Brook Char or Brook Trout – Salvelinus-fontinalis – Small Populations
Home » Freshwater Fishes Brook Trout – Salvelinus-fontinalis There is no fish prettier than this small brook trout – Salvelinus-fontinalis. Photo courtesy of Cory Scott. Note the white on the leading edges of the fins. Click on the picture to enlarge. The brook char or brook trout – Salvelinus fontinalis, was first introduced More...
Landlocked Quinnat Salmon – Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Home » Freshwater Fishes Allan Burgess with a landlocked salmon caught trolling in Lake Coleridge, Canterbury high country. They are good fighters and will take almost any lure – though bibbed minnows seem More...
Sockeye Salmon – Oncorhynchus nerka – Limited to Waitaki River Catchment – Video
Home » Freshwater Fishes Sockeye Salmon – Oncorhynchus nerka – only landlocked stocks are found in New Zealand Sockeye salmon – Oncorhynchus nerka – Photograph courtesy of Brendon Spicer. Most More...
Quinnat Salmon – Oncorhynchus-tshawytscha – introduced by 1905
Large Quinnat salmon caught at the mouth of Canterbury’s Waimakariri River. Note the bright silver colour when the salmon is fresh from the sea. Also called King, Chinook and Quinnat Salmon Also known as King More...
Tench Fishing in New Zealand – Course Fish Species
Home » Freshwater Fishes A brace of tench. Coarse fishing in New Zealand. The Tench – Tinca tinca Considering the extensive liberations that are known to have taken place in the 1860s and the subsequent world More...
Free 100 page Sea-Run Trout E-book and Trout & Salmon Fishing Newsletter
Fishingmag.co.nz editor Allan Burgess Free E-book with Trout & Salmon Newsletter At last a fishing newsletter worth subscribing to. Best of all it’s totally FREE to join! Sample pages from The More...
Fishing for Eels – Eels are a NZ Native Species
Fishing for Eels Some coarse fishing clubs include eels in their fishing events Eels on the prowl, Canterbury New Zealand – Video This video was taken during the early evening in a Canterbury low land More...
Perch – Perca fluviatilis – Redfin Perch Introduced freshwater fish
Perch – Perca fluviatilis – introduced freshwater fish A fine specimen freshwater perch – Perca fluviatilis. Perch are a European freshwater fish species first introduced into New Zealand waterways More...
Sea-Run Brown Trout Video – migrate to sea but spawn in rivers
Home » Freshwater Fishes Sea-Run Brown Trout Fishing in Canterbury Video: Sea-Run Trout Fishing in Canterbury New Zealand Description: Sea-Run Trout Fishing in Canterbury New Zealand. Video showing sea-run brown More...
Freshwater Eel on a Rapala Countdown CD7
This 12 lb eel was taken on a Rapala Countdown fished close to the bank. Eel on a Rapala with Allan Burgess I had been fishing a Rapala Countdown bibbed minnow close to the bank hoping to lure a good-sized brown More...
