By Tauranga Fishing Charters
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Tauranga — Have you ever dreamt of being a professional angler? Taking on the seas, catching a gigantic tuna or marlin, and bringing the catch home to show off to your friends – for the average Joe, it probably sounds like a day in paradise.

By Tauranga Fishing Charters
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Bay of Plenty — Recreational boaties are reminded to keep well clear of commercial fishing vessels, after two serious near-miss incidents in the eastern Bay in the past five months.

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Tauranga — Fishery officers have seized a Tauranga-based commercial fishing trawler and two refrigerated trucks, following an investigation into a large scale black market operation.

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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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Bay of Plenty — Sustainable whitebait fritters ingredients: 1 cup of fresh whitebait (never frozen) 3 eggs Pinch of salt and pepper 400m electric fencing Method: 1.

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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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Bay of Plenty — Anglers are now equipped with better facilities and signs are that the community is really enjoying the new features of the Te Tumu Cut groyne structure, at Maketū.

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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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Bay of Plenty — Work is set to begin on Monday (28 March) to make Te Tumu Cut groyne suitable for recreational use – particularly for the anglers already using it.

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Bay of Plenty — The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has decided to erect barriers and make other required modifications to the Te Tumu Cut groyne structure, at Maketū, to make it suitable for recreational use – particularly for the anglers already using it.

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Whakatane — An epic 6 and 3 quarter hour battle with a truly monstrous fish has left the 11 man crew of the Whakatane charter vessel Diveworks exhausted last night.

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Bay of Plenty — Whitebait season in the Bay of Plenty starts this Saturday 15th August and the Department of Conservation (DOC) is urging fishers to protect the fishery for future generations by complying with the regulations and taking steps to check, clean & dry their fishing gear in order to stop the spread of didymo (Didymosphenia geminata).

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