Guided Fishing

The Highland Lakes

Tasmania is world famous for its wild Brown Trout lake fishery. The highland lake country is more or less in the geographical center of the state at an altitude of 1000 meters. This area is an easy one and a half hour drive from either Launceston, or the capital, Hobart. Our team of guides work daily from the Great Lake area during the season which is open from August to April inclusive.

We are the only fishing guides living, and working, full time in the highlands and as such our local knowledge is without peer. This, coupled with the use of 4WD veichles and tri hull sportfishing boats, ensures that you experience the finest trout fishing attainable at the time of your visit.

We have two distinctly different types of lake fishing available in the highlands. The larger, deeper, man made hydro storages like Great Lake, Arthurs, Dee Lagoon and the smaller, shallower intimate natural lagoons and tarns of the western lakes. Most fishing is sight fishing for brown trout that average close to three pounds.

Through out the season visiting anglers could expect to savour some of the most exciting and challanging trout fishing. In any one month an angler could be chasing tails in the shallows, polaroiding on a crystal clear day. Alternatively practicing the art of Loch-style fishing and the excitement of wind lane trout fishing .

Loch-style fishing

Polaroiding

Wind lane

Tailing Trout

Float Trips


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