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Trout Fishing North East Tasmania
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The Ringarooma River in North East Tasmania not only has great beauty, high conservation value but is well known for its wild trout fishing.
The Guiding Star Creek has been identified by the Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems Values (CFEV) database in Tasmania as having very high conservation management priority particularly in the lower reach where it flows into the Ringaroom River. The database lists the Creek as being of high naturalness and condition. The Guiding Star Creek provides good habitat for the world's largest freshwater invertebrate, the Giant Freshwater Crayfish (Astacopsis gouldii).
In addition, the downstream reach of the Ringarooma River below the confluence of Guiding Star Creek is also rated as a high conservation management priority.This is a RAMSAR wetland complex encompassing Shantys Lagoon, The Chimneys and Fosters Marshes of very high conservation management priority primarily due to the presence of a threatened flora community – Melaleuca ericifolia coastal swamp forest and several threatened flora and fauna species – Lycopus australis (native gipsywort), Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife), and Galaxiella pusilla (dwarf galaxias).
The stretch of the Ringarooma River upstream of the Red Bridge in Branxholm is a terrific location for the beginner fly fisher, because it presents many different river conditions. The brown trout season is from the 1st Saturday in August to the Sunday closest to the end of April. There is a bag limit of 12 brown trout per day (minimum size 220 mm). This part of North East Tasmania lives up to its reputation as a fantastic location for trout fishing.
A riverwalk (starting at the Red Bridge) and picnic area makes the river easily accessable and enjoyable. A longer circuit walk can be accessed from the Chinese Heritage walk to take the visitor to the Guiding Star Creek and along the historic Briseis Water Race.
