Surfcasting Birdlings Flat and Kaitorete Spit – steep shelving shingle beach
Surfcasting Birdlings Flat and Kaitorete Spit In my younger days I spent many an afternoon and evening surfcasting at Birdlings Flat – also called Baileys Beach. I remember the rich red sunsets in particular very well. The best fishing here is usually later in the day. So the setting sun generally heralds the start of improved fishing. The most More...
Black Rock, Taylors Mistake, Banks Peninsula – Sevengill Shark
The author with a sevengill shark taken at Black Rock. Black Rock, Taylors Mistake, Banks Peninsula Looking for somewhere to go fishing during the holidays? Here is a good spot. It is Black Rock. One of my old favourite 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 41 lbs. Congratulations Dwayne. More...
Hammerhead Shark – Big specimens feed on stingrays
Hammerhead Shark – Sphyrna zygaena Alistair Milne caught this enormous hammerhead shark weighing 159.2kg on 24kg tackle during a Tutukaka Small Boats Tournament. It is almost certainly a smooth or common More...
Tope or School Shark is regarded by the IGFA as a game fish
Tope Shark caught by Allan Burgess at Dorie, Mid Canterbury. Tope Shark or School Shark Galeorhinus australis Also called School Shark. Tope fillets are sold in shops as white fish or flake. In my experience, More...
White Shark – Carcharodon carcharias – Fishing Methods
Great White Sharks by Allan Burgess The White Shark Leviathan of the Deep by Dick Marquand White Shark Game Fish Profile by Dick Marquand Also known as White Shark, White Death, Man Eater, or White Pointer (in More...
Thresher Shark – Alopias vulpinus – easily recognized from its very long tail
Thresher shark caught off Fiordland. Photo Dick Marquand. Thresher Shark – Updated by Allan Burgess and Dick Marquand (see below) The thresher shark is easily recognized from its very long tail. The upper 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 a large sixgill shark was taken in More...
Mako Shark – Isurus oxyrinchus – Short Finned Mako can swim at 80 kph
Mako Shark Mako Shark is also called blue pointer, mackerel shark, and is known in the scientific community as Isurus The short finned mako shark is one of the easiest sharks to identify. It has a solid yet streamlined More...
Common Small Inshore Sharks
Spiny dogfish. Small Inshore Sharks Spiny Dogfish Surfcasters fishing around the South Island of New Zealand will typically catch a number of smaller sharks. The most commonly caught are Spiny Dogfish – More...