Reel Life November 2020

With the weather warming, more and more anglers will be heading out there and reaping the benefits of having a fishing licence. 

This month’s issue is packed full of helpful tips and info to help anglers have the most chance of success. 

Bernard Morrison with a lower Taieri brown caught on an olive and pearl paddle tail.

Be sure to click through on the links above/below to unlock this treasure trove of info. 

There are articles like five quick tips for trout from the team at Central South Island Fish & Game. 

 Or where the upcoming softbait clinics are on in Otago, you can check out their first one here. 

And in Taranaki they have some upcoming fishing events in Stratford and Lake Rotomanu that if you are around will be great fun. 

The team at Hawkes Bay reminds us to always check clean dry to keep aquatic pests out of our waterways. 

Just like how we have come together to contain Covid-19, we still need to be very vigilant about keeping aquatic pests contained. 

In Eastern, the latest intel is on big brown trout on the move in Lake Rotorua and which new fisheries open up on the 1^st of December. 

The team in Southland have been very prolific producing some fantastic videos to help anglers have the most chance of success especially around spin and bait fishing.

These videos are hosted on the Fish & Game YouTube channel and are a great resource to provide info and advice click here to check it out.

For anglers in the Wellington, North Canterbury and Central South Island regions you can also subscribe to their weekly fishing reports here to get the latest fishing info, or here to check out some past reports.

The Fish & Game website also has the special section called Park & Cast which gives you access to where you can drive and fish with a reasonable chance of success in a location that has sustainable populations of fish. 

And don’t forget angling doyen Hugh Creasy’s monthly insights into fishing here. 

All in all, the coming month is prime pickings for getting out there and into some fantastic fishing.

Tight lines. 

The team at Fish & Game.