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Reel Life October 2024 - Otago

Above: Jakub Kanok with an early season rainbow trout from the Manuherikia River. Photo: Santillan de Pinto.

Otago
22/10/2024

Reel Life September 2024 - Otago

Matilda Kanok making the most of her school holidays last season at the top of Lake Wakatipu Photo: Jakub Kanok Seasons Aligning The countdown is on to the start of the new…

Otago
20/09/2024

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.