Destinations S.I.

Fishing destinations around New Zealand’s South Island

Lance Gill with a big Lake Argyle rainbow trout, Marlborough, New Zealand. Photograph courtesy of Lance Gill and Fish The Drift NZ.
  • Marlborough
    • Lake Argyle – Trout Fishing – Marlborough – New Zealand

    Lake Argyle – Well-Stocked Trout Fishing Lake – Great for Kids By Allan Burgess Lake.

    07/11/2023
    Ross Dungey with rod and a nice brownie ready to be released and Selwyn Shanks with another brownie taken at the same spot. Waipahi River.
  • Otago
    • Waipahi River – In The Wrong Place Twice

    Waipahi River – Mataura, Waikaia – In The Wrong Place Twice By Monty Wright A.

    28/09/2023
    Fishing mate Mike Spitter from Minnesota, U.S.A. proudly displays his Glenorchy trout.
  • Otago
    • Glenorchy Trout

    My Huge Glenorchy Trout had an evasive strategy known only to competent submarine commanders By.

    28/09/2023
    The Avon Heathcote Estuary is right next to Christchurch City.
  • Canterbury
    • Avon Heathcote Estuary Fishing Christchurch – Unrealised Opportunities

    Avon Heathcote Estuary / Te Ihutai By Peter Langlands The Avon Heathcote Estuary is a.

    21/09/2023
    Maurice Scoble "king of kingfish anglers" shown here with a 26 kg (57 lb) kingi he caught from the turbulent waters of French Pass.
  • Marlborough
    • French Pass, D’Urville Island – Dangerous Passage – Maurice Scoble’s Biggest Kingfish

    French Pass, D’Urville Island – Top Yellowtail Kingfish Spot Plus Maurice Scoble’s Biggest French Pass.

    08/09/2023
    Panie snapper. The author with a panie snapper caught from shore in the Grove Arm, Marlborough Sounds.
  • Marlborough
    • Panie Snapper – Catching Snapper in the Marlborough Sounds  

    Panie Snapper Fishing Tips – How to Catch Snapper in the Marlborough Sounds Without a.

    08/09/2023
    Benger Burn, Carsons Creek, and Jimmys Creek have been identified as some of the lower Clutha River’s crucial spawning streams for brown trout. Photo: Otago Fish & Game.
  • Otago
    • Lower Clutha/Mata-au trout spawning streams identified

    Key trout spawning streams identified in lower Clutha River/Mata-au Crucial spawning tributaries have been identified.

    14/07/2023
    Reflections of the Southern Alps on the crystal clear water of the Rees River near Glenorchy. Photo, Stewart Watson Photography.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
  • Otago
    • Glenorchy, Anglers’ Eldorado, Rees, Dart Rivers, Diamond, Lake Wakatipu

    Glenorchy Fishing, The Anglers’ Eldorado Glenorchy, The Rees and Dart Rivers, The Diamond System –.

    20/09/2023
    Retropinna retropinna. (Smelt), 1890, by Frank Edward Clarke. Purchased 1921. Te Papa (1992-0035-2278/20). Below, smelt fresh from the sea by Allan Burgess. Smelt - A Silvery Treasure.
  • Canterbury
    • Smelt – A Silvery Treasure in Canterbury’s Waters

    Smelt – A Silvery Treasure in Canterbury’s Waters By Martin Langlands The name smelt is.

    10/05/2023
    The first southern bluefin tuna caught in Fiordland waters on game fishing gear.
  • New Zealand Sea Fishes
  • Southland-Fiordland
    • Bluefin Tuna – The First Tuna Fishing Expedition to the Fiordland Sounds

    Bluefin Tuna – The First Tuna Fishing Expedition to the Fiordland Sounds by Dick Marquand.

    15/04/2023
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