Destinations S.I.

Fishing destinations around New Zealand’s South Island

Denis Brundell helping Rod across the Greenstone River.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
  • Otago
    • Caples River – The Dart, Diamond Creek, and the Rees – all in flood

    Caples River – The Dart, Diamond Creek, and the Rees – were all in flood.

    27/08/2020
    The author with a butter coloured brown trout taken from the lower Wairau River. Tagging. Featured image.
  • Marlborough
    • Radio Tagging Wild