New Norfolk Anglers Club

15/06/2026

A reminder for NNLAA members and guests that RSVP's are due by this Saturday June 20th for our annual dinner and trophy night on Friday July 3. Please forward through RSVP's to either Laurie or Adam.

Regards NNLAA committee

All members past and present are invited to attend to celebrate the 2025-26 season. Please note the RSVP date and if paying online remember to state your full name/s , the number of people attending and in what age bracket (Adult & Junior - Junior 5-16 yrs) and also anyone under 5 years of age as well.

01/06/2026

All members past and present are invited to attend to celebrate the 2025-26 season. Please note the RSVP date and if paying online remember to state your full name/s , the number of people attending and in what age bracket (Adult & Junior - Junior 5-16 yrs) and also anyone under 5 years of age as well.

06/05/2026

Closing Weekend-Competition 10

The New Norfolk Licensed Anglers Association held their last trout fishing competition of the 2025/26 season over closing weekend. The "Open Water" event allowed members to fish their favourite spots one last time before the seasons end. Surprisingly just eleven trout were weighed in with a total weight of 7.256 kg and an average weight of .659 kg. NNLAA Treasurer Katie Russell caught the best trout of the competition from Lake Sorell which was a ripper male brown trout weighing 2.214 kg cleaned. Katie won the senior heaviest trout award with Adrian Slater next on .516 kg and .507 kg and Andrew Slater next with .479 kg. NNLAA youngster Darcy Robinson won the Junior heaviest Trout award with a nice fish weighing .819 kg which just pipped young gun Jayden Slater with his fish at .798 kg. Lee Robinson followed with his trout weighing .567 kg which won him the average weight award . The competitions results show fishing was tough going over closing weekend but sometimes it's not always about that either.

The NNLAA would like to thank all its members for participating in rostered competitions during the 2025/26 season. The NNLAA also would like to thank all of its generous sponsors for their ongoing support every season as well.

Keep an eye out on the NNLAA's page for updates as we push towards the annual dinner and trophy night held on July 3

08/04/2026

*****Important Competition 8 Update- Lake Sorell****
Due to shocking weather conditions forecast for this weekend's 8th trout fishing competition up at Lake Sorell the NNLAA executive committee has made the decision to cancel it. We apologize for any inconvenience this has and will cause to members who had planned their weekend away but due to the amount of wind, snow ,hail and rain forecast we've deemed it a safety risk. We can't control the weather and we discussed postponing or holding a competition elsewhere but unanimously the committee voted to cancel.. Again we apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to catching up with everyone for our final competition to be held over closing weekend from the 1st - 3rd of May.
Regards NNLAA Committee.

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09/03/2026

Results of Competition 7- Bronte Lagoon

The New Norfolk Licensed Anglers Association held their 7th trout fishing competition of the 2026/27 season at Bronte Lagoon over the weekend. Overall 57 trout were weighed in with a total weight of 39.064 kg and an average weight of .685 kg. Female member Mandy Harrison won the average weight with a nice fish weighing .677 kg which was closest to the average weight of .685 kg. Father and Son Adrian and Jayden Slater dominated like competition six with both winning the Senior & Junior Heaviest Trout awards. Adrian's fish was a brown trout weighing 1.387 kg which was also backed by a nice Rainbow Trout weighing 1.214 kg. Next best was Paul McKenzie with a solid Brown Trout that weighed 1.098 kg, Glen Duggan had one at .917 kg, Shayne Langford one at .884 kg and rounding out the top 5 was Craig Waddington with a fish weighing .671 kg. Jayden Slater was the only junior fishing the event and he nailed the best fish which was a superb male Rainbow Trout weighing 1.837 kg. Jayden's next best fish was a brown trout weighing 1.030 kg and Mum Kirsty Chalmers also weighed in some nice trout ,her best was a great Rainbow that weighed 1.297 kg . Stephanie Fulton also had a nice brown trout weighing 1.026 kg. Adrian and Jayden Slater and Kirsty Chalmers had the best weekend by far weighing in well over 20 trout between the three of them. There were 7 healthy rainbow trout weighed in from members ranging from .717 kg to Jayden's 1.837 kg buck with only one lacking condition. Overall, the brown trout landed were all in great nick too with average size of all trout up compared to recent seasons. The NNLAA thanks the members that made the effort to get away at what is one of the best trout fishing waters in Tasmania. Also thanks to NNLAA sponsors /Williams Outdoors for helping out with prizes/vouchers as well. The NNLAA's 8th competition will be held on the second weekend in April with final details to be released/confirmed after a general meeting on March 17..

