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New rules introduced to protect sea-run salmon fishery
To help save New Zealand’s wild Chinook salmon species, a ground-breaking change to freshwater fishing regulations will introduce a season bag for sea-run salmon in the 2021/22 fishing season, in...
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Precautionary winter closure of Upper Tekapo Canal sports fishery
Angler concern over the sustainability of one of the world’s best “trophy” trout fisheries has led to a precautionary closure during the peak of the 2021 winter fishing season.
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Weekly Fishing Report for North Canterbury 15 April 2021
The traditional fishing season is all but finished now and with rain forecast for much of the region Friday night, rivers are likely to become dis-coloured for a few days.
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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 18-03-2021
The weather forecast is looking great for fishing this weekend with sunshine or high cloud, mild temperatures and light winds.
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Weekly Fishing Report North Canterbury 18 March 2021
The weather looks great for fishing throughout the region this weekend and into next week.
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Hugh Creasy Column March 2021
Change is coming, chill winds from the south sweep through the forests.
Hugh Creasy column for Feb 2021
In the heat of the day, the road surface glistens black with melting tar, and the roadside broom crackles with ripening seed pods bursting and brittle.
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island- 28-01-2021
After the heatwave, this week we are heading into a weekend of mild temps, light-moderate winds and a mix of brilliant sunshine and benign overcast cloud.
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North Canterbury Fishing Report Thursday 28th January 2021
Fishing conditions look favourable this weekend following a week of discoloured rivers due to a small fresh last weekend.
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Hugh Creasy column for January 2021
The howling winds of January will die away, the rivers will subside and the sun will shine.
Christmas boost for canal fishing opportunities due to power station upgrades
Anglers fishing the Tekapo Canal over the summer holidays have had an early Christmas present with a boost in their chances due to Genesis Energy and Central South Island Fish...
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Fishing report for the North Canterbury Region Thursday 24th December 2020
Hello and welcome to the North Canterbury region fishing report.
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Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island - 24 December 2020
Merry Christmas from the team at Central South Island Fish and Game.
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Fishing report for the North Canterbury Region Friday 11th December 2020
Hello and welcome to the North Canterbury region fishing report, although Nor’ westers have been dominant in the last week, the amount of rainfall in the headwaters hasn’t been too excessive.
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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 10-12-2020
Lake Benmore is a favourite fishery for South Island anglers, in fact, on paper it’s recorded as the second most fished lake New Zealand - that caldera lake formed by...
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Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island- 03-12-2020
It is exciting to hear of the first two confirmed sea-run salmon catches for the season at the Rangitata River.
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Fishing report for the North Canterbury Region Friday 4th December 2020
Hello and welcome to the North Canterbury region fishing report. A couple of Nor’ westers are going to dominate the fishing conditions this weekend.
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Salmon Run begins
Beginners luck paid off for Rolleston women Vicky Van Der Zwet when she caught her first ever salmon over the weekend.
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 26-11-2020
As Rhys reported last week CSI Fish & Game staff were involved with a pilot study on some of the regions hapuas (lagoons) with a focus on smelt populations.
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Hugh Creasy Column for December 2020
There is a chill in the morning air, and the moon hangs above the horizon, soon to disappear as the sun rises.
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