by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 23, 2020 | Features, Fishing
The organisation was put in the spotlight last month when Southland Fish & Game councillor Ken Cochrane made sexist remarks at a public meeting. He has since been ordered by his colleagues to resign. Speaking at a whitebait consultation meeting, Cochrane described...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 13, 2020 | Features, Fishing
With boating and fishing a key part of the summer lifestyle for many New Zealanders, it is also the ideal time to spare some thought for the trusty boat tractor. Frequently, this usually ancient steed is ignored for most of the year until it is fired up in summer for...
by Tony Orman | Mar 11, 2020 | Features, Fishing
The key to halting the decline in whitebait and other native fish lies in stopping spawning habitat destruction and stopping the decline in river flows and quality, says the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA). Federation president Dr Peter Trolove said in...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 9, 2020 | Features, Fishing
Selling up and jumping straight into the deep end to launch your own product might sound like a dream to some, but that’s exactly what one young Kiwi bloke did when he came up with his own version of an improved D shackle. Sam Brown, a mechanic by trade who owned his...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 5, 2020 | Features, Fishing
From fishing with her father and brother as a child and spending winters as a family fishing the waters in Turangi, to being named in the New Zealand Fly Fishing team heading to competition later this year, you could say it’s been a whirlwind for Waikato fly fisher...
by Fred Hemi | Jan 23, 2020 | Features, Fishing
The words of George Gershwin’s song Summertime from Porgy and Bess go like this: Summertime, and the livin’ is easy, fish are jumping. Summertime is great for trout because of summer insects such as cicadas that can send trout into a feeding frenzy – something to keep...
