Rainbow Trout (also known as Rainbow) in Tasmania. Minimum legal size, daily bag limit, possession limit — verified against the Inland Fisheries Service (Tasmania) guide, 2026.
In Tasmania, the minimum legal size for Rainbow Trout varies by water — check the official source for the water you are fishing and the daily bag limit is 5 (river fisheries) or 12 (lake fisheries) by default; varies water-to-water — check the A-Z of waters / InFish app, with a possession limit of 5 (rivers) or 12 (lakes) by default — varies by water. Season note: Rainbow trout waters generally open from the Saturday nearest 1 October to the Sunday nearest 31 May, and some waters run different seasons. The exact opening and closing dates shift every year — check the current season dates with the Inland Fisheries Service before you fish.
There is no single Tasmania minimum legal size for Rainbow Trout — it varies by water. By default 220 mm in river fisheries (with a daily bag of 5) and 300 mm in lake fisheries (with a daily bag of 12); a water-specific 400 mm minimum applies at yingina/Great Lake. Check the Inland Fisheries Service (Tasmania) inland bag and size limits for the water you are fishing before you keep a fish.
Rainbow trout waters generally open from the Saturday nearest 1 October to the Sunday nearest 31 May, and some waters run different seasons. The exact opening and closing dates shift every year — check the current season dates with the Inland Fisheries Service before you fish.
Tasmanian inland rainbow trout rules vary water-to-water. The defaults are: RIVER fisheries — 220 mm minimum and a daily bag of 5; LAKE fisheries — 300 mm minimum and a daily bag of 12. A water-specific 400 mm minimum applies at yingina/Great Lake. Confirm your water in the IFS A-Z of waters, the InFish app, or the Tasmanian Inland Fishing Code. An inland angling licence is required.
These limits are pulled from the Inland Fisheries Service (Tasmania) inland bag and size limits. Last verified June 2026.
Always check the official guide before keeping any fish. Regulations change. Inland Fisheries Service (Tasmania) updates its guide annually and occasionally mid-year. Fines for over-bag or undersized fish are significant.
This species has no single Tasmania minimum legal size — it is set per water. Confirm the minimum for the exact water you are fishing before keeping a fish.
Tasmania has two licence regimes. Inland/freshwater (trout) fishing requires a recreational angling licence for anyone aged 14 or over. Sea/saltwater line fishing for scalefish needs no licence — only specific methods (rock lobster, abalone, scallop dive, nets, set lines) require a recreational sea fishing licence. Buy an inland angling licence (IFS).
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