Fishing News & Events
2018 Kai Iwi Lakes Trout Fishing competition
Ticket sales are now available from the following outlets for the 2018 Kai Iwi Lakes Trout Fishing competition on the 7th and 8th of July, 2018: Northland Fish & Game Council office,…
- Northland
- 31/05/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Meet the future - what water samples can tell us about trout and salmon
Imagine being able to scoop water out of a river and tell if fish live upstream, what species they are and if they’re reproducing? That idea is set to become a…
- 19/05/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Info for Anglers
Anglers who are fishing at Lake Coleridge are to be advised that at the Harper River end of the lake, there are reports (1 May 2018) that there is some…
- North Canterbury
- 1/05/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Aquatic weed spraying notice – Rotorua Lakes
Fish & Game has been advised by environmental planners Boffa Miskell that aquatic weed spaying on behalf of Environment Bay of Plenty will begin on Monday April 30th 2018.
- Eastern
- 23/04/2018
- Eastern
Poacher pays ‘high price’ for trout from hatchery
Trout poached from Fish & Game’s Ngongotaha hatchery were “anything but a free feed” for a Rotorua teenager who has paid dearly for his catch.
- 18/04/2018
Auckland school pupils invited to help Daisy the Labrador
Holidaying school pupils are invited to Auckland’s Lake Pupuke for some school holiday entertainment of a very different sort – the chance to help ‘Daisy the fish dispersal Labrador' with…
- Auckland/Waikato
- 17/04/2018
Fish for Winter Trout
But check the weather forecast first. Remember, in general fish are more active prior to a front arriving and less active after it, says Fish & Game.
- 10/04/2018
Nova Energy lowering Lake Aniwhenua for Weed Control
Eastern region Fish & Game would like to advise anglers and hunters that Nova Energy (on behalf of Southern Generation Partnership) will be lowering Lake Aniwhenua in accordance with resource…
- Eastern
- 3/04/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Health warnings lifted for lakes Ohakuri & Maraetai
The health warnings issued earlier this month for Lake Ohakuri and Lake Maraetai have now been lifted by the Medical Officer of Health.
- Eastern
- 23/03/2018
Health warnings issued for Lake Ohakuri and Lake Maraetai
A health warning has been issued for Lake Ohakuri and Lake Maraetai as routine monitoring results provided by Waikato Regional Council have confirmed a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green algae.
- Auckland/Waikato Eastern
- 12/03/2018