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Otago

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Otago anglers invited to free soft bait fishing clinics

Anglers across Otago are invited to learn how to catch more trout, salmon, and perch at free soft bait fishing clinics this November.

  • Otago
  • 7/10/2025
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Five-year-old pals reel in fun at Take A Kid Fishing

Five-year-old friends Howie Craig and JJ (Jonah) Nareki both came away winners at Saturday’s Take A Kid Fishing at Dunedin’s Southern Reservoir.

  • Fishing
  • Otago
  • 22/09/2025
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Beginner Anglers Reel in New Skills Ahead of Fishing Season

More than 50 adults learned how to catch trout in Otago last weekend, gaining confidence and skills ahead of the new fishing season.

  • Fishing
  • Otago
  • 8/09/2025
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Hundreds of Kids Set to Cast a Line at Take a Kid Fishing

Fifteen-year-old Koopa Morris has been hooked on fishing for as long as he can remember — and he’s already told his granddad he’s coming back for more at this year’s Take…

  • Fishing
  • Otago
  • 8/08/2025
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Adult Beginner Fishing Classes - Otago

When Imogen Clifford signed up for an adult beginner fishing class in Dunedin, she didn’t expect to catch the biggest trout she’d ever seen — or to discover a whole…

  • Otago
  • 28/07/2025
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New gate open-and-shut case for improved access

Anglers now have a safer, year-round access to a popular fishing spot on the lower Taieri River thanks to the goodwill and cooperation of Otago Fish & Game and a…

  • Otago
  • 15/07/2025
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Fish & Game to poacher: we have your spear

If you lost a fishing spearhead in the Water of Leith this week, Fish & Game has it and would like to talk to you.

  • Otago
  • 2/04/2025
  • Bruce Quirey
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Crystal-clear waters yield valuable fish data

Otago Fish & Game has wrapped up its drift-diving programme helping to monitor fish populations in high-country fisheries for the 2024-25 season.

  • Otago
  • 20/03/2025
  • Bruce Quirey
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Hundreds of stranded trout relocated to lakes

Otago Fish & Game staff successfully relocated more than 500 trout from a stranded pool in the Lindis River in Central Otago this week after being alerted by a concerned…

  • Otago
  • 28/02/2025
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Otago Fish & Game asks anglers for heads up over elusive salmon

Freshwater anglers are being asked to keep the heads of any elusive sea-run salmon caught from the Clutha River/Mata-Au below the Roxburgh dam.

  • Otago
  • 21/02/2025
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