News - By Cosgrove, Richie

Weekly Fishing report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for November 24 2023

Two veteran anglers are claiming the rainbow trout are big this season at Lake Benmore.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Fishing Weekly Fishing Report Posted 5 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Central South Island & North Canterbury Weekly Fishing Report for November 17 2022

Your catch pictures say a thousand words

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Fishing Weekly Fishing Report Posted 12 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Central South Island and North Canterbury Weekly Fishing Report for November 9 2022

Roll your eyes now trout aficionados; this is a salmon-themed report.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 19 days ago by Rhys Adams and Richie Cosgrove

Stunning Weather greats High Country Anglers

Beautiful weather greeted the thousand-odd anglers who celebrated the Canterbury High Country fishery opening at the weekend.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 21 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

WEEKLY FISHING REPORT FOR CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND & NORTH CANTERBURY

With the rainbow trout spawning season coming to an end in the CSI Region, our high-country waters and other sensitive fisheries are opening for fishing on Saturday, 5th November,...

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Fishing Posted 26 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Stratford kids trout fishing day - Saturday 3rd December

It’s all go for the 25th annual Stratford kids trout fishing day on Saturday, 3rd December at the Scout Den pool on the Patea River in Stratford’s King Edward Park.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 29 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Weekly Fishing report for Central South Island and North Canterbury Fish & Game 27 October 2022

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REPORTTime to prepare for high-country opening

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Fishing Weekly Fishing Report Posted 33 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Rods and fish seized during night ranging operation at canals

Central South Island Fish & Game rangers were active at the Mackenzie Basin hydro canal fishery during the night over Labour Weekend.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 34 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Central South Island & North Canterbury Weekly Fishing Report for October 20 2022

Labour Weekend provides 3 days of fishing potential!

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 40 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

2022 Twizel Kids Salmon Fishing Day

Organised by Central South Island Fish & Game. Supported by Mt Cook Alpine Salmon. Spot prizes donated by Meridian Energy, Jake’s Hardware and Southern Alps Outdoors.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 46 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Central South Island & North Canterbury Weekly fishing report for October 13 2022

Watch out trout – the kids are out and about

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 47 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Central South Island & North Canterbury Weekly fishing report for October 6 2022

A marvellous start to the season

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 54 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Canterbury anglers hit the rivers and lakes on Opening Day

Canterbury anglers came out in force on Saturday to fish the first day of the new fishing season.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 58 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Anglers Out in Force for Start of the Season

Fish & Game NZ is expecting a "massive" turn-out of anglers this weekend for the opening of the new freshwater fishing season which kicks off Saturday, October 1.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 2 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Central South Island & North Canterbury Weekly fishing report for September 29 2022

Welcome to the first Central South Island (CSI) weekly fishing report for the 2022/2023 sports fishing season, soon to open this Saturday - the first of October!

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 2 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

New signs show the way for Canterbury anglers

Over 100 new angler access signs have recently gone up around the North Canterbury Fish & Game Region in preparation for the new fishing season starting October 1.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Fishing Posted 2 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Celebration of Women in Angling This Saturday

This is the third year the event has been held. It is growing globally as women from around the world and here in Aotearoa New Zealand, appreciate the multitude of...

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Conservation Week is an opportunity to applaud the "massive" environmental effort by anglers and hun

Conservation Week (September 5-11) is an opportunity to applaud the "massive" environmental effort invested by anglers and hunters throughout the country, says Fish & Game NZ.

Posted in National; Tagged Fresh Water Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Salmonid Ecology Scholarship launched

A scholarship for a PhD student undertaking research into the ecology, conservation and management of trout and trout fisheries has been set up in the name of the late...

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Fishing Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Repeat offending angler fined for exceeding the bag limit

Southland angler Christopher Wood was fined nearly $1500 in the Timaru District Court last week.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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