Archive: April, 2021

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Only one day to go till the 2021 game bird season

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Around 45,000 kiwis will be counting down the hours on Friday to the start of the 2021 duck hunting season on Saturday.

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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 29-04-2021

WFR2021.64 the authors last fish of the summer season on the Opihi River

The “summer” season finishes up tomorrow, Friday the 30th of April; and this is the final weekly fishing report for the 2020/2021 fishing season.

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Weekly Fishing Report- Central South Island 22 April 2021

WFR2021.63 A salmon is measured and DNA sample collected before its return to Deep Creek in the Rangitata Catchment photo Credit Richie Cosgrove

Be sure to make the most of the last weekend of the “summer fishing season”.

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Weekly Fishing Report for North Canterbury 15 April 2021

Rakaia Headwaters

The traditional fishing season is all but finished now and with rain forecast for much of the region Friday night, rivers are likely to become dis-coloured for a few days.

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Weekly Fishing Report - Central South Island - 15 April 2021

WFR2021.61 the upper part of the Tekapo Canal upstream of SH8 Bridge including the Magic Carpet pictured will be closed from 1 June to 31 August 2021 Photo credit Rhys Adams

We are winding down towards the end of the main fishing season on April 30.

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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island- 08-04-2021

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As Rhys reported last week, the sea-run salmon season has now closed and that brings the beginning of our annual salmon counts.

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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 01-04-2021

WFR2021.55 Hakataramea River near Wrights Crossing 31 03 2021 this pool held a few adult trout

The weather forecast for Easter weekend is a mixed bag but there isn’t much rain forecast so rivers and streams will offer stable flows.

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