NORTH COAST WINTER OPTIONSIn the winter things in our estuaries and coastal areas start to close down but not necessarily shut down. Sometimes I think we shut down a lot more than the fishing does. . I know its cold, but you normally get a lot of still calm days during the winter, which allows small boat owners to access areas they could not fish during the windy months. Some fish species actually get more active as the water temperature drops. Fish such as Garfish, Salmon, Flathead, Gummy Sharks, Couta, Blue warhoe and Sea Trout are all worth targeting throughout the winter months |
|
Read more...
|
Breaking the ice – starting the new seasonTo say that this winter has been wet cold and windy would be an understatement. It really harks back to the good old winters of years gone by – heaps of snow on the highlands, piercing winds that hardly pause for breath and driving rain that only stops so that it can come from a different direction. While this makes us cold and miserable, uses up all our firewood and ramps up the electricity bills as well strive to stay warm and comfortable, it is also ‘money in the bank’ for the new trout season. We need plenty of winter rain and snow for a great summer season. Oh wondrous day, the opening of the season!
|
|
Read more...
|
Stillwater Nymphing.
Hobart trout guide Bob McKinley revisits a tried and proven method.
I like nothing better than sight fishing for trout and fishing the dry fly has to be the champagne of all fishing. However we all find those times when conditions are less than perfect, no fish are visible and we find ourselves having to go down to find the fish.
|
|
Read more...
|
What makes a Tasmanian guide?Tasmanian trout guides have a worldwide reputation as guides of high skill and professionalism. This reputation hasn’t happened by accident, as the peak body representing trout guides in Tasmania, (Trout Guides and Lodges Tasmania or TGALT) has continually lifted the bar in terms of guides qualifications and requirements for government accreditation.
|
|
Read more...
|
Motivations of Tasmanian Trout AnglersMichael Burgess, a post graduate student from the Australian Maritime College, conducted a study researching the motivations of Tasmanian trout anglers last year and in this article he discusses the results and their implications for increasing angler participation. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click on the thumbnail to view the complete list of Tasfish back issues in full magazine format.
