Fishing near Latrobe, Tasmania

Latrobe sits on the lower Mersey River in Tasmania's north-west, just inland from the Bass Strait coast. The town is a direct access point for one of Tasmania's most highly regarded river fisheries, with the Mersey estuary and the road bridge at Latrobe both well-known spots for sea-run trout. The broader region is laced with trout rivers — the Don, Forth, Leven and Wilmot among them — and the Central Highlands lakes are within an hour's drive.