Fishing News & Events

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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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Lower Ruamahanga fishery firing

Anglers from across the wider Wellington region are flocking to the lower Ruamahanga to hook into some of the best trout fishing action the region has seen in years.

  • 4/12/2017
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Sanford praised by Fish & Game for fishing halt in Salmon Conservation Area

One of New Zealand’s biggest fishing companies, Sanford, is being praised by Fish & Game for halting operations near Banks Peninsula to avoid catching salmon.

  • 4/12/2017
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Thumbs up for anglers

Anglers who turned out at first light this morning to fish renowned Rotorua trout streams that re-opened, have been given a big thumbs up by Fish & Game officers.

  • 1/12/2017
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Issue with Canterbury Lake

Notice to AnglersFish & Game wants to draw your attention to the closure to all fishing in two Canterbury lakes, Lake Grasmere and Lake Sarah.

  • 30/11/2017
  • Richie Cosgrove
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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
  • 28/11/2017
  • Eastern
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Waioeka River access notice

Fish & Game Eastern Region has advised that many of the access tracks to portions of the Waioeka River (SH2) are currently partly blocked with roading rock (fill).

  • Eastern
  • 28/11/2017
  • Eastern
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