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2024 Southland Soft Bait Clinic

Want to learn how to catch more trout and perch? Soft baits are a highly effective spin-fishing method for beginners to advanced anglers.

  • 20/09/2024
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New modelling sheds light on trout spawning

New computer modelling is transforming understanding of where trout and salmon spawn in Otago after generations of riverbank legwork by Fish & Game officers.

  • Fishing Species management
  • Otago
  • 30/08/2024
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Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale

Fishing licenses are on sale today as anticipation builds for the upcoming season.

  • 22/08/2024
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Women on The Fly NZ 2024 Workshop in Turangi

The annual Women on The Fly 2024 Workshop is set for 8-10th November at TALTAC in Turangi.

  • Eastern Events
  • 15/08/2024
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High satisfaction among anglers under Otago’s Designated Waters licence

Trout anglers in Otago have given their fishing experience the big thumbs up under a new licensing system for backcountry rivers, a riverside survey has found.

  • Fishing Species management
  • Otago
  • 9/08/2024
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Big lakes, big challenges for monitoring fish populations

Fish population densities in Otago's three largest lakes are relatively stable, new acoustic survey analysis suggests.

  • Species management Environment
  • Otago
  • 9/08/2024
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Help shape the future of our angling and hunting heritage

This year Fish & Game councils around New Zealand will hold their triennial elections.

  • Otago
  • 9/08/2024
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2024 Take A Kid Fishing

Take A Kid Fishing is returning to Southern Reservoir in Dunedin.

  • Otago
  • 1/08/2024
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Adult Beginner Fishing Class

Want to learn how to fish for trout, salmon and perch? Sign up for a free evening theory class on freshwater fishing, followed by a field trip to try your hand…

  • Otago
  • 22/07/2024
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The FAT Trout Fishing Competition

  August 24th and 25th inclusive – Rotorua lakes   Come and have fun fishing for FAT Trout at Rotorua – the fatter the better in fact! In support of the NZ Hunting, Fishing…

  • Eastern
  • 16/07/2024
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