Freshwater Fishing NZ

Freshwater Fishing NZ is your companion for the trout and salmon rivers and lakes of the deep south — Southland and Otago. Built with input from local anglers and Fish & Game, it turns live data into a simple, honest read on whether it's worth going.

CONDITIONS THAT ACTUALLY HELP • Live river flow from Environment Southland and the Otago Regional Council, with water temperature where it's gauged • A plain-English fishability read — is it worth going, right now? — that weighs flow against cold, wind and recent rain, and rates the lakes too • A fortnight of flow history with the seasonal median, so you can see the trend at a glance • Current weather, rainfall and a 7-day outlook

READ THE HATCH • Temperature-driven predictions for the willow-grub fall and cicada activity — built on published science — so you know when the grub is on and when cicadas are flying • A hatch calendar and a fly recommender for what's likely about • Method-aware throughout — set your preference for fly, spinner or bait and the app tailors what it shows

KNOW EACH WATER • Fish species and the rules for every reach, straight from the current Southland and Otago Anglers Notices • Best Waters — a ranked read on where's fishing well right now for your method • Per-reach water character (lowland willow, tussock headwater, spring creek and more) so the hatch call fits the water • The Southland beat system, with named, colour-coded beats • Mātaitai and biosecurity (Check Clean Dry) reminders, and a seasonal whitebaiting reference

GET TO THE WATER • Access types, parking, paper roads and Fish & Game access information where available • Offline maps you can download before you lose signal • River and lake webcams where available

KEEP A SEASON WORTH REMEMBERING • Log every fish — from a sighting to landed — with weights, flies and notes • Insights, home-screen widgets and Siri

MEMBERSHIP PREMIUM — know whether it's worth going, and what's on. • The Fishability verdict — the headline read. A clear "is it worth going?" for any water, at a glance: it weighs live flow against cold, wind and recent rain and gives you a plain-English call — "Prime — get out there" or "a hard day" — before you fuel up the car. It rates the lakes too. • Willow-grub and cicada hatch predictions — temperature-driven, built with science— so you know when the grub is on and the cicadas are flying, with the hatch calendar and fly recommender. • The full conditions picture: live flow detail, water temperature, weather and the 7-day forecast, trip planning, and the catch log, insights, widgets and Siri.

GUIDE — everything in Premium, plus the app's smartest tools. • Best Waters — ranks every river and lake for how it's fishing right NOW and tomorrow, for your method (fly, spin or bait), weighing live flow, water character, weather and the seasonal trend. Your morning shortlist — the smart pick, not a guess. It deliberately spreads its picks, with a per-angler rotation, so it never funnels everyone onto the same water — helping protect our fisheries. • The guiding tools: client management, branded pre-trip and trip reports, story cards, and advanced season analytics.

River flow and water temperature are free to every angler, always.

Freshwater Fishing NZ is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Environment Southland, the Otago Regional Council, or the Southland and Otago Fish and Game Councils. Data from those organisations is used with their guidance and attributed to them; weather and the 7-day forecast are provided by Apple Weather, and the willow-grub and cicada models draw on historical temperature data from Open-Meteo. Readings are indicative only — always assess conditions for yourself.

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