Summer angling will soon be in full swing as popular fishing streams will be opened in the Rotorua region.
Fish & Game will allow access for fishing in the upper sections of Ngongotaha Stream, above State Highway 5, Waiteti above Hamarana Rd and Utuhina between Devon St and Pukehangi Rd.
The steams had been closed for the spawning season but will reopen on Sunday.
Fish & Game officer Matt Osborne said it was important for the natural or wild spawning during the end of June through to winter.
"Lake Rotorua has excellent natural spawning streams that are well protected so essentially unlike the other popular lakes of Tarawera, Okataina and Rotoiti, Rotorua is a wild fishery and we only release around 1000 tagged fish into it each year - for monitoring purposes only."