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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 13 October 2022

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Pictured - Spinning for estuarine trout and kahawai chasing whitebait in Lake Onoke (Credit: Hamish Carnachan)

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 6 October 2022

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Pictured - Lovely conditions for school holiday angling on Hutt River earlier this week (Credit: Hamish Carnachan)

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Anglers Out in Force for Start of the Season

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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.

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 29 September 2022

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Pictured - Ben Ellison with a stunner from the Hutt River last week

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Lower North Lowdown - September 22, 2022

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Picture caption: Fish & Game officer Hamish Carnachan with a beautifully conditioned lower North Island rainbow trout (Credit Matt Kavermann)

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Celebration of Women in Angling This Saturday

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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...

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Salmonid Ecology Scholarship launched

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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...

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Research project reaches 20-pound milestone

Scott Miller presents his 20 pound tagged brown trout before release back to the Tekapo Canal Photo credit Morgan Brown

Angler Scott Miller landed a huge 20-pound (9kg) brown trout in the Tekapo Canal in April 2022, catching the attention of Central South Island Fish & Game.

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 14 April 2022

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Pictured - Ben Ellison with a cracker late-season brown trout (Credit: Ben Ellison)

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 7 April 2022

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Pictured - Hamish Carnachan hooked up on a feisty rainbow from a Rangitikei River feeder stream (Credit: Matt Kavermann)

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 31 March 2022

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Pictured - Hamish Carnachan about to release a prime rainbow in full spawning livery, caught in a Rangitikei feeder stream recently (Credit: Matt Kavermann).

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 24 March 2022

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Pictured - A prime Wairarapa brown trout caught and released recently when the weather allowed some angling (Credit: Ben Ellison).

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 17 March 2022

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Pictured - Chasing large browns in a delightful lower North Island small stream (Credit: Hamish Carnachan).

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 3 March 2022

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Pictured - Andrew Morrow with one of several stunning lower North Island backcountry browns he and photographer Peter de Boer caught last weekend.

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 17 February 2022

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Pictured - The dry-fly fishing was superb before the rain arrived but will return when river levels return to normal (Copyright: Nick King)

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 10 February 2022

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Pictured - Ben Ellison about to release a Wairarapa small-stream brown taken several weekends ago (Credit: Hamish Carnachan).

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 3 February 2022

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Pictured - Hamish Carnachan with a beautiful Wairarapa small-stream brown taken on cicada last weekend (Credit: Ben Ellison).

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 27 January 2022

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Pictured - A stunning high country brown taken on a cicada imitation (Credit: Nick King).

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 20 January 2022

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Pictured - Andrew Harding with a lovely Wellington region backcountry brown.

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Wellington Weekly Fishing Report - 23 December 2021

On the eve of Christmas the weather Gods are finally smiling on lower North Island anglers with stunning conditions on the cards for tomorrow and over the weekend.

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