Regional Fishing Reports

WFR 1 sunrise at the Waimakariri River mouth. Photo by Alistair Bradford
Fishing report for the North Canterbury Region Friday 30th October 2020

Hello and welcome to the North Canterbury region fishing report.   The rivers this week are dropping from some high flows that peaked during the weekend.

  • North Canterbury
  • 29/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 29 October 2020

A little bit of rain on Saturday brings a change from what's been a stellar run of weather recently, however it won't slow the hot fishing action we've had over…

  • Wellington
  • 28/10/2020
  • Wellington
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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 22-10-2020

Hundreds of hours of work over the past 12 years by CSI Fish & Game staff has culminated in the lodging and presentation of a submission earlier this week at…

  • Central South Island
  • 22/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Fishing Report for the North Canterbury Fish & Game Thursday 22nd October 2020

At long last the weather looks to be good for fishing over the weekend.

  • North Canterbury
  • 22/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Peter de Boer with a big early season brown from a tiny Ruamahanga tributary a Copy
Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 22 October 2020

A long weekend is on the cards and the great run of weather looks set to last, allowing anglers to make the most of the bonus fishing day on Monday.

  • Wellington
  • 21/10/2020
  • Wellington
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WFR2021.08 A brown trout patrolling the shoreline at Lake Opuha Credit R Adams
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island 15-10-2020

Many of our lowland streams remain low and clear and are providing excellent sight fishing opportunities. The recent spurts of rain have made only minor jumps in the flows.

  • Central South Island
  • 15/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR 1 The Harper River changing course and causing havoc on the access road down to the lake.
Fishing report for the North Canterbury Region Friday 16th October 2020

Hello and welcome to the North Canterbury region fishing report.   The weather has been messy this week.

  • North Canterbury
  • 15/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Tim Angeli kicked off his season with this spectacular brown trout from a small Wairarapa spring creek. Copy
Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 15 October 2020

Reports coming in from anglers point to fantastic fishing right throughout the region, and the stellar conditions at the start of the season are going to continue for the coming…

  • Wellington
  • 14/10/2020
  • Wellington
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North Canterbury Fishing Report Friday 8th October 2020

For the last few weeks the main alpine fed rivers in the region have seen high discoloured flows, however we may get a small window of fishable water in these…

  • North Canterbury
  • 8/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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WFR2021.05 Harry Murphy left and Levi Julian fishing the Waitaki on Opening Morning credit R Adams 1
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island-08-10-2020

This week’s report was written well ahead of time, so I’ll leave this coming weekend’s weather and water level forecasting to you.

  • Central South Island
  • 8/10/2020
  • Richie Cosgrove
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