Fishing News & Events
New trout licences on sale!
Freshwater anglers are eagerly anticipating the start of the new trout and salmon fishing season with Fish & Game’s 2017-18 licences now on sale.
- 21/08/2017
Novice adult beginner spin fishing classes
The Otago Fish & Game Council will be running a FREE novice adult beginner spin fishing class before the start of the 2017/18 fishing season.
- Otago
- 27/07/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Nelson Trout Fishing Newsletter June
Read the Clubs June Newsletter Here
- Nelson/Marlborough
- 18/07/2017
- Nelson Marlborough
'Last chance' to grab fine weather boat fishing
Anglers are being urged to "grab the last chance" to fish one or more of Rotorua’s three iconic lakes before they close to boaties this weekend for the rest of…
- Auckland/Waikato Eastern
- 28/06/2017
Want to catch a fish in winter? Head to the hydro canals!
The popularity of the Mackenzie Basin’s hydro canals for fishing continues to soar, with a new survey showing anglers putting in over 40 thousand fishery visits there last season.
- North Canterbury Central South Island
- 27/06/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Whiskey Creek Chinook Salmon Enhancement Program
Salmon smolt release day Sunday 2nd July 2017 at 10 amFish and Game are inviting, Lake Coleridge Village residents, Local Landowners, Trust Power, Anglers, and members of the public to celebrate the…
- North Canterbury
- 7/06/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Martin Langlands column for Reel Life May 2017
Winter river fishing Anybody who knows me understands how much I enjoy the winter season, its a time when each and every river experience is very meaningful.
- 31/05/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Fish & Game criticise “act of wanton vandalism”
Central South Island Fish & Game Region Chief Executive Jay Graybill is condemning an attack on a Mackenzie Country salmon farm as “an act of wanton vandalism” and is urging…
- 22/05/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Concern over impact of winter crop grazing on Otago Rivers
A new report by Otago Fish & Game has highlighted the major problems facing South Otago streams from sedimentation caused by winter cropping practices.
- Otago
- 22/05/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Health warning lifted for both Lake Rotoehu and Lake Okaro
The health warnings issued in November for Lake Rotoehu and in December for Lake Okaro have now been lifted by the Medical Officer of Health.
- Eastern
- 1/05/2017