Regional Fishing Reports

Central South Island

WFR1819.01 Fish Game Officer Jayde Couper with a tagged rainbow trout from the Lower Waitaki River the yellow tag can be seen by the dorsal fin
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 28/04/18

Welcome to the new 2018-2019 sports fishing season.

  • Central South Island
  • 28/09/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR1718.60 The surveyors view of a Deep Creek braid
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 27/04/18

Monday the 30th of April is the last day of the regular fishing season. That means this weekend is the last weekend too.

  • Central South Island
  • 27/04/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Freshly caught Tekapo trout char grilled nothing better
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 20/04/18

Last Friday the weather finally cleared long enough to allow the completion of the second salmon spawning count for the upper Rangitata spawning streams.

  • Central South Island
  • 20/04/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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A brown that fell victim to a well presented worm is released by Finn Stevens
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 13/04/18

Snows on the hills and I’m even considering putting the fire on it was only this time last week I was wearing tee shirt and jandals! Rhys is off having a…

  • Central South Island
  • 13/04/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR1718.58 Hamish Stevens releasing juvenile salmon into Lake Tekapo
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 06/04/18

Lake Tekapo anglers will be pleased to hear that during the week we released another two tanker loads of salmon smolt in the lake to continue to support the “put…

  • Central South Island
  • 6/04/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR1718.55 Cameron Blogg with his first fish a brown trout from the Opihi River
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 29/03/18

Its Easter so you are getting this report on a Thursday.

  • Central South Island
  • 29/03/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR1718.50Anglers fishing the Waitaki River mouth 19 03 18
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 23/03/18

It’s a stuck record start to this report; another region-wide rain event during the week means you should be sure to check ECan river flow website before you hit the…

  • Central South Island
  • 22/03/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 16/03/18

We've had staff in the air this week battling motion sickness to count mallard ducks and sockeye salmon.

  • Central South Island
  • 16/03/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR1718.44Ian and Diane Gridley fish the discoloured Ohau C Canal
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 02/03/18

Last Friday I was up at the canals ranging, scouting the start of the sockeye run, and gathering material for canal fishing information pamphlet I’m putting together.

  • Central South Island
  • 2/03/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR1718.41The flooded Temuka River flows at about 530 cumecs at SH110am on February 21
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 23/02/18

The weekends weather is looking ok, perhaps a bit windy in places and cooler than what we might expect in February.

  • Central South Island
  • 23/02/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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