News - By Quirey, Bruce

Dad shows how it’s done in Clutha fishing competition

One boy would fish every day if given the chance. The elder brother doesn’t always like fishing. And dad just showed them how it’s done.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 3 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Mai-mai ballot aimed at next generation of hunters

Junior and novice hunters in Otago are being offered a chance at exclusive access to mai-mais and duck ponds for the opening of the 2023 game bird season.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Hunting Posted 3 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Fishing competitions in double hook-up for kids and science

Two fishing competitions are weighing in together this year to support trout research and the Clutha community.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 3 months ago by Bruce Quirey

More adult hunters to harvest paradise shelducks

A nine-day hunting season to harvest some of Otago’s healthy population of paradise shelduck/pūtangitangi opens on Saturday, March 4.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged Paradise Shelduck Hunting game bird Posted 3 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Fish & Game goes deeper into lake fish knowledge

Scientists are sounding out trout and salmon populations in one of New Zealand’s most popular fishing destinations, Otago’s Southern Lakes.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Fishing Posted 4 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Extra staff bolster summer ranging efforts

Otago Fish & Game has reeled in extra staff to help with the higher workload over the summer season.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Fresh Water Posted 5 months ago by Bruce Quirey

School's in for soft-bait fishing clinic

November 10, 2022:

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 7 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Otago Fish & Game appoints Cromwell-based operations manager

An avid game bird hunter with 30 years’ experience in conversation projects has been appointed as Otago Fish and Game Council operations manager based in Cromwell.

Posted in Environment, National; Tagged Fishing Conservation Hunting Posted 7 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Love of rivers at heart of new scholarship

A new scholarship honouring the life and work of Associate Professor of Zoology Donald Scott has been established by the Otago Fish and Game Council, the Clutha Fisheries Trust and...

Posted in Environment, Council, Fishing; Tagged Conservation Fishing Fresh Water Posted 7 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Angler survey fishing for data on Lake Hawea

Anglers fishing on Lake Hawea can expect to be quizzed by rangers during a three-year research project starting this month.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 9 months ago by Bruce Quirey

A road less travelled for hatchery fish transporter

A newly acquired fish transporter will halve the 4000km annual road trip Otago Fish & Game takes to release rainbow trout into “put-and-take” fisheries across the region.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 9 months ago by Bruce Quirey