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Boat Fishing 'how to', Lake Tarawera, Saturday 2nd January 2021

Fish & Game provide ‘how-to’ boat fishing knowledge Fish & Game are providing a free talk and demonstration on improving angler’s boat fishing skills and knowledge this summer.

  • Eastern
  • 11/12/2020
  • Eastern
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Salmon Run begins

Beginners luck paid off for Rolleston women Vicky Van Der Zwet when she caught her first ever salmon over the weekend.

  • 30/11/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Hugh Creasy Column for December 2020

There is a chill in the morning air, and the moon hangs above the horizon, soon to disappear as the sun rises.

  • 19/11/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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2020 Canterbury Trout Fishing Festival

When & where: 28 November 2020 at the Peppers Christchurch Clearwater Resort, Clearwater Avenue, Christchurch from 9am-12pm and the Groynes Fishing Lakes between 1-3pm. Registration and Coffee from 8.

  • North Canterbury
  • 17/11/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Anglers pack the riverside to learn about softbaits

Outram was a hotbed of angling activity on Wednesday night when about 50 anglers attended the first of three clinics on softbait fishing run by Otago Fish & Game.

  • Otago
  • 12/11/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Hundreds of anglers head for the hills

At 0001 hours on Saturday the 7th of November, the high country fishing season kicked-off throughout Canterbury.

  • North Canterbury
  • 8/11/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Hugh Creasy's column November 2020

Perhaps it is the arc of the line flashing in the morning light that lifts the angler’s spirit, the sheer elegance of the cast that grips the imagination.

  • 21/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Lake Rotomanu family trout fishing day – Saturday 31st October, 8am – 1pm

In a change to the usual kids’ fishing format where trout are corralled in a holding net in Lake Rotomanu, this year 400 good-sized rainbow trout will be released into…

  • Taranaki
  • 13/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Hugh Creasy's Column September 2020

There had been a fresh fall of snow on the tops, and the water was cold.

  • 21/09/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Photo 2 Anglers fish a popular stretch of the upper Tekapo Canal known as the Magic Carpet July 2020 Credit Rhys Adams
Precautionary Closure to Upper Tekapo Canal Trout Fishery

Angler concern over the sustainability of one of the world’s best “trophy” trout fisheries will lead to a precautionary closure during the 2021 winter fishing season.

  • 5/08/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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