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The management of most of the Islands’ tuna fisheries through a cooperative agreement has been a sustainable development success story over several decades, providing reliable and much-needed revenue for development while preventing the depletion of fish stocks through overfishing...
First Southern Bluefin On A Jig?
29 July 2021
The Bay of Island based charter vessel Te Ariki Nui has a long history of great catches over the years. The boat’s latest claim to fame is what it most likely New Zealand’s first jig-caught southern bluefin tuna.
August 2021 Export Comp Wrap Up
28 July 2021
The Export Fishing Competition has had a promising start to the season with a good haul of catches from around the country...
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Latest Reports
Canterbury Fishing Report - July 28th, 2021
28/07/2021
The local rivers are still carrying higher than normal flows and are quite coloured. This has put more people onto our lakes, but they are still producing fish. Customers from Canterbury visiting the Marlborough Sounds and, in particular, the D’Urville Island area. The fishing for snapper and kingfish has been well worth the effort to get there! Simon McMillan reports...
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Canterbury Fishing Report - July 1st, 2021
01/07/2021
The major talking point in recent weeks has been the weather, with heavy rain and gale force winds causing flooded rivers and at times massive seas!
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Rotorua Fishing Report - June 29th, 2021
29/06/2021
We have finally had some heavy rain; the barometer is dropping, and the air temperatures are starting to plummet. While many will put their rods down this is when our winter shoreline fishing is at its best.
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Taupo Fishing Report – June 25th, 2021
25/06/2021
We are yet to see the prolonged spells of heavy rain this winter that encourage larger numbers of trout to run, however recent pulses of wet weather have elevated flows in major spawning rivers, encouraging plenty of trout upstream.
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Rotorua Fishing Report - June 17th, 2021
17/06/2021
"Over the last week or so the Rotorua region has received some much needed rain. At this time of year the rain and drop in barometer are very good triggers for the fish to actively bite." Mike Conley reports...
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Rotorua Fishing Report - June 2nd, 2021
02/06/2021
Fish well over 4kg have been featuring regularly as the mature trout come into the shallows to spawn.
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The Store report August 31-Sept 4
31/08/2017
Well it can't get any better, we have been spoilt for choice this year and the fishing is still fantastic.
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The Store Report for Dec 9-20
14/12/2016
This is a lovely time of the year to be on the water and with the lake levels and the higher water volumes, fishing is for this season going to be really great.
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The Store Report for Nov 30-6 dec
02/12/2016
Just a quick up date on the fishery. The water table is high and good numbers of fish are still holding right throughout the rivers.
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Taupo Fishing report Nov 2-16
09/11/2016
Well the wind and the rain and the snow and the frost is still pestering us but not in a bad way, thank goodness. we are still as a result enjoying some fantastic fishing which is great late in the season. Great numbers of fish are holding in all the tributaries in the Taupo region, which is exce
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