Tassie fishing license...is this a joke?

Hi Peter

They also have a 'season' with conditions for deer hunting - a declared pest.

Yet they have a duck shooting season for native ducks - in a nature reserve!

A great place to visit all the same.

Motherhen

Peter what native fish are you talking about?.The only native fish of any consequence are blackfish which only occur in the lowland streams like the mersey. The highlands which has a world class sight fishing only has small galaxids which grow to arround 100mm. The climbing galaxid is doing very well and invading new areas then out competing the other small galaxids.
Get your facts right before making ill informed comments.
If you are taking about the mainland then yes you could have a case, but drought and recovery of natives in most streams have killed off most trout in marginal streams anyway.
And I am not a one eyed fish fisher, I pioneered fly fishing for golden Perch in windermere in the early 90s.
Cheers Peter

Hi Norm,
Hope you are having a great trip I am envious.
To get the most from your trip hire a quality guide like Peter Hayes and learn to fly fish. Your only regret will be you did not do it years earlier. Sportsfish Tassie has an excellent forum also.
I really wish I had done more back country bushwalking fishing trips when I was fit enough to do them.
While not an expert on fishing for Tassie trout If you send me an mm I will try and help out as much as I can
Both of you have a great xmas and new year
Tight lines Pete

Thanks Pete,
I had thought of trying fly fishing with a guide, but had pretty much decided against it, as it would be a 'one off'.

To do any more than the guided trip, I'd have to spend a lot on gear that would rarely get used. We probably won't be back to Tassie (for several years anyway) and any visits to the colder areas that have trout fishing on the mainland will always be in 'short summer bursts'.

We are warm weather creatures and spend all our winters in the far north these days. My blog Norm & Kabby's Travel Adventures - Fishing the NT tells a bit of that story. Heading up there after Tassie to be there before Anzac Day.

Although I'd like to try fly fishing (has always fascinated me), I've resigned myself to the fact it does not suit our lifestyle and budget. I'll be happy and content to try a few lures in the rivers and lakes when we get the chance.

Norm C

Good day Norm,
Mate I thought their would be plenty of salt water fly fishing up north. From what I have been told it is a real buzz, but you would I imagine need 10 weight gear as against 6 weight for trout. Mmmm 8 weight would be a compromise.
Arthurs lake is very good for soft plastics. Drop in for a beer at Miena(great lake) and you should find out what is going on. I was going down in feb but with Sallies illness that will be off.
Cheers Pete

Thanks for pointing out the BLEEDING OBVIOUS.

You really are a troll.

Governments are funded from the public purse. Governments hire Public Servants to do their bidding and to think up all dastardly deeds to suck even more money out of the public purse to justify their existence. Governments and Public Servants Australia wide need a good kick up and a restart from scratch. But alas, it will not happen and we are stuck with them and the likes of....................

Governments are no different to the other 'tribes' set up to look after the interests of their members to the exclusion and detriment of non members.

The various tribes that will screw the unaffiliated member of the public are:

Unions

Corporations (airlines, banks, supermarkets, car makers, petrol companies etc)

Governments

Professions

And others that don't spring to mind so readily.

The old rule of 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you' is suddenly forgotten in the boardroom, or the parliament (where the politicians and public servants give themselves salaries and superannuation, and perks (perquisites), way beyond the dreams of the ordinary punters.

The people who set the fishing license fees in Tasmania either don't fish, or get complimentary licenses.

The people who set parking fines drive government provided cars, that run on government provided fuel, and park in designated (free) parking places.

Is there a pattern here or am I being paranoid?

Bob

Ahhh Bob...just what we needed...a Conspiracy Theory....hahahahaha

Hope you and yours have a lovely Xmas

You too Willem

Cheers

So Mark whats new

The poor, the dole bludger, the pensioner or anyone else you want to throw in that basket don't have enough coin to buy the bait let alone the rest of the paraphernalia required to go fishing. The very rich, well the cost of the licence gets paid out of the change in the ashtray of the Beemer, Merc or whatever their ride is and the money involved wouldn't pay for the removal of the barnacles growing on the propeller of their 15000 mtr yacht.

Just like the taxation system, the worker/middle class man pays because he has enough dough to make him a target (easy target) and the rich can afford a high priced team of accounts to make sure that doesn't happen. The poor, well they don't have enough to to target and anyway the government is too busy supporting them.

This stuff must have quite a bite itself hic

Off my soapbox and back to the fridge

Cheers Pop

I think I like you Pop... a man who thinks....

Cheers

Richard

Yeah if you get bleep enough you'd be onto something here Mintrax, darn if youd know the difference..!

Steve,

Because the NT is clever enough to realise that fishing is what brings in HUGE amounts of tourist dollars, so why put people off with ridiculous fishing licences? I forget the exact figures, but I remember seeing a report once that suggested every Barra caught in the NT is worth some $2-300 to the local economy. So, the NT earns plenty of money from the humble Barra, but the clever part is that the money is spread across a range of businesses (such as yourself), rather than some ridiculous grab for money by the Government.

The upside is that locals get to fish for free. I wish I still lived there.

Cheers,

Matt.

Now Steve, we love the 'Top End' too. Spend 4 or 5 months there each year these days (Dry Season). The liberal view of boating is not all good though.

No boat licence required (so no training in safety or rules of the water)
No boat registration. No complaint financially, but rego numbers are handy sometimes.
No restriction on boating 'under the influence' - drink all you want on the water.

We had a good chuckle with a NT copper earlier this year. He admitted it was lunacy that an untrained person can get in a very powerful boat with family on board, do almost any speed, drink 24 beers and a bottle of rum, somehow find his way back to the ramp and the first time he is breaking the law is when he gets in his car at the boat ramp.

We still love the place, but we are very cautious when other boats are nearby, due to lack of knowledge of rules of the water with some boaters.

Heading back to NT in March.

Norm C

I realize that I'm in the wrong trade - I should have become a neurologist, get double the amount hehehe providing there are any brains to work on!

Could be the answer