Fishing near Burnie, Tasmania

This is Burnie, a Tasmania town in Kentish. About 20,417 people live here. Beginning with the nearest: Talbots Lagoon (44.4 km), Forth Falls Creek (45.8 km) to the south-east, Lake Gairdner (48.1 km), Lake Mikany (63.8 km) to the west then Lake MacKintosh (75.5 km). The bank at Lake MacKintosh is easy going, which makes it the sensible first stop. Brackish water is common on this list. Look for the line where sand gives way to silt. No part of the year shuts this water. Cool nights in the off season lift the fishing. Talbots Lagoon sits nearest and covers some 2.5 sq km. County records name brown trout, shortfin eel, goldfish, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon among the fish present. The nearby options lean coastal rather than inland. The far ones are usually the emptier ones. Local anglers in Burnie tend to rotate between these through the season....