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Angling events 2018-19
Events including childrens' fishing days are held by Fish & Game across New Zealand to support and encourage fishing participation. See below for current event information.
Weekly Fishing Report - 15th November 2018
Staff are out and about in the field today, ranging and carrying out other compliance operations, so we’ve got an abridged report for you this weekend.
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Kiwis set quacking pace at world waterfowl calling champs
Kiwi duck callers have “done New Zealand proud” in the World Waterfowl Calling Championships in the United States – with a string of placings including a second.
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Weekly Fishing Report - 8th November 2018
Spring has arrived late, which likely accounts for the unsettled weather and windy conditions we've had the last few weeks.
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Weekly Fishing Report - 1st November 2018
Someone flicked the switch and we've temporarily gone back to winter, it seems!
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Kiwis off to compete in world duck calling champs
Some of New Zealand’s top duck callers are preparing to head to the U.S. to compete in the World Waterfowl Calling Championships in the state of Maryland.
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Backcountry fisheries to be checked for angling pressure
Fish & Game staff will be keeping a close eye on how much angling pressure is being placed on back country fisheries in the South Island as they open later...
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David Hayes Column for Reel Life October 2018
Business as usual?
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Graeme Marshall Fishing Report for Reel Life October 2018
South Canterbury Report
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Chris Dore fishing report for Reel Life October 2018
Southern happenings
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Creasy's Column for Reel Life October 2018
Geese are creatures of little brain. But what they do have gives them a courageous and cunning streak that leads to survival against the odds.
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Will Spry Fishing Report for Reel Life October 2018
Mackenzie Country Report
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Weekly Fishing Report - 18 October 2018
The sensational run of weather continues into the long weekend and, like the temperatures, the angling is really hotting up too!
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Sunny skies see trout licence sales soar
Wellington Fish & Game says a surge in licence sales can be put down to steady weather and great trout fishing over the first few weeks of the season which...
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Time’s running out - have your say on protecting trout!
Fish & Game is calling on anglers, as a deadline approaches, to step up their efforts to ensure trout and angling are protected from the controversial Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish)...
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Boost for fish stocks at Lake McLaren near Tauranga
Fish & Game has released hundreds of young trout into Lake McLaren and the Ruahihi Canal in the lower Kaimai ranges near Tauranga – to boost the fishing stocks for...
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Otago Fish & Game Officer vacancy
Otago Fish & Game Council is the not-for-profit agency responsible for the management of sports fish (trout & salmon) and game birds (primarily waterfowl) and their habitats, in the recreational...
Fish for Gold angler ‘lucky several times over’ in his catch
The only angler to catch an orange tagged trout in the Rotorua lakes “fishy lucky dip” has described just how lucky he was to catch the special trout.
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Weekly Fishing Report - 11 October 2018
The weekend fishing weather looks great... it's what arrives before then which is going to cause a few problems.
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Angler catches orange tag trout in ‘fishy lucky dip'
An angler has caught the first trout with an orange tag in the Rotorua lakes “fishy lucky dip” – stoking up interest in the hunt for a fish worth $10,000.
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