Fishing News & Events
Anglers form sisterhood bonds in river of resilience
They came as strangers and left thick as thieves. Seven women whose lives have been affected by breast cancer attended a weekend fly-fishing retreat at Makarora this month.
- Fishing
- Otago
- 16/05/2024
Native restoration project reels in anglers for help
Anglers have waded in to help a catchment group and a high-country farm restore and rewild an important spawning stream in Wānaka.
- Fishing Environment
- Otago
- 15/05/2024
Alert over fish kill at Coalpit Dam
Anglers have been asked to avoid fishing at Coalpit Dam near Naseby, in Otago, as the cause of a fish kill there this week is investigated.
- 18/04/2024
Student Fishing Course
Calling all students from year 9-13 who want to learn about fly fishing for Trout.
- Hawke's Bay
- 12/04/2024
- Hawkes Bay
Repeat offender convicted, fined and forfeits valuable fishing rod
Central South Island Fish & Game have successfully prosecuted an angler who flouted the law while fishing at the Ōhau B Canal near Twizel in August 2023.
- 10/04/2024
- Maggie Tait
Women's Introduction to Fly Fishing Workshop
Jill Sweeney and the Tauranga Anglers Club invite you to a **Women's Introduction to Fly Fishing Workshop**, tailored specifically for novices, beginners, and women curious about starting their fly fishing…
- Eastern
- 4/04/2024
2024 North Canterbury Rangers Competition
Come and celebrate the end of the sea-run salmon season with Fish & Game Staff, Honorary Rangers and fellow anglers at the 2024 Rangers Competition! When & Where Friday 26th April Kairaki beach…
- 28/03/2024
- Richie Cosgrove
Women on the Fly NZ - Special Invitation
This is a special invitation to a 'ladies only' evening, to meet and listen to Leigh Johnson, founder of Women on the Fly New Zealand.
- Nelson/Marlborough
- 26/03/2024
River research is a net gain for students and urban fishery
An abundance of brown trout in a river flowing through the Otago University Dunedin campus has surprised a group of Zoology Department third-year students.
- Otago
- 14/03/2024
Trust formed to return sea-run salmon to lower Clutha River/Mata-Au
Otago Fish & Game Council has welcomed the formation of a trust aimed at returning sea-run salmon to the lower Clutha River/Mata-Au.
- 11/03/2024
- Otago