Fishing News & Events
Have a go at trout fishing with a ‘bargain’ licence
If for some reason you never got around to buying a trout fishing licence for summer, special winter trout fishing licences on sale now are a bargain!
- 4/04/2016
Fishing hots up at Lake Rotorua stream mouths
The fishing at Lake Rotorua stream mouths is firing for anglers as trout congregate at the cool water coming out of the streams.
- 11/02/2016
First, catch your trout!
Summer is here and the time is right for putting a fresh-caught trout or salmon on the BBQ.
- 21/12/2015
Concern over plan for road through Kahurangi National Park
Fish & Game is concerned over a proposal to put a road through the South Island’s remote Kahurangi National Park, saying it will jeopardise a pristine environment and an existing…
- 17/12/2015
Fish away your summer holidays!
Holidaymakers are being encouraged to try something new this summer and have a go at trout and salmon fishing.
- 17/12/2015
Anglers with no licence ‘commonest offence’
On the second day of summer, Eastern Fish & Game has revealed that while the commonest offence encountered remains fishing without a licence – officer safety measures in dealing with…
- 2/12/2015
Spring ‘great time’ for trout fishing on West Coast
The end of the whitebait season last weekend signals the perfect time to hit West Coast waterways in pursuit of trout.
- 19/11/2015
Waioeka River 'all set' for anglers
Fish & Game staff have cleared tracks and angler access points and sprayed weed re-growth throughout the Waioeka Gorge and Opato Stream in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, to make…
- 17/11/2015
Fish & Game tips good times ahead for Lake Arapuni anglers
Lake Arapuni, one of the Waikato’s most popular trout fishing spots, is in the “best shape” ever for the summer with rainbows averaging more than half a metre long, according…
- 16/11/2015
Fish & Game releases trout by boat at Lake Tarawera
Fish & Game officers have used a boat to release fish “far and wide” on Lake Tarawera this week.
- 13/11/2015