Rotorua Fishing

Rotorua — Tigers are on the loose at Lake Rotoma… Tiger trout, that is.

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Rotorua — Rotorua Fish & Game Officers have applauded sharp-eyed locals for their help - after a busy week of poaching call-outs – and dealing with illegal fishing.

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Rotorua — 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.

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Rotorua — For many, October the first is the most important day on the sport fishing calendar – the day the long-awaited trout season begins again.

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Rotorua — Fish & Game Officers carrying out checks at a local Rotorua Trout spawning stream on Friday afternoon (26th August) located and apprehended 2 men aged 17 and 40 yrs, and a 17 year old woman, who had allegedly been poaching spawning trout.

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Rotorua — 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?’ That’s my term for the ‘covert surveillance’ cameras Fish & Game Officers are using as one of their weapons against poachers.

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Rotorua — Fish & Game Officers in Rotorua have praised a keen-eyed local who spotted trout poachers and gave them an ultimatum.

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Rotorua — 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.

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Rotorua — The season for boat fishing is drawing to a close on three of Rotorua’s lakes Thursday, (June 30th, midnight) – but there’s still plenty of other sport fishing opportunities.

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Rotorua — Fish and Game officers in Rotorua have stepped up their activities in response to a seasonal rise in poaching.

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Rotorua — Fish & Game officers have issued a reminder to anglers over the rules for fishing the Ohau Channel near Rotorua – after two men were caught fishing without licences – and using illegal gear.

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Rotorua — The approach of winter has got Fish & Game and anglers geared up for the trout spawning season which typically kicks off in April.

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Rotorua — Anglers targeting large trout in the Rotorua district will be anticipating the start of the winter “big fish” run as temperatures begin to fall.

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Rotorua — The provisional results of the 2008 World Fly Fishing put the Czech Republic ahead of New Zealand in what has been a close run contest.

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Rotorua — New Zealand's started strongly as the winning team after the first session on Day 1 of the World Fly Fishing Champs yesterday, but were edged into second place at the end of the day after the second session, by the Czech team.

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Rotorua — The public, as well as a hundred of the world's top fly fishers, will be able to hear the government's perspective on the restoration of Rotorua lakes put by the Conservation Minister, The Hon.

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Rotorua — The youngest competitor won a special commendation for his remarkable fly-tying skills at the inaugural New Zealand National Open Feather Merchants Fly Tying Championship in Rotorua yesterday.

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Rotorua — Members of the Bosnian Fly Fishing Team, who have been in New Zealand for 10 days practising for the world fly fishing champs next week, have learnt that may not after all be able to compete.

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Rotorua — The FIPS-MOUCHE World Fly Fishing Championships are being held in the central North Island over Easter week with the opening on Easter Saturday.

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