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Fish & Game tips good times ahead for Lake Arapuni anglers

Lake Arapuni, one of the Waikato’s most popular trout fishing spots, is in the “best shape” ever for the summer with rainbows averaging more than half a metre long, according...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Fish & Game releases trout by boat at Lake Tarawera

Fish & Game officers have used a boat to release fish “far and wide” on Lake Tarawera this week.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago by Default Admin

'First class’ Rotorua streams all set to open

Anglers are gearing up for the December opening of some first class stream fishing around the shores of Lake Rotorua.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago by Default Admin

Fish & Game applauds Cawthron Institute initiative to clean up New Zealand's waterways

Fish & Game is applauding the Cawthron Institute’s launch of a new charitable foundation to improve New Zealand’s water quality but questions why such vital work is being left to charities.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Holiday weekend opportunity for anglers to taste success

Labour weekend is providing holiday makers with their first opportunity to sample the wider range of new freshwater fishing licences now being offered by Fish & Game.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Rotoiti and Okataina ‘best performers’ of Rotorua lakes on trout opening

Lake Rotoiti fished “way ahead” of normal on Opening Day, going by Fish & Game’s surveys of hundreds of anglers who turned out for the start of the new fishing season.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

'Foolish' Rotorua man failed to learn poaching lesson

A Rotorua man failed to learn his lesson after being booked for trout poaching offences, and “foolishly” went on to commit more just over a month later.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Hauraki angler ‘closest’ to grand fishing prize of $25k

A Hauraki Plains angler has won a $200 prize in Fish & Game’s Fish for Gold promotion, getting closest to the grand prize of $25,000.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

'Banding Together' hunting jacket winners named

Hunting & Fishing New Zealand has named this year’s five lucky game bird hunters who’ve each won one of their $299.99 Matuku hunting jackets in the Banding Together promotion.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Number of junior anglers pleasing - Fish & Game

A feature of the opening of the new trout fishing season has been the number of young anglers on the waterways - this year October 1 fell within the first...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago by Default Admin

New fishing season: happy anglers, fish biting

Happy days…anglers who turned out for the first day of the new trout fishing season around the North Island were treated to some balmy conditions and hungry fish.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Wild weather & water worries ahead of the new South Island fishing season

Get out and make the most of favourable conditions early in the new fishing season in the South Island, is the advice from Fish & Game ahead of the 1...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Anglers asked to 'tell all' on fishing habits

Fish & Game officers are preparing to quiz over 1000 anglers about their fishing habits on Opening Day, as the new fishing season (October 1) – gets underway on the...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Trout Angling Access Safeguarded For Season Opening

Anglers are being reassured by Fish & Game that access to their favourite fishing spot for the looming trout fishing season has been safeguarded by Parliament under several pieces of...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago by Default Admin

Anglers lured to Rotorua lakes with $25,000 trout prize!

The lure of the “big one” has taken on a whole new perspective with Fish & Game’s launch of a major fishing promotion on Rotorua’s lakes offering 25,000 as the...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Anglers and hunters urged to ‘make their vote count’

Hunters and anglers are being urged to make sure they have their say in how the environment and freshwater fish and game bird resources are managed by voting in the...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

New technology revolutionises field work

From counting trout spawning in Fiordland, to monitoring duck numbers in Nelson, Fish & Game is using new drone technology to transform its field work.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Better value and more options as 2015-16 Fishing Licences go on sale

Freshwater anglers have a wide range of new freshwater fishing options to choose with Fish & Game’s 2015-16 trout and salmon licences now on sale.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Fish & Game says launch of new fishing licences offers 'nine ways to catch a fish'

Fish & Game New Zealand is preparing to introduce four new types of fishing licence to provide more choice and flexibility – so both current anglers or newcomers to the...

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

Fish & Game Wants Answers Over Taupo Trout Proposal

Fish & Game is meeting the Office of Treaty Settlements to get answers over a controversial proposal to allow Ngati Tuwharetoa to raise trout in Taupo’s existing trout hatchery facilities.

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Posted in Fishing; Posted 8 years ago

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