Tasmanian Fishing Report 2/9/22
Alan Williams with a big Crescent brown.
New Fishing Options
This Weekend new fishing options open with the opening of Rainbow Trout Opening.
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Freshwater
With Rainbow Trout designated waters due to open on the 1/10/22 some new waters will be available to fish that have been closed for some time.
Dee Lagoon
The last few early seasons on Dee has been worth a look, although Dee holds a reputation for tough fishing the last few years
Atlantic Salmon
With reports slowing the salmon have been a hard fish to track down over the last few weeks.
A few anglers have been getting onto the odd fish in the Sothern Rivers and Streams.
Lake Crescent
A lot of anglers are finding it hit or miss depending on the day. Some anglers are reporting catching good numbers and size then the next day struggling. The Shimano Bantam BT Bait Lure in Gold Shad has been very deadly and a popular fly choice has been the Krystal Bugger Olive stripped super slowly. Most of the fish have been caught hard on the edges chasing Golden Galaxias
Bronte Lagoon
With water levels up and down the lake has not been a reliable option for many. For the anglers that are putting in the time it has been producing some very nice fish. Trolling and drift spinning has been the popular choice.
Arthurs Lake
The Cow Paddock and Seven Pond Bay have been fishing very well, few reports of stonefly hatches and fish rising. The fish in Arthurs have been small but in healthy condition.
Salt Water
Australian Salmon
The rivers seem to be holding large numbers of small Aussie salmon at the moment with the odd larger one mixed in.
Bream
The Bream have been well spread in both the Derwent and Huon, this time of year you start to see the fishing schooling and heading up river to spawn.
Flathead
A few Flathead have been caught around Norfolk Bay and Marion Bay. The next few weeks should see catch rates improve.
Tuna
Good Numbers of Bluefin Tuna are being reported South around Pedra. One angler reported losing a large fish after a fairly long fight last week.
Calamari
Reasonable numbers of calamari are being caught throughout the Channel area.
Remember to please send in photos of your catches so we can feature your catch.
Great Lake tagged Fish caught
Josh made the most of the recent public holiday by spending the day drift spinning on yingina / Great lake with his mate Luke. With a nice N/NW breeze they were having a good day and had caught 12 trout along the eastern shore. When lucky trout number thirteen was landed they could see that it had a tag.
Plenty River Platforms Removed
After numerous floods and repairs the disabled fishing platforms, on the Plenty River at the Salmon Ponds, have been removed due to safety concerns.
Anglers with disabilities have a number of other options in the area. There are purpose built platforms on the River Derwent at the Esplanade, New Norfolk and at Windsor Corner on the Lyell Highway west of New Norfolk.
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.
This Week’s Photos
Staff member Angus with an obese Rainbow from Crescent last weekend.
Alan with another beefy Crescent brown.
Bronte has been extremely low in recent weeks but the levels are coming up.
