Fishing News & Events
New manager for Hawke’s Bay Fish & Game
As the new fishing season gets into full swing, Hawke's Bay Fish & Game has a new regional manager, Jesse Friedlander.
- Hawke's Bay
- 23/10/2018
Sunny skies see trout licence sales soar
Wellington Fish & Game says a surge in licence sales can be put down to steady weather and great trout fishing over the first few weeks of the season which…
- Wellington
- 17/10/2018
Boost for fish stocks at Lake McLaren near Tauranga
Fish & Game has released hundreds of young trout into Lake McLaren and the Ruahihi Canal in the lower Kaimai ranges near Tauranga – to boost the fishing stocks for…
- 17/10/2018
Fish for Gold angler ‘lucky several times over’ in his catch
The only angler to catch an orange tagged trout in the Rotorua lakes “fishy lucky dip” has described just how lucky he was to catch the special trout.
- 16/10/2018
Weed removal makes Kids Fishing Day a success!
A massive effort to remove more than 40 tonnes of invasive weed helped make the annual Christchurch Take a Kid Fishing Day a huge success.
- North Canterbury
- 14/10/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Angler catches orange tag trout in ‘fishy lucky dip'
An angler has caught the first trout with an orange tag in the Rotorua lakes “fishy lucky dip” – stoking up interest in the hunt for a fish worth $10,000.
- 9/10/2018
New trout season off to a flying start
Thousands of keen anglers around the country have been enjoying success as they try to catch a trout for the family dinner table following the opening of the new freshwater…
- 4/10/2018
Big fish mark the opening of the new trout season on Rotorua’s lakes
Rotorua’s reputation for quality trout fishing has been reinforced with this week’s start of the new fishing season which has seen trout of nearly five kilograms landed.
- Eastern
- 4/10/2018
Anglers big day out
Trout anglers’ big day arrives with the start of the new fishing season Thousands of anglers around the country are hoping to hook a fish for dinner today (Oct 1) as…
- 1/10/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Fish & Game reminder - deadline looms for $10k trout entries
Anglers and their families have been reminded to “get in quick” if they want to hook an orange-tagged trout worth a cool $10,000 – one of 30 very special fish…
- Eastern
- 28/09/2018