Regional Fishing Reports

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Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury 8 December 2022

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORTSea-run salmon fishing time at the Rangitata River All bets were on for someone to catch the “first-of-the-season” sea-run salmon at the Rangitata or Rakaia rivers this week,…

  • North Canterbury Central South Island
  • 8/12/2022
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WFR2223.24 Harley Stone and Ollie Salisbury with Ollies first ever trout caught trolling at Lake Benmore
Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island & North Canterbury for December 1 2022

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORTLakes and the Mackenzie Hydro Canals offer reliable fishing destinationsWelcome to summer; it’s wet and kind of cold.

  • North Canterbury Central South Island
  • 1/12/2022
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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 01 December 2022

Plenty of Prime Fish About!          Pictured - Cam Carter with good Wairarapa brown trout caught recently on a rainy spring day  (Credit: Camlo Carter)     Fine weather…

  • Wellington
  • 1/12/2022
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Weekly Fishing report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for November 24 2023

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORTBig Rainbows at Lake Benmore and Ōhau B CanalTwo veteran anglers are claiming the rainbow trout are big this season at Lake Benmore.

  • North Canterbury Central South Island
  • 24/11/2022
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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 24 November 2022

Small Stream Fishing is Firing!          Pictured - A beautiful lower Otaki River rainbow (Credit: Andrew Harding)     More spring rain over the last 24 hours has made…

  • Wellington
  • 24/11/2022
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Central South Island & North Canterbury Weekly Fishing Report for November 17 2022

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORTYour catch pictures say a thousand words  I’ll summarise, though, there have been some great fish caught this season.

  • North Canterbury Central South Island
  • 17/11/2022
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Wellington Weekly Fishing report - 17 November 2022

Spring Fishing Conditions in Full Swing!Pictured - Stunning fishing conditions yesterday in the Tararuas.

  • Wellington
  • 17/11/2022
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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 10 November 2022

Early Season Dry Fly Action!          Pictured - Leigh Johnson making the most of the stunning conditions on the Ruamahanga this morning (Credit: Hamish Carnachan)     All of…

  • Wellington
  • 10/11/2022
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WFR2223.15 Success at the 2022 Kids Salmon Fishing Day for Nixon Philpott and his father Kane photo by R Adams
Central South Island and North Canterbury Weekly Fishing Report for November 9 2022

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORT  Did someone say salmon?Roll your eyes now trout aficionados; this is a salmon-themed report.

  • North Canterbury Central South Island
  • 9/11/2022
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WFR2223.15 Richard Ramsay at Lake Alexandrina on Opening Day 2016 photo by Rhys Adams
Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island & North Canterbury for November 3 2022

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORTA pot of fishing at the end of the rainbow spawning season With the rainbow trout spawning season coming to an end in the CSI Region, our high-country…

  • North Canterbury Central South Island
  • 3/11/2022
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