September 1 is officially the first day of spring, and once also marked the beginning of the lowland trout season.
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Bait like the not-so-humble garden worm was popular then and is still enticing trout in northern rivers, including the Mersey and Break O’Day.
Other anglers down East have been pleased with more brownies caught on worms from the George River near Pyengana.
From Georges Bay brine, meanwhile, are coming trevally, flathead and even a few ling.
In the southeast, the rock lobster fishery between Marion Bay and Tasman Island was closed from Monday, August 29 to allow crays to be tested for toxin levels - and to ensure that access to export markets is not compromised.
Tooms Lake level remains high and the pleasing condition of its trout continues to be reported.
Four Springs Lake is still spilling too, but currently more popular than worms are lures fished at various depths.
While a few small rainbows are reported, most are browns to 1.4 kilograms.
The absence of massed waterfowl is welcome, unlike visitors lighting fires and setting deadlines.
More encouraging is information from popular Woods Lake about Arthurs paragalaxias, a small native fish once inhabiting both Woods and Arthurs Lakes but thought to have died out in Woods Lake.
During two nights at the end of last September, however, Inland Fisheries officers found 34 of them in various sites throughout Woods Lake - and most were females about to spawn.
These results are the first conclusive evidence that Arthurs paragalaxias are becoming re-established after an absence of nearly twenty years.