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ABC News

Controversial plans to expand Tasmanian salmon industry, environmentalists accuse farms of polluting ocean

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-30/controversial-plans-to-expand-tasmanian-farmed-salmon-industry/5780140

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Commercial Interests; Published: 02 October 2014; Hits: 5457

Concern Rises Over Salmon Farm Pollution

What: Release of report that shows gaps in scientific monitoring of salmon farm impacts in south-east Tasmania and concerns from local landowners about expansion plans of polluting salmon farms

When: 10.30am Wednesday 1 October

Where: Environment Tasmania meeting room, Level 1, 100 Elizabeth St, Hobart

Who: Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania and Karen Harvey, Southport landowner

For more information:

Rebecca Hubbard 0401 854 912

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Commercial Interests; Published: 01 October 2014; Hits: 5585

The 2014 whitebait season opens Wednesday 1 October

The 2014 whitebait season opens Wednesday 1 October and will remain open until Tuesday 11 November.

The rivers open for whitebait fishing are subject to a schedule of annual rotations of open and closed waters. Whitebait fishers will need to ensure that the river they are proposing to fish is open for this season.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Saltwater and Estuary Fishing; Published: 27 September 2014; Hits: 5606

Saltwater and Estuary Fishing

Rare Books

If you are a fishing book collector - especially of rare books - click the link below.

How to get a $69,900 book for $690.

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: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Books; Published: 26 September 2014; Hits: 7003

Fishing Books

Coastal Catches 25/9/2014

Some of the weather that we are getting lately is almost unbelievable with relatively calm days and very little rain. It seems there are a lot of anglers taking advantage of the conditions and wetting a line.
I was down at Sisters Beach on Sunday and the target for the morning was Calamari Squid. We got onto a few good ones and I have been experimenting with a method that I was told about a while ago and it has been fairly successful. It basically involves hanging a squid jig under a polystyrene float and using a small silicone rubber float stopper to set the depth. The advantage of this is you can set the depth so your squid jig is just above the bottom which leaves it in the strike zone and it also results in less jigs being lost. It worked for us and it is a method I will persevere with.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Coastal Catches; Published: 25 September 2014; Hits: 6169

Coastal Catches

Yep Tassie Tackle - The Lure Of Tasmania's status.

Trev and I had a nice trip to little lake on Sunday caught fish on hard body lures , the fish are a lot bigger than the last couple of seasons in my opinion cant wait to get up there in the summer

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: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Tackle, Boats and other Equipment; Published: 24 September 2014; Hits: 8375

Tackle, Boats and other Equipment

Lake Cresent

Help needed. In 1973 Billy Zotch caught a very big trout in Lake Crescent on a Big Bat lure.
Do you know that lure? Do you have one or a photo. Free gift if you can help. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Lake Crescent; Published: 24 September 2014; Hits: 7171

Lake Crescent

Burnie

Great day fishing on the water off Burnie Sunday 21 September - Anthony Taylor, Anthony Wolfe from Coastal Marine and the boys! More fish were released than kept..but had plenty for a good Sunday night bbq!

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: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: North West Coast; Published: 24 September 2014; Hits: 8364

Lake Crescent 23/9/2014

This report is coming from the shores of Lake Crescent.Todd gave us a bum steer - the fish do fight.
The first fish was a 6 lb Rainbow which took half an hour to get in the boat. The second was a cracker of a brown of 12 LB that took another half hour. Vic and I were using 6 lb. leaders.
Thanks for the info it was spot on. We are here for a few days so hopefully we will see some more action.
Regards, Rose and Vic
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: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Lake Crescent; Published: 24 September 2014; Hits: 8671

Lake Crescent

Lake Leake Report 17/8/2014

The first entry in the "Win a Groper Bandana" Competition!

With not a breath of wind and the sun shining, Connor and I decided to go for a "Late Morning Fish". We hit the water by 11am, and were soon trolling. We both had on Tassie Devil lures, an S11 Funky Frog for me, and a #110 Perch for Connor.
We were soon up past Clark’s point, when Connor says, “Let’s pull in here and have a flick or two”. I changed my lure to a Moore soft plastic, in a pumpkin seed colour rigged up with a 1/12 jig head.
First cast, it was near a big old stump, I let it drop, and picked it back up, let it drop again, and I felt a tap, I then was on! I set the hook, and it was the battle between me and this fish!

I wasn’t letting this on get off.