Fishing News & Events

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Amazing fishing opportunities at Lake Pupuke

Three hundred large rainbow trout have been released by Fish & Game staff into the Quarry Lake arm of Lake Pupuke on the North Shore this week and fishing has…

  • Auckland/Waikato
  • 5/05/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Notice of Ramp Closures in the Eastern Region

The Hamurana boat ramp, Lake Rotorua will be closed for works for about three weeks from the 10th of May.

  • Eastern
  • 1/05/2021
  • Eastern
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Aquatic Weed Spraying - Rotorua and Waikato Hydro lakes

7th April 2021.

  • Eastern
  • 30/03/2021
  • Eastern
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Hugh Creasy Column March 2021

Change is coming, chill winds from the south sweep through the forests.

  • 18/03/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Pioneer Energy to Lower Lake Aniwhenua

Pioneer Energy Ltd on behalf of Southern Generation Limited Partnership have advised that the water level of Lake Aniwhenua will be lowered by up to two metres below its normal minimum operating level…

  • Eastern
  • 16/03/2021
  • Eastern
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Hugh Creasy column for Feb 2021

In the heat of the day, the road surface glistens black with melting tar, and the roadside broom crackles with ripening seed pods bursting and brittle.

  • 18/02/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Arapuni Fishing Contest

This competition at the popular Waikato trout fishing lake will be held on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, March 20th and 21st 2021.

  • Auckland/Waikato
  • 16/02/2021
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Hugh Creasy column for January 2021

The howling winds of January will die away, the rivers will subside and the sun will shine.

  • 21/01/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Christmas boost for canal fishing opportunities due to power station upgrades

Anglers fishing the Tekapo Canal over the summer holidays have had an early Christmas present with a boost in their chances due to Genesis Energy and Central South Island Fish…

  • 24/12/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Hugh Creasy Column December 2020

Forests have a cleansing odour – a smell of decay and renewal, an ancient familiarity in which humanity has taken solace for millions of years.

  • 17/12/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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