Fishing and game nz magazine

For fly anglers its dry fly time so be sure to take a selection of flies that resemble terrestrial insects like blowflies , cicada and aquatic insects like mayfly. Anglers trolling the surface and shoreline on lakes should be mindful of lake surface temperatures.

To gauge water temperatures, you can review the ECan river flow website, some of the flows gauge sites also provide water temperature. Water temperatures are usually at their highest in the late afternoon as the heat of the day wanes. At least two anglers have hung up their salmon gear for the season, successfully harvesting their season bag limit of two sea run salmon already.

There has been another super-sized sockeye caught from the canal system — about pound. Too many novice anglers fish the 'wrong' places and quickly become disillusioned. The prime focus should be locating trout rather than fishing barren water. The greatest success will be achieved in places where there is an abundant food supply, cover or deep water for shelter, and well-oxygenated water. Find a place where all of these requirements are met will result in the angler finding trout, and hopefully catching more too.

Rig Shark are Often Caught by Surfcasters at Night - aka: Lemonfish, smoothhound, gummy shark Rig - Mustelus lenticulatus, has numerous names including smoothhound, gummy shark and spotted dogfish.

They are very good fish to eat and reasonably strong fighters. Rig shark is usually sold in the shops as Lemon Fish. This is a prime…. Egg Rolling - How to Drift Fish the Mackenzie Country Canals - Best Rod, Reel, and Terminal Rig for the Canals When you consider that a large trout or salmon hen fish can produce as many as 5, eggs that's a lot of fish-bite size protein parcels going into the food chain.

Big rainbow…. We'll also give you some quick and easy tips on the tackle required, how to rig your gear, along with when, where and…. This is some of the most exciting fishing imaginable. If you have never caught a yellowtail kingfish you are…. Game fishing is so mind blowing bottom fishing is mostly over looked!