Fishing News & Events
Fresh Trout For Labour Weekend Dinner
Labour weekend is providing holiday makers with a great opportunity to get out and try catching a trout or salmon for the family dinner table.
- 21/10/2016
Take A Kid Fishing Day A Huge Success
Over 6000 Cantabrians packed out the four Childrens Fishing Lakes at the Groynes on Sunday, for the annual Take a Kid Fishing day.
- 17/10/2016
Lake Rotoiti Produces Big Trout On Opening Weekend
Lake Rotoiti produced the biggest fish, including a trout of more than four kilos (nine pounds), on the opening weekend of the new fishing season.
- 17/10/2016
Anglers Win Fishing Gear But Big Prize Eludes Them
The hunt for a trout worth $10,000 in the Rotorua lakes has ended without the big prize being struck – but three anglers have welcomed $200 worth of fishing gear…
- 10/10/2016
Fish & Game Calls On Doc To Do More On 1080 Risk
Fish & Game is calling on the Department of Conservation to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways, saying its present effort…
- 30/09/2016
Fish & Game Critical Of Doc's Efforts To Reduce 1080 Risk To Anglers
Fish & Game is calling on the Department of Conservation to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways, saying its present effort…
- 30/09/2016
Fishing Season ‘Perfect Family Adventure’ Says Fish & Game
Thousands of anglers will head out to the country’s lakes rivers and streams on Saturday (October 1) for the first day of the new freshwater fishing season – with Fish…
- 29/09/2016
10k Green Tag Trout Now ‘Out There Somewhere’
Somewhere in one of three Rotorua lakes is a fish that can net you $10,000 – and “all you have to do is catch it…” Fish & Game officers say they’ve…
- 27/09/2016
‘Join The Fun’ - Have A Crack At Catching A 10k Trout
Anglers young and old are invited to “join in the excitement” of trying to catch a fish worth $10,000 as the new trout fishing season gets underway.
- 15/09/2016
New Fishing Season Looms For ‘Freshwater Fishing Nirvana’
With the new trout fishing season less than a fortnight away on October 1, Fish & Game is reminding Kiwis and visitors to New Zealand to start getting ready now…
- 12/09/2016