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Creasy's Column for Reel Life May 2018

Opening weekend of the game season came and went, and the boom of shotguns died away with hardly a repeat of the opening morning fusillade.

Posted in Fishing, Reel Life; Posted 4 years ago

Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 27/04/18

Monday the 30th of April is the last day of the regular fishing season.That means this weekend is the last weekend too.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

North Canterbury Fishing Report Friday 27th April 2018

The fishing season is all but finished now and with rain forecast for much of the region this weekend, are rivers are likely to become discoloured for a few days,...

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

North Canterbury Fishing Report 20th April 2018

Dear Anglers, Conditions for fishing have not been good the past week with the main upper river catchments receiving large amounts of rain.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island Region – 20/04/18

Last Friday the weather finally cleared long enough to allow the completion of the second salmon spawning count for the upper Rangitata spawning streams.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

Poacher pays ‘high price’ for trout from hatchery

Trout poached from Fish & Game’s Ngongotaha hatchery were “anything but a free feed” for a Rotorua teenager who has paid dearly for his catch.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago

Fish for Winter Trout

But check the weather forecast first.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago

Canterbury Lakes re-open for fishing after MPI gives all clear

Canterbury’s high country lakes have been re-opened to trout angling after the Ministry of Primary Industries gave the all clear.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

Fish & Game tips some ‘hot’ fishing in tune with the weather

Fish & Game says some “hot” freshwater fishing reports are coming in, right on cue for the holiday season.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago

Fishing tips for the holiday season

Rotorua’s trout fishing is renowned around the world, attracting thousands of visitors hoping to catch one of the region’s magnificent rainbow or brown trout.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

Catch a tagged rainbow and ‘strike gold’

Catch a specially tagged rainbow trout and win a $500 voucher!

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

‘Look after the trout you catch,’ says Fish & Game

With the summer fishing season now underway, Fish & Game has launched an initiative to educate anglers on how to properly look after trout they catch.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago

Weekly Fishing Report– Central South Island Region: 08-12-2017

For the coming weekend the biggest weather feature will be a westerly front running up the West Coast on Saturday and that might spill a bit of rain into the...

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

Trout boost for eastern hydro lakes

Fish & Game officers have made their annual trek from Rotorua to two small hydro lakes south of Waikaremoana to boost the local fish stocks.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago

Lower Ruamahanga fishery firing

Anglers from across the wider Wellington region are flocking to the lower Ruamahanga to hook into some of the best trout fishing action the region has seen in years.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago

Sanford praised by Fish & Game for fishing halt in Salmon Conservation Area

One of New Zealand’s biggest fishing companies, Sanford, is being praised by Fish & Game for halting operations near Banks Peninsula to avoid catching salmon.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 4 years ago by Richie Cosgrove

Thumbs up for anglers

Anglers who turned out at first light this morning to fish renowned Rotorua trout streams that re-opened, have been given a big thumbs up by Fish & Game officers.

Posted in Fishing; Posted 4 years ago