August – September 2017
TASMANIAN FISHING and BOATING NEWS — ISSUE 128
Flinders Island
Winter Bream
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Finally – it’s trouting time again Starlo loves his Tasmanian trout fishing… and it’s not hard to see why.
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The closed season for trout is not long - it just seems so. Snow, sleet and rain often greet opening day,
but early anglers accept the challenge and brave the elements and reap the rewards. Four Springs, Woods and Penstock are primed for some great early fishing. There is a question on may people’s lips this year though — What about Arthurs? We would love to be running a story on the ‘Return of Arthurs’. IFS have been watching its performance and indications are the fishery is
improving. In particular, both the size and number of fish are improving. In 2013 only 10% of fish were bigger than 400mm. Spawning fish measured in May 2017 showed over 50% were bigger than 400mm. How those figures appear in catch rates will soon show. Hopefully the October edition of TFBN will reveal an ‘Arthurs revival’ story.