Reel Life
Otago
Reel Life April 2024 - Otago
Season wrap We hope you’ve had a good season. As the seasons change, brown trout shift focus from feeding to breeding, and make their way towards spawning areas.
- Otago
- 26/04/2024
Reel Life March 2024 - Otago
Magic in the autumn air The final weeks of the main fishing season are a great time to be on the water.
- Otago
- 21/03/2024
Reel Life February 2024 - Otago
Autumn, here we come Heading into autumn, cooler nights will lower water temperatures and stir up daytime fish activity.
- Otago
- 27/02/2024
Reel Life January 2024
Above: Lucas Rae (right) reeled in this land-locked salmon while fishing with the family (Justine, Amelia, Kieran and Steve) on Lake Hāwea over the Christmas holidays.
- Otago
- 19/01/2024
Reel Life December 2023
Above right: Visiting angler Charles Rangeley-Wilson with a brown trout caught in the lower Clutha/Mata-Au this month.
- Otago
- 21/12/2023
Reel Life November 2023
ReWild yourself this summerHundreds of rivers, streams and lakes in Otago are just waiting for you this summer. Get out in nature, unwind, and reconnect.
- Otago
- 22/11/2023
Reel Life October 2023
Above Right: Tim Dunn with a feisty Lake Wānaka brown caught on an olive fuzzy wuzzy.
- Otago
- 19/10/2023
Reel Life September 2023
Above right: Scale up your tactics in dirty water with dark, heavily-weighted streamers or lures. The final countdownThe wait is almost over.
- Otago
- 18/09/2023
Reel Life April 2023
That’s a wrapWelcome to the final edition of Reel Life for the 2022/23 fishing season. We hope you’ve had a great season.
- Otago
- 19/04/2023
Reel Life March 2023
The next few weeks offer some of the best fishing of the year. Shorter days, longer shadows and dewy mornings - the seasons are changing.
- Otago
- 15/03/2023