Fishing News & Events

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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
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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
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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
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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
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Nelson Marlborough Annual Fisheries Report available for download.

  The Annual Fisheries Report is now available online.

  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • 14/09/2022
  • Nelson Marlborough
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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
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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
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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
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Salmonid Ecology Scholarship launched

A scholarship for a PhD student undertaking research into the ecology, conservation and management of trout and trout fisheries has been set up in the name of the late Brian…

  • 2/09/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Sea-run salmon advice and reports to North Canterbury Fish & Game Council

The following reports, letters and advice have been received in recent years by North Canterbury Fish & Game in relation to the operation of hatcheries:   Cawthron Institute advice on Salmon Smolt…

  • 1/09/2022
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