on the Black and gold daiwa double clutch.
Angus with a nice fish from the Bronte Woodwards Broadwater.
A nice sight casted searunner being released around Cadbury’s.
