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Eastern Fish and Game - Latest News [Page 5]
Fish & Game: Slip Won't Harm Lake Stocking
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 12:10 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Anglers have been assured that a destructive slip which hit Eastern Fish & Game Region’s hatchery at Ngongotaha in torrential rain – hasn’t harmed its stocking programme due to get underway next month. More >>
Be a Happy Hunter Gatherer this Xmas
Monday, 19 December 2011, 1:06 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
The Rotorua lakes are all set to serve up one New Zealand’s more unique Christmas holidays – where the whole family can share in some of the hunter-gatherer excitement that trout fishing provides. More >>
Fish & Game: Smallest Release has Big Value
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 4:26 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Tipping just 200 trout into a tiny North Island lake is the proverbial drop in a bucket for Fish & Game officers - who often release thousands at a time. More >>
Listen...Hear that Pheasant Calling?
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 1:02 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Eastern Region Fish & Game officers are optimistic about pheasant numbers in the lead up to the game bird hunting season – after a week spent counting their calls deep in the Kaingaroa Forest. More >>
Anglers Given Check, Clean Dry Reminder
Monday, 5 December 2011, 3:00 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Eastern Region Fish & Game has issued a strong ‘Check, Clean, Dry (CCD)’ reminder to anglers, after a number of Rotorua streams opened to fishing. Streams feeding into Lake Rotorua which opened on December 1 include the upper Ngongotaha, Utuhina, ... More >>
Big Browns Bode Well for Opening
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 2:55 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Anglers could be in for a treat when some Rotorua trout streams open to fishing tomorrow (Thursday December 1st) – with reports of large brown trout on the move swimming upstream. More >>
More Choice for Anglers as Rotorua Streams Open
Monday, 21 November 2011, 2:13 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Keen anglers will soon have more spots to fish – as a number of upper streams around the Rotorua district open for summer fishing. More >>
Trout Release – Lake Mc Laren – Kaimai Ranges
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 2:12 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game is preparing to carry out its annual release of 700 trout into Lake Mc Laren and the Ruahihi Canal – with Tauranga anglers invited to play their part. More >>
Trout for Small Hydro Lake
Friday, 4 November 2011, 1:22 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game Eastern Region will release 500 rainbows and 200 brown trout at the lake on Monday, November 7th. The year-old fish will be driven to the lake from Fish & Game’s Rotorua hatchery at Ngongotaha in Fish & Game’s live trout transport unit. More >>
Young Shooters Take Aim at Clay Target Titles
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 2:59 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Hundreds of secondary school shooters are preparing to compete in national clay target shooting champs – that have put some on a path to world championship success. More >>
Anglers Roll Up Sleeves to Help with Trout Release
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 5:01 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Rotorua anglers will be doing their bit tomorrow (Wednesday Oct 5), to help with a major trout release into one of their favourite fishing lakes. Eastern Region Fish & Game Officers will be releasing 4000 one year-old rainbows into Lake Rerewhakaaitu. ... More >>
Here's Your Spring Challenge - Catch a Fish 'n Cook It
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 4:36 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Here’s your challenge for spring in Rotorua’s great outdoors….Go and catch a trout and then de-bone and cook it. The challenge comes from Eastern Fish & Game on the eve of the new trout season. The Eastern Region hatchery is staging an Open ... More >>
New Trout Fishing Season October 2011
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 3:50 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
For many, October the first is the most important day on the sport fishing calendar – the day the long-awaited trout season begins again. In a time-honoured spring tradition, fishers by the hundred flock to lakes and rivers – especially in the ... More >>
Prize Package Great Incentive for Family Fishing
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 10:59 am | Eastern Fish and Game
A new trout fishing prize package on offer provides enough quality gear to kit out the whole family. More >>
Bigger Fish Tipped for New Trout Season
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 10:17 am | Eastern Fish and Game
Eastern Fish & Game Officers are tipping better prospects for catching some hefty fish on opening day, compared with the start of the trout fishing season last year. More >>
Poacher Cam Effective Tool in Battle Against Trout Thieves
Monday, 1 August 2011, 12:08 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Rob a service station and you'd expect to be filmed by a security camera – but who would think trout poachers would find themselves on ‘Poacher Cam?’ More >>
Praise for Local's Help to Net Poachers
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 3:11 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game Officers in Rotorua have praised a keen-eyed local who spotted trout poachers and gave them an ultimatum. The pair who scooped up four spawning trout in a landing net were seen by a member of the public who approached them and said: ... More >>
Fish & Game Hails Kai Iwi Lakes Trout Turnaround
Monday, 25 July 2011, 4:09 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish and Game Northland says the Kai Iwi lakes have turned a corner for trout fishing – with the latest fish weighed in the biggest recorded since the early nineties. More >>
Fish and Game Appoints New Field Officer
Monday, 25 July 2011, 4:07 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game Northland has appointed a new field officer, Nathan Burkepile. Thirty eight year-old Nathan has moved to Whangarei from Rotorua, where he worked for Eastern Fish & Game, Department of Conservation, and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. More >>
Bread Fishing for Trout Earns Big Fine
Monday, 18 July 2011, 3:29 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game officers say the latest fines handed down for trout fishing with no licence and using bread for bait - sends a strong message to would-be poachers. A 34 year old Rotorua man has appeared in the Rotorua District Court and fined a total of $700, ... More >>
