by Ben Hope | May 21, 2020 | Features, Fishing
From May onwards and through the following months of winter is a top time to head to fish Lake Taupo and its rivers. From May through to October, trout spawning gears up and runs upstream in the Taupo rivers. This is the big chance to home in on big, well-conditioned...
by John Mcnab | May 20, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
A few years ago, I was on a morning hunting trip with a friend, who we will call Gary. We left the 4WD wagon at a farm and set off to climb a bush ridge that led up to some alluring tussock tops. We had a hope that we might catch a deer out in the open but our...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 14, 2020 | Features, Fishing, Hunting, News
New Zealand moved to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 at 11:59pm on Wednesday, 13 May 2020, which sees rules relaxed towards activities such as hunting, fishing, and boating. Here is a quick snapshot of what Level 2 means to hunters and anglers. Duck hunting season 2020...
by Fred Hemi | Apr 15, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
It is about this time of the year – around May’s duck shooting season – when duck shooters undergo a change of character. During this time, you will rarely find them at home. They will be in all sorts of places: on small creeks or ponds erecting their maimais,...
by Esha Chanda | Apr 9, 2020 | Features, Fishing, Hunting, News
New Zealand has been in lockdown for just over two weeks. The entire country, barring essential services and workers, has been asked to stay at home and – to reiterate our prime minister’s advice – everyone has been asked to act like they have COVID-19. The same holds...
by Fred Hemi | Apr 6, 2020 | Features, Fishing
I chanced to be down in Marlborough last autumn and took the opportunity to fish for snapper in the Marlborough Sounds. The Sounds are a maze of river and stream valleys drowned by the sea at the northeast corner of the South Island and gives good snapper fishing...
