Fishing News & Events
Canterbury Lakes re-open for fishing after MPI gives all clear
Canterbury’s high country lakes have been re-opened to trout angling after the Ministry of Primary Industries gave the all clear.
- 25/01/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Angler Advisory – Opuha/Opihi flushing flows
A flushing flow has been arranged for tomorrow (Friday 12th January) for the Opuha/Opihi River system to piggy back onto the natural rain event.
- 11/01/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Rotorua Anglers Please Note
A person has sadly drowned today at the mouth of the Awahou Stream, a Lake Rotorua tributary which discharges into the lake along its north-western shoreline.
- Auckland/Waikato Eastern
- 9/01/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Fish & Game tips some ‘hot’ fishing in tune with the weather
Fish & Game says some “hot” freshwater fishing reports are coming in, right on cue for the holiday season.
- 22/12/2017
Fishing tips for the holiday season
Rotorua’s trout fishing is renowned around the world, attracting thousands of visitors hoping to catch one of the region’s magnificent rainbow or brown trout.
- 21/12/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Boat fishing ‘how to’
A beginners guide to catching more trout! Sunday January 7th, 2018, 10.
- Eastern
- 18/12/2017
Weed spraying programme for Rotorua lakes
We have been been advised that Boffa Miskell have begun their annual weed spraying programme in the Rotorua lakes.
- Eastern
- 17/12/2017
Catch a tagged rainbow and ‘strike gold’
Catch a specially tagged rainbow trout and win a $500 voucher! Two hundred tagged rainbow trout will be released into Lake Argyle and the lower hydro canal, but only one can…
- 14/12/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
‘Look after the trout you catch,’ says Fish & Game
With the summer fishing season now underway, Fish & Game has launched an initiative to educate anglers on how to properly look after trout they catch.
- 11/12/2017
Trout boost for eastern hydro lakes
Fish & Game officers have made their annual trek from Rotorua to two small hydro lakes south of Waikaremoana to boost the local fish stocks.
- 6/12/2017