Fishing News & Events
Christmas boost for canal fishing opportunities due to power station upgrades
Anglers fishing the Tekapo Canal over the summer holidays have had an early Christmas present with a boost in their chances due to Genesis Energy and Central South Island Fish…
- 24/12/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Hugh Creasy Column December 2020
Forests have a cleansing odour – a smell of decay and renewal, an ancient familiarity in which humanity has taken solace for millions of years.
- 17/12/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Boat Fishing 'how to', Lake Tarawera, Saturday 2nd January 2021
Fish & Game provide ‘how-to’ boat fishing knowledge Fish & Game are providing a free talk and demonstration on improving angler’s boat fishing skills and knowledge this summer.
- Eastern
- 11/12/2020
- Eastern
Salmon Run begins
Beginners luck paid off for Rolleston women Vicky Van Der Zwet when she caught her first ever salmon over the weekend.
- 30/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Hugh Creasy Column for December 2020
There is a chill in the morning air, and the moon hangs above the horizon, soon to disappear as the sun rises.
- 19/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
2020 Canterbury Trout Fishing Festival
When & where: 28 November 2020 at the Peppers Christchurch Clearwater Resort, Clearwater Avenue, Christchurch from 9am-12pm and the Groynes Fishing Lakes between 1-3pm. Registration and Coffee from 8.
- North Canterbury
- 17/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Anglers pack the riverside to learn about softbaits
Outram was a hotbed of angling activity on Wednesday night when about 50 anglers attended the first of three clinics on softbait fishing run by Otago Fish & Game.
- Otago
- 12/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Hundreds of anglers head for the hills
At 0001 hours on Saturday the 7th of November, the high country fishing season kicked-off throughout Canterbury.
- North Canterbury
- 8/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Hugh Creasy's column November 2020
Perhaps it is the arc of the line flashing in the morning light that lifts the angler’s spirit, the sheer elegance of the cast that grips the imagination.
- 21/10/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Lake Rotomanu family trout fishing day – Saturday 31st October, 8am – 1pm
In a change to the usual kids’ fishing format where trout are corralled in a holding net in Lake Rotomanu, this year 400 good-sized rainbow trout will be released into…
- Taranaki
- 13/10/2020
- Richie Cosgrove