Reel Life
Otago
Reel Life November 2021
The new season is here! Opening day has rolled around again, and Otago Fish and Game staff are starting to hear of some good fishing reports.
- Otago
- 19/10/2021
Reel Life October 2021
Season opens on October 1Fish should be in fine condition for the October 1 start of the fishing season after a relatively mild winter.
- Otago
- 30/08/2021
Reel Life September 2021
Plenty of places to fish locally with bubble buddiesThis time of year, brown trout are in hot pursuit of whitebait in the lower reaches.
- Otago
- 30/08/2021
Reel Life April 2021
Changing of the seasonsAnglers might be surprised how many places in Otago are open to fish over winter. These include lakes Wanaka, Wakatipu, Hawea and Dunstan.
- Otago
- 15/04/2021
Reel Life March 2021
Off with their heads! To any anglers harvesting sports fish in the region − we need your help.
- Otago
- 19/03/2021
Reel Life February 2021
Salmon or Trout? Our rangers have come across plenty of anglers out on our southern lakes, who still have trouble distinguishing between salmon, and rainbow or brown trout.
- Otago
- 17/02/2021
Reel Life January 2021
Compliance on the lakesOur ranging team has been busy over the holiday period, checking over 250 anglers on our local waterways.
- Otago
- 20/01/2021
- Richie Cosgrove
Reel Life December 2020
All I want for Christmas is…Some time off work to go fishing, along with a few weeks of warm, settled weather.
- Otago
- 16/12/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Reel Life November 2020
Outram Glen Softbait ClinicOutram was a hotbed of angling activity last Wednesday night when about 50 anglers attended the first of three clinics on softbait fishing.
- Otago
- 17/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Reel Life October 2020
Opening and BeyondIf you managed to find some fishable water around opening, you probably had some success.
- Otago
- 20/10/2020
- Richie Cosgrove