Regional Fishing Reports

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North Canterbury Fishing Report Friday 27th April 2018

The fishing season is all but finished now and with rain forecast for much of the region this weekend, are rivers are likely to become discoloured for a few days,…

  • North Canterbury
  • 27/04/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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North Canterbury Fishing Report 20th April 2018

Dear Anglers, Conditions for fishing have not been good the past week with the main upper river catchments receiving large amounts of rain.

  • North Canterbury
  • 20/04/2018
  • 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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Weekly Fishing report for the North Canterbury Region Friday 13th April 2018

Hello and welcome to the North Canterbury region fishing report. It looks as if winter has finally arrived.

  • North Canterbury
  • 13/04/2018
  • 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!

  • 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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North Canterbury Fishing Report, Friday 6th April 2018

There have been only limited opportunities for salmon anglers over the last week and as such, reports of success are again minimal.

  • North Canterbury
  • 6/04/2018
  • Richie Cosgrove
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North Canterbury Fishing Report 30th March 2018

Dear Anglers, This report has been written a couple of days in advance of the weekend as field work has kept us out of range for the later part of the…

  • North Canterbury
  • 29/03/2018
  • 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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