Regional Fishing Reports
Central South Island
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 17-12-2020
If you haven’t tried fishing with a booby fly at the canals or other rainbow trout fisheries, then I suggest giving it a crack this summer.
- Central South Island
- 17/12/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 10-12-2020
Lake Benmore is a favourite fishery for South Island anglers, in fact, on paper it’s recorded as the second most fished lake New Zealand - that caldera lake formed by…
- Central South Island
- 10/12/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island- 03-12-2020
It is exciting to hear of the first two confirmed sea-run salmon catches for the season at the Rangitata River.
- Central South Island
- 3/12/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 26-11-2020
As Rhys reported last week CSI Fish & Game staff were involved with a pilot study on some of the regions hapuas (lagoons) with a focus on smelt populations.
- Central South Island
- 26/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 19-11-2020
We had a report of people poaching trout with nets at the Ashburton Lagoon this week.
- Central South Island
- 19/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island -11-11-2020
It’s Canterbury Anniversary on Friday and our high country waters are back open for “business”. Put those two together and you’re in for a busy weekend on the water.
- Central South Island
- 11/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island 05-11-2020
At 0001 hours on Saturday the 7th of November, the high country season kicks-off at so many of our iconic fisheries.
- Central South Island
- 5/11/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 29-10-2020
The big news this week is that a world record size brown trout was caught at the canals. Weighed in at 44.
- Central South Island
- 29/10/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island - 22-10-2020
Hundreds of hours of work over the past 12 years by CSI Fish & Game staff has culminated in the lodging and presentation of a submission earlier this week at…
- Central South Island
- 22/10/2020
- Richie Cosgrove
Weekly Fishing Report – Central South Island 15-10-2020
Many of our lowland streams remain low and clear and are providing excellent sight fishing opportunities. The recent spurts of rain have made only minor jumps in the flows.
- Central South Island
- 15/10/2020
- Richie Cosgrove