Canterbury

Canterbury Fresh and Saltwater Fishing. Canterbury trout and salmon fishing spots. Sea fishing and surfcasting around Christchurch and Canterbury (Sea fishing around Canterbury scroll down the page in the sidebar on the right). 

Anton Ortiz caught this salmon at Macintoshes Rocks on 9 March 2016. It weighed 12.4lbs making it a bit smaller than a 21 lbs salmon Anton caught the previous week.
  • Salmon
  • Waimakariri River
    • Salmon Fishing in the Lower Waimakariri River Video – Close to Christchurch City

    Salmon Fishing in the Lower Waimakariri River Video (Latest items near the bottom of the.

    08/01/2023
    Hauling a boat onto a trailer at the head of Lake Coleridge on Opening Day.
  • Canterbury Lakes
  • Coleridge Group Lakes
    • Coleridge, Lake – Best Fishing Spots – 39 Place Names – Galleries

    Lake Coleridge in Canterbury’s high country offers outstanding trout and landlocked salmon fishing in a spectacular alpine setting. Discover the best shore and boat spots, top lures, seasonal tips, access points, and essential safety advice for targeting rainbow trout, brown trout, and Chinook salmon in this iconic New Zealand lake.

    20/11/2025
    Salmon anglers fishing the surf at sunrise. Orari River mouth. Photograph courtesy of Josh Mcmillian.
  • Canterbury
  • Canterbury Rivers
  • Central South Island
    • Orari River Trout and Salmon Fishing – South Canterbury

    Orari River – Salmon, Brown Trout, Surfcasting and whitebaiting A few salmon are still landed.

    31/10/2022
    Doug Hunt 20.15 lb brown trout caught in the Avon River, Christchurch, New Zealand. This is not a hatchery-reared fish or one that has been feeding on pellets from a fish farm. It has grown to this huge size naturally.
  • Canterbury
  • Canterbury Rivers
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Trout Fishing Near Christchurch, Ellesmere, Cam, Kaiapoi, Heathcote

    Trout Fishing Near Christchurch City I’m often asked the question, “Where is a good place.

    04/01/2021
    Adrian Moody (left) and the author take a break for a brew, above the Waimakariri Gorge.
  • Boats
  • Canterbury Rivers
    • Jet Boat Canterbury Rivers – Purist and Petrol Head – Graeme Kennerley

    Jet Boating Canterbury Rivers – Purist and Petrol Head – Fly Fishing and Jet Boating?.

    13/03/2024
    The Cam River - good beetle rises after dark. Featured image.
  • Canterbury Rivers
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Tups Indispensable and Fly Fishing Small Streams Around Canterbury

    Tups Indispensable and Small Streams Around Canterbury with John Hey A number of small streams.

    03/12/2018
    In all of my 20 plus years of trout fishing, I have caught some big trout, but the really big fish had eluded me until now with this 14lb brown.
  • Canterbury Low-land Lakes
  • Fish Recipes
    • Trout Recipe – Almond Trout – Fly Fishing A Tributary of Lake Ellesmere

    Trout Recipe – Almond Trout with an Orange, Honey and Ginger Sauce – A Lake.

    15/03/2024
    Lake Coleridge trolling for trout and salmon.
  • Canterbury Lakes
  • Coleridge Group Lakes
  • Downriggers
    • Trolling for Trout and Salmon with down-riggers and flat-lines

    Trolling for Trout 1. Trolling for trout without a down-rigger? You certainly don’t need a.

    20/07/2019
    View looking north across Lake Henrietta from the Harper Road. Note the scale provided by the car to the right of picture. Photograph Allan Burgess.
  • Canterbury Lakes
  • Coleridge Group Lakes
    • Lake Henrietta Trout Spinning and Fly Fishing – Canterbury High Country

    Lake Henrietta Lake Henrietta comprises two small lakes side by side on the shingle Harper.

    03/11/2018
    The ritual of Opening Weekend at Lake Coleridge. You can just see anglers fishing from the distant shoreline.
  • Canterbury Lakes
  • Coleridge Group Lakes
    • Lake Coleridge, Canterbury High Country – Trout and Landlocked Salmon Fishing MAP

    Lake Coleridge Map Coleridge Group Fishing Lakes The Coleridge group lakes are located in the.

    20/05/2020
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