A Tauranga man has been fined $1250 for fishing without a licence in the Ngongotaha Stream.
Jamie Lim-Yock, 29, admitted fishing without a licence and obstructing a Fish & Game ranger when he appeared in the Tauranga District Court.
The court was told that on July 21, Lim-Yock was fishing for trout in the Ngongotaha Stream, near Rotorua, when he was approached by a Fish & Game ranger.
Fish & Game officer Anthony van Dorp told the court Lim-Yock ran away and was followed by the ranger.
He refused to comply with the ranger's directions and was later spoken to by both Fish & Game and police officers.