Fishing News & Events

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Photo Competition

Photo Competition  When you are out fishing, don’t forget to take some photos, enter your images in our monthly fishing licence photo competition, and go in the draw to win a $250 Kilwell voucher.…

  • 13/02/2024
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River research is a net gain for students and urban fishery

An abundance of brown trout in a river flowing through the Otago University Dunedin campus has surprised a group of Zoology Department third-year students.

  • Otago
  • 14/03/2024
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Trust formed to return sea-run salmon to lower Clutha River/Mata-Au

Otago Fish & Game Council has welcomed the formation of a trust aimed at returning sea-run salmon to the lower Clutha River/Mata-Au.

  • 11/03/2024
  • Otago
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On the Fly Mataura River Festival

Good fun at the On the Fly Mataura River Festival with Otago Fish and Game Council supporting Southland Fish & Game at this event.

  • Otago Southland
  • 1/03/2024
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Trout fishing teaser

Enquires: hawkesbay@fishandgame. org. nz www. facebook. com/HBFishandgame The link to register is https://forms. office. com/r/V2h9rmmMH9

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 1/03/2024
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Arapuni Fishing Contest

March 16th & 17th 2024 at Bulmers Landing. Adult and junior section with lots of prizes and sausage sizzle.  

  • Auckland/Waikato
  • 21/02/2024
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Fish & Game remind anglers to stick to the rules

A Fish & Game ranger checks on a fully compliant angler at Lake Heron in the Ashburton Lakes / Ōtūwharekai.

  • Central South Island
  • 20/12/2023
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Fish & Game - Auckland and Waikato anglers fish locally with great opportunities a short drive away

New data from Fish & Game New Zealand shows anglers in Auckland and Waikato tend to fish locally with great locations to angle in their regional backyards.

  • 18/12/2023
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Fish & Game and ORC team up for brook trout relocation

Pictured: Otago Fish & Game officers Ben Sowry (left) and Mason Court electric-fish Pisgah Creek.

  • Otago
  • 18/12/2023
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Lure of the mighty Clutha/Mata-Au hard to resist for anglers

The highly productive Clutha River/Mata-Au has claimed bragging rights as the most-fished river in New Zealand.

  • Otago
  • 18/12/2023
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