Tasmanian Fishing and Boating News

fish to breed. Victoria has been doing it for years and breed hundreds of thousands of them every year. We just need some one in IFS to take an interestafter all it is their job to protect our native fish. IFS has done the most extraordinary job eradicating carp, and if one tenth of that effort was put into an EP recovery we could have an extra and fantastic sport fishery in the future.

Kingfish

King George whiting have been so keenly caught over the last few years, but now it seems most keen sport fishers are chasing kingfish - including fly fishers. I recently saw some photos of a kingfish caught by a fly fisher from the Low Head breakwall on the lower Tamar River. Unheard of years ago, but now possible. We have not seen too many big versions in our estuaries, the far NE and NW do have monsters. Snapper are also being found in bigger numbers all around Tasmania. The article by Jonty Kruska on page 35 catching snapper from a kayak just shows what some determination can deliver.

Mike Stevens - Ed