Fishing.net.nz has everything you need to know about fishing. You'll find fishing reports, fishing tips, fishing charters and plenty of fishing advice, hints and techniques on everything from snapper fishing to gamefishing on The Fishing Website. New Zealand has world-leading striped marlin and yellowtail kingfish fisheries as well as superb recreational fishing for snapper, kingfish, kahawai, tarakihi, trevally, blue cod, john dory, gurnard, hapuku & bass, trout & salmon. If you have a fishing question or want to check out what fellow fisho's think on a particular fishing topic, visit our fishing forums.
September 2023
September 2023
Kaelah James shares her recipe for moki mata with seaweed chips... ...
September 2023
Anna Macrae shares the fishing history of the Shetland Islands...
September 2023
Marine ecologist Irene Middleton portrays blackwater diving off New Zealand's coast...
The good old saga of the good, the bad, and the ugly? Well, weather wise... Read More >
Much like the weather, the fishing is starting to really heat up in the Gulf.... Read More >
The past two weeks have seen some really unsettled weather for us in Canterbury, with... Read More >
Finally, it’s on! Dolphins, gannets, terns, seals, and even a whale… simply chaos last Tuesday... Read More >
Yeah there are some nice fish straylining up there round Little Barrier in close under 10m but hard to hook, quite skittery and haul line and...
Nice piwikiwi, water temp juped by 1 degree from last week to the week before, I had 14.8 c. I guess when we pass 16 c...
Tried again this morning but this time I got a snag, first time ever with kite fishing or the drone, lost everything ie: 3xtraces plus sinkers...
I have an 'as new' Powerflex Titanium that's surplus to requirements, if of interest...
20 September 2023
17 September 2023
Fishing on a boat isn't often considered a sport that people with disabilities can enjoy, but a non-profit charity based in Tauranga is trying to change...14 September 2023
The Hauraki Gulf and Tikapa Moana Marine Protection Bill will create 12 new "high protection areas" – essentially marine reserves where tangata whenua may issue permits...05 September 2023
The daily limit for recreationally caught paua has been reduced to 5 of each paua species per fisher to support the sustainability of stocks in the...