Fishing News & Events
New fishing season: happy anglers, fish biting
Happy days…anglers who turned out for the first day of the new trout fishing season around the North Island were treated to some balmy conditions and hungry fish.
- 2/10/2015
Wild weather & water worries ahead of the new South Island fishing season
Get out and make the most of favourable conditions early in the new fishing season in the South Island, is the advice from Fish & Game ahead of the 1…
- 29/09/2015
Anglers asked to 'tell all' on fishing habits
Fish & Game officers are preparing to quiz over 1000 anglers about their fishing habits on Opening Day, as the new fishing season (October 1) – gets underway on the…
- 29/09/2015
Trout Angling Access Safeguarded For Season Opening
Anglers are being reassured by Fish & Game that access to their favourite fishing spot for the looming trout fishing season has been safeguarded by Parliament under several pieces of…
- 29/09/2015
Anglers lured to Rotorua lakes with $25,000 trout prize!
The lure of the “big one” has taken on a whole new perspective with Fish & Game’s launch of a major fishing promotion on Rotorua’s lakes offering 25,000 as the…
- 22/09/2015
Anglers and hunters urged to ‘make their vote count’
Hunters and anglers are being urged to make sure they have their say in how the environment and freshwater fish and game bird resources are managed by voting in the…
- 14/09/2015
New technology revolutionises field work
From counting trout spawning in Fiordland, to monitoring duck numbers in Nelson, Fish & Game is using new drone technology to transform its field work.
- 9/09/2015
Better value and more options as 2015-16 Fishing Licences go on sale
Freshwater anglers have a wide range of new freshwater fishing options to choose with Fish & Game’s 2015-16 trout and salmon licences now on sale.
- 20/08/2015
Fish & Game says launch of new fishing licences offers 'nine ways to catch a fish'
Fish & Game New Zealand is preparing to introduce four new types of fishing licence to provide more choice and flexibility – so both current anglers or newcomers to the…
- 17/08/2015
Fish & Game Wants Answers Over Taupo Trout Proposal
Fish & Game is meeting the Office of Treaty Settlements to get answers over a controversial proposal to allow Ngati Tuwharetoa to raise trout in Taupo’s existing trout hatchery facilities.
- 11/06/2015