Fishing News & Events
2022 Twizel Kids Salmon Fishing Day
Organised by Central South Island Fish & Game. Supported by Mt Cook Alpine Salmon. Spot prizes donated by Meridian Energy, Jake’s Hardware and Southern Alps Outdoors.
- 14/10/2022
Children's chance to catch a rainbow trout!
Our ever-popular children’s fishing events are back for 2022! Children between the ages of 6 and 14 years get to catch a rainbow trout at Eastern Fish & Game’s specially built…
- Eastern
- 11/10/2022
Canterbury anglers hit the rivers and lakes on Opening Day
Canterbury anglers came out in force on Saturday to fish the first day of the new fishing season.
- North Canterbury Central South Island
- 2/10/2022
- Richie Cosgrove
Anglers Out in Force for Start of the Season
Fish & Game NZ is expecting a "massive" turn-out of anglers this weekend for the opening of the new freshwater fishing season which kicks off Saturday, October 1.
- 29/09/2022
- Richie Cosgrove
New signs show the way for Canterbury anglers
Over 100 new angler access signs have recently gone up around the North Canterbury Fish & Game Region in preparation for the new fishing season starting October 1.
- North Canterbury
- 15/09/2022
- Richie Cosgrove
New Trout Season on Horizon
October 1st is perhaps the most important day in the life of a trout fisher! It marks the start of the new fishing season and the opportunity to get back…
- Eastern
- 14/09/2022
- Eastern
Nelson Marlborough Annual Fisheries Report available for download.
The Annual Fisheries Report is now available online.
- Nelson/Marlborough
- 14/09/2022
- Nelson Marlborough
Angler survey fishing for data on Lake Hawea
Anglers fishing on Lake Hawea can expect to be quizzed by rangers during a three-year research project starting this month.
- Otago
- 13/09/2022
- Bruce Quirey
Celebration of Women in Angling This Saturday
Fish & Game NZ chief executive Corina Jordan is encouraging Kiwi women to get out on the water this Saturday (September 9, 2022) and celebrate International Women’s Fly Fishing Day.
- 9/09/2022
- Richie Cosgrove
A road less travelled for hatchery fish transporter
A newly acquired fish transporter will halve the 4000km annual road trip Otago Fish & Game takes to release rainbow trout into “put-and-take” fisheries across the region.
- Otago
- 6/09/2022
- Bruce Quirey