by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 24, 2020 | Book reviews
Pick of the month Amazing Boat Journeys Lonely Planet $44.99 Lonely Planet books hardly ever disappoint and their latest coffee-table edition leaves no hull unturned. From salt breezes to river safaris, Amazing Boat Journeys is a fantastic collection of the world’s...
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...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 23, 2020 | News
Two big blue marlins bagged at the Bay of Island Swordfish Club junior tournament were the highlight of the annual event that was held this year on 4 and 5 January. Eleven-year-old Oscar Avery, also the Top Male Angler at the tournament, hooked up a 95kg marlin, which...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 23, 2020 | News
Fisheries officers stopped a group of commercial fishers in the Thames region who were allegedly under-reporting catches and unlawfully supplying snapper to an Auckland fish supply business. In December, 45 fishery officers and New Zealand police executed searches in...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 23, 2020 | News
Big dreams as a kid and 15 years’ worth of training came together to see the first New Zealander, Josh Junior, hold the winning trophy at the Finn Gold Cup (World Championships) in December after an epic regatta in Melbourne, Australia. Junior is coached by former...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 23, 2020 | Features, Fishing
When you are young and straight out of school, you have certain ideas about what you’ll end up doing in your career. While most of us don’t have a full-fledged plan chalked out, we tend to have some goals that lead us to our first foray into the real world. But life...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 14, 2020 | News
Standardised rules for the whitebait fishery in New Zealand, creating refuges in waterways, and phasing out the export of whitebait are some of the plans proposed to improve management of whitebait across New Zealand. In a proposal released on 14 January, Minister of...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 14, 2020 | News
A large humpback whale died after becoming stranded off Glinks Gully beach near Dargaville earlier this morning. The 10-metre-long whale, which was discovered around 8.30am, was confirmed dead an hour later by Department of Conservation (DOC) spokesperson Abi...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 6, 2020 | Archive
Big dreams as a kid and 15 years’ of training came together for a Kiwi who became the first New Zealander to win the Finn Gold Cup in December after an epic regatta in Melbourne, Australia. Meet Josh Junior in our cover story this month. We also caught up with...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 6, 2020 | News
It has been more than four months since TWR Media took over Fishing & Outdoors, and with five issues (including the December 2019 one) published, it is great to see our production team on the receiving end of all the great feedback from readers and advertisers. We...
