Fishing News & Events

Otago

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Fish & Game to poacher: we have your spear

If you lost a fishing spearhead in the Water of Leith this week, Fish & Game has it and would like to talk to you.

  • Otago
  • 2/04/2025
  • Bruce Quirey
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Crystal-clear waters yield valuable fish data

Otago Fish & Game has wrapped up its drift-diving programme helping to monitor fish populations in high-country fisheries for the 2024-25 season.

  • Otago
  • 20/03/2025
  • Bruce Quirey
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Hundreds of stranded trout relocated to lakes

Otago Fish & Game staff successfully relocated more than 500 trout from a stranded pool in the Lindis River in Central Otago this week after being alerted by a concerned…

  • Otago
  • 28/02/2025
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Otago Fish & Game asks anglers for heads up over elusive salmon

Freshwater anglers are being asked to keep the heads of any elusive sea-run salmon caught from the Clutha River/Mata-Au below the Roxburgh dam.

  • Otago
  • 21/02/2025
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