22/02/2026

Some more great pics.

22/02/2026

Some great photos from the past.

11/02/2026

Results of Competition 6-Updated

The Wayatinah Social Club held the Dave Gasson Memorial trout fishing competition at Wayatinah Lagoon last weekend. This well organized and run event falls over the Hobart Regatta long weekend and always attracts a lot of anglers and this year was no different. A total of 173 entries were received which was made up of 89 adults and 84 juniors and as always it was great to see the big number of juniors competing. A total of 76 trout were weighed in and 375 European Perch or "Redfin" were also weighed in as well. New Norfolk Licensed Angler Association members fared really well with father and son Adrian and Jayden Slater taking out both the Senior and Junior Heaviest Trout awards. Adrian's trout weighed 1.850 kg cleaned that he caught on a soft plastic just after competition starting time on Friday night and Jayden's fish was also caught on a soft plastic which weighed 1.490 kg. Runners up in the Senior section were Adam Williams with a fish weighing 1.470 kg also caught on a soft plastic and Craig Waddington with a 1.380 kg fish he caught trolling. For the juniors runners up were Luca Bailey Harrison who had one at .770 kg. Franklin Sawford one at .690 kg and Ella Jones also one at .570 kg. Adam Rice won the prize for a fish weighing closest to the secret weight for the seniors and Charlie Broderick won the same for the juniors. The most perch caught by a senior was 59 by Matthew Hale and for the juniors Bentley Brown caught 69. The biggest redfin caught by a senior went to Jakayla Bennet and junior Lachie Howard and the smallest perch for the seniors went to Katrina Hale and juniors Franklin Sawford. Dion Taylor won the Wayatinah Lakeside Caravan Parks separate closest to the secret weight award donated by Mark and Carol Paton. Other NNLAA members to get good fish were Gerald Russell - 1.11 kg, Brian Crosswell- 1.04 kg, Tony Robertson- 1.06 kg, Kirsty Chalmers .910 kg, Laurie Harrison .770 kg, Shayne Langford .440 kg, Glen Duggan- .480 kg and Paul Mckenzie .570 kg. As mentioned before the social club, committee and caravan park always do a great job with sourcing prizes and hosting this event and also a big thanks goes out to sponsors that selflessly help out. The NNLAA's next competition is at Bronte Lagoon from March 6th-8th and good luck to members fishing at Great Lake this weekend in Deloraine's Interclub competition.

26/01/2026

If any club members are keen to fish this event contact NNLAA President Laurie Harrison.

04/12/2025

This little lady is 8 year old Blake Sweet. As the name suggests Blake is a sweetheart who's had a really tough time of it after losing her mother to illness earlier in 2025. Blake and her pop Ray Aitchison came up to the junior pond last weekend for the STLAA Family Day BBQ and with little experience, Blake was hoping to catch her first trout.. For the record Blake had not caught a fish of any species before either and with a little casting practice prior to the day Blake stood by the pond and started casting for a catch.. Blake was impressive, casting well out into the water and better than a lot of other boys who'd had much more experience with fishing than her. It didn't take long either before Blake had caught her first trout(pictured) and within 15 more minutes Blake had also caught another one as well.. Blake didn't have any more luck for the remainder of the day but continued to cast right up until the end which was more than anyone else and heartening to witness. The thrill of catching her first fish was evident and will be a memory that stays with her forever and for a little while overshadows the trauma of her loss Because of that Adam R crowned her the angler of the day and season so far . This is the reason why the NNLAA hosts days like they do❤️.