How to Catch Whitebait – An Easy Beginner’s Guide with Allan Burgess – Video
Home » Whitebaiting How to Catch Whitebait for Fun and a Feed In this article, we explain a bit about whitebaiting and offer a few tips to help the beginner get started. Learn about how to catch whitebait. Whitebaiters More...
Hurunui River Salmon and Trout Fishing – Photographs and 2018 Update
Home » Whitebaiting Hurunui River Trout and Salmon Fishing Video The Hurunui River is one of the best salmon rivers in New Zealand More...
Small Stream Fishing – A Canterbury Day to Remember
Home » Whitebaiting Small Stream Fishing – Down the Culvert by Piscator A pretty spotted brown trout from a small stream, spring More...
Avoid Frightening Weary Trout – The Silent Approach by Monty Wright
How to Avoid Frightening Weary Trout – Walk Softly, Stay Low, and Wear Camouflage Clothing by Monty Wright Monty holding a nice More...
Rakaia River Mouth at Top Spot for Sea-Run Trout Fishing
Surf fishing the Rakaia River mouth at first light for kahawai and sea-run brown trout. Rakaia River Mouth Sea-Run Trout Fishing Some More...
Kids Learning to Fish – North Canterbury Fish and Game Initiative
Kids Learning to Fish – North Canterbury Fish and Game Initiative Learning to fish at the Groynes during “Take A Kid More...
Reading Good Trout Fishing Water
Knowing the best fishing water As the tide goes out at the Waimakariri Rivermouth watch the old experienced anglers as they change More...
Two Hook Rigs for Sea-run Trout, Salmon and Kahawai
I use these cardboard cores and wrap 4 rigs (minus the leads) around each holding them in place with rubber bands. Then I place them More...
Lake Lilian Trout Fishing – on Glenthorne Station – Canterbury High Country
Home » Whitebaiting Lake Lilian Trout Fishing Lake Lilian is regarded as a good fly fishing water. A small though devoted group of More...
Lake Lyndon in the Canterbury high country is well stocked with trout
Home » Whitebaiting Mid-winter view of Lake Lyndon looking north, back towards the main road which passes behind the tree line in the distance. The single road follows the entire More...
Coleridge, Lake – the Best Fishing Spots with 39 Place Names- Picture Galleries
Lake Coleridge, Canterbury High Country – Trout and Landlocked Salmon Fishing Map Allan Burgess with landlocked salmon from Lake Coleridge. with Allan Burgess Plus More...
Lake Coleridge Fishing Tips: Beginners Guide to Fishing Lake Coleridge
Fishingmag editor Allan Burgess with a typical salmon caught spin fishing at Canterbury’s Lake Coleridge. Lake Coleridge Fishing Tips This article is aimed at helping the More...
Rig Shark – Mustelus lenticulatus – Excellent Eating – Strong Fighter
Rig Shark are Often Caught by Surfcasters at Night Dwayne Aberhart with an even bigger rig shark caught surfcasting near Christchurch in December 2016. It weighed in at a massive More...
Sevengill and Sixgill Sharks – Sevengillers are often caught by surfcasters
This sevengill is more grey in colour rather than brown. Sevengill and Sixgill Sharks by Allan Burgess The Sevengiller and Other Cow Sharks by Dick Marquand In 1992 More...
Opawa River Trout Fishing, and Taylor River, Marlborough
Opawa River Trout Fishing, and Taylor River There are some big resident brown trout in the Opawa River. This big 10lb More...
Rabbit Island, Surfcasting, Waimea Estuary, Richmond, Nelson
Rabbit Island Surfcasting The beach at Rabbit Island is shallow and sandy and is good for safe swimming and fishing. More...
The Complete Guide to Fishing the Twizel Canals by Allan Burgess
The Complete Guide to Fishing the Twizel Canals E-book Published January 2018 ISBN 978-0-9582933-8-9. Published by Allan...
Twizel Canals Fishing Tips – Ohau, Pukaki and Tekapo Canals – Maps & Video
Twizel Canals Fishing Tips – Plus 35lb rainbow video Enormous 35lb Rainbow Jack Trout from the...
Mackenzie Country Canals Mid-Winter Fishing – Angler Etiquette
Mackenzie Country Canals Mid-Winter Fishing – Angler Etiquette Mackenzie Country Canals Mid-Winter Fishing. I recently spent...
McQueen, Stella – A Photographic Guide to Freshwater Fishes of New Zealand
Home » Whitebaiting A Photographic Guide to Freshwater Fishes More...
Tench Fishing in New Zealand – Course Fish Species
A brace of tench. Coarse fishing in New Zealand. The Tench – Tinca tinca Considering the extensive liberations More...
Paternoster Coarse Fishing Rig – Ideal when windy and after dark
The Paternoster An old-fashioned and unusual name for a simple technique. It developed from a legering background although the float fishing..Coarse Fishing – Getting Started with a Basic Float Fishing Kit
Assembling a Basic Float Fishing Kit for Coarse Fishing Setting up a basic set of tackle for float fishing. One or..Wiggle Legs Bluebottle Pheasant Tail Nymph for the Twizel Canals
Wiggle Legs Bluebottle Pheasant Tail Nymph Start with strong size 8 hook. Nymphs are often overlooked by anglers More...
Black Tungsten Bead Head Attractor Nymph
Black Tungsten Bead Head Attractor Nymph This nymph pattern has proven deadly on big rainbows when fishing on the Ohau A Inlet Wall..Glo-Bug Trout Fishing Flies for Winter Rainbows – Good in the Twizel Canals
Glo-Bugs by Allan Burgess At first sight a pink or orange glo-bug seems an unlikely trout bait. A glo-bug is a..Quinnat Salmon – Oncorhynchus-tshawytscha – introduced by 1905
Also called King, Chinook and Quinnat Salmon Also known as King salmon and Chinook salmon, this species was successfully introduced into..
Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition – Wharf and Boat
Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition Following the recent success of the Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition, convener John Highton tells about the event and..
Fishing Foveaux Strait at the Bottom of the South Island
Fishing Foveaux Strait by Bryce Stupples I ’m the first to admit that I’m no saltwater fishing expert. However, if it involves..
Tongariro River Trout Fishing – One of Ours Most Heavily Fished Rivers
Tongariro River Trout Fishing – Return Trip Written a few years back but very interesting for those contemplating chasing winter rainbows..