Fishing News & Events
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Perfect combo - school holidays & new trout fishing season
The opening of the new trout fishing season and the beginning of the school holidays is providing the perfect combination for a great family activity over coming weeks.
- 27/09/2018
Families all set to fish hard as lakes re-open
Anglers, along with their families and friends are getting set to try and hook some of Rotorua’s legendary rainbow and brown trout.
- 27/09/2018
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Get set to fish Rotorua’s top trout lakes
Anglers, along with their families and friends are getting set to try and hook some of Rotorua’s legendary rainbow and brown trout.
- Eastern
- 26/09/2018
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Good early season Taranaki fishing predicted
Taranaki Fish & Game staff are tipping local trout streams to be in good condition when the new fishing season opens on Monday October 1, 2018.
- Taranaki
- 20/09/2018
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Anglers urged to try a 'fishy lucky dip'
Anglers…here’s a “fishy lucky dip” that could net you a trout worth $10,000.
- 13/09/2018
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Remember to Vote - Farmers are!
This years Fish & Game elections are already attracting a bit of attention, Stuff. co. nz has published a story about Federated Farmers putting candidates up for election.
- 5/09/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
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Wellington Region By-election Alert
Horizons By-Election AlertFish & Game routinely canvasses political candidates ahead of regional and national elections on issues of interest to the organisation and our key stakeholders.
- Wellington
- 24/08/2018
Anglers ‘eager' as new trout licences go on sale
Trout fishing licences for the coming year are going on sale tomorrow as freshwater anglers eagerly look forward to the start of the 2018-19 freshwater sports fishing season.
- 20/08/2018
Datawatch tag return winners
Tag return winners from the 2018-19 licence draw Each year, Eastern Fish & Game draw 20 names of licenceholders who have returned datawatch tags with the correct accompanying details.
- Eastern
- 17/08/2018
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Datawatch Lucky Tagged Trout Licence 2018 Winners
Datawatch tag return winners from the 2018-19 licence draw Each year, Eastern Fish & Game draw 20 names of licenceholders who have returned datawatch tags with the correct accompanying details.
- Eastern
- 16/08/2018
- Eastern