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Eastern Fish & Game praises 'majority' of hunters
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 10:07 am | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game says that as predicted, the opening of the new game bird season in the large Eastern Region produced "mixed fortunes" for hunters. More >>
'Fish spotting’ mission yields encouraging results
Monday, 16 February 2015, 2:35 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Eastern Fish & Game Officers have completed a fish-spotting mission in the Eastern Bay of Plenty – and sighted some “encouraging” numbers of trout. More >>
Fish & Game praise for public after anti-poaching operation
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 12:17 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Members of the public have been praised after a high profile joint Fish & Game and police operation to intercept poachers spotted in a local stream. A local person reported seeing four men last Friday (December 5) afternoon, one with a rod, in a ... More >>
Fish & Game welcomes guilty verdicts for poachers
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 4:24 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Two Bay of Plenty men have been found guilty of poaching as many as 60 spawning trout from an isolated stream near Lake Rotoiti last winter – in what has been described as the worst such poaching case in a decade. More >>
Trout poachers nabbed with huge haul
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 9:26 am | Eastern Fish and Game
Two men will appear in court later this month after Eastern Fish & Game staff and police caught them “pillaging” trout from a spawning stream near Rotorua over the weekend. More >>
Ruakituri River decision
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 4:42 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Eastern Fish and Game Council lifts boat restrictions Ruato Bay, changes other fishing rules The Eastern Fish and Game Council has moved to amend some of its fishing rules after anglers were given their say on a variety of proposed changes. The Council ... More >>
Gisborne figure elected to lead role in Eastern Fish & Game
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 11:26 am | Eastern Fish and Game
The Eastern Fish and Game Council has elected well known Gisborne identity Murray Ferris as its new chairman. The Eastern Council represents over 30,000 anglers and 3000 game bird hunting licence holders. More >>
Fish & Game officers quack a few duck secrets
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 4:53 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
North Island mallard ducks are voicing a few mild protest quacks as they’re examined in large numbers. Fish & Game’s annual summer banding work is well underway in the Bay of Plenty and East Coast, Hawkes Bay and Wellington. More >>
Fish & Game praise for trout doco students
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 3:02 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Eastern Fish & Game has praised Kaitao Middle School students for their efforts – in filming a documentary comparing wild trout with ones raised at the Ngongotaha hatchery. More >>
Kiwis reminded of angling holy grail in own backyard
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 2:36 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Families holidaying on Rotorua lakes this summer have been reminded they can grab some fishing action in their own backyard that’s “the Holy Grail” for many overseas anglers. More >>
Anglers home in on Rotorua streams
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 12:50 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Popular streams that re-opened to anglers on Sunday included the Waiteti and Utuhina, which had been closed over the spawning season. Fish & Game Officer Matt Osborne says the fish are of better size and condition than the previous opening, thanks ... More >>
Countdown on to summer's extra fishing
Monday, 25 November 2013, 1:24 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Some great stream fishing is now only days away – as popular Lake Rotorua and Waikaremoana tributaries open for summer angling. From December 1, 2013, Fish & Game will re-open some important fishing streams which have been closed over the spawning season. More >>
Viewers asked to 'take the bait' as fishing show screens
Monday, 4 November 2013, 1:12 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
A six part TV series on trout fishing in the central North Island including Rotorua’s famed ‘trophy’ lakes, told by a “real angler,” will screen on Sky TV beginning later this month (November 24). More >>
How to tell the difference between a rainbow and a tiger
Monday, 4 November 2013, 11:50 am | Eastern Fish and Game
There’ll be no excuse after the Tauranga Boat Expo for not knowing a rainbow trout from a brown trout or a tiger – trout that is. More >>
Be selfish - join a fishing club
Monday, 4 November 2013, 10:48 am | Eastern Fish and Game
Fishing is a strange pursuit compared to other sports like golf or tennis because the ‘competitors’ aren’t people – they’re fish. As a result, the joys of fishing, walking up a river alone or bobbing on a lake revelling in the beauties ... More >>
Fish & Game swaps vehicles to release trout in Lake Tarawera
Friday, 1 November 2013, 2:17 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game officers have swapped their normal ‘live trout truck’ for a boat – as they carried out a special release of young trout into Lake Tarawera. In spring, thousands of trout are released into the Rotorua lakes – and normally they’re ... More >>
Anglers urged to hide away on Rotorua lakes and target trout
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 9:48 am | Eastern Fish and Game
Holidaymakers heading for the Bay of Plenty this weekend can still get some great fishing in if north-westerlies blow up as forecast – by targeting trout on the Rotorua lakes. More >>
Lake Rotoiti 'star performer' on trout opening
Friday, 4 October 2013, 11:06 am | Eastern Fish and Game
Lake Rotoiti has emerged as the “most improved” of Rotorua’s three popular trout fishing lakes - where the start of the new season is celebrated – as anglers fished the first day of the new season. More >>
Anglers descend on Rotorua lakes for start of fishing season
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 2:26 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
There’s been a strong turnout of anglers in “perfect” conditions on the Rotorua lakes for the start of the new fishing season today. An estimated 1000-plus anglers have converged on the popular lakes of Tarawera, Okataina and Rotoiti which have ... More >>
Counting the days to a new trout fishing season
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 2:31 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Anglers are now counting down to the opening of the fishing season on Rotorua’s renowned lakes – hoping to hook some hard-fighting trout. Lakes Rotoiti, Tarawera and Okataina, which have been closed and ‘rested’ over winter, will open to anglers ... More >>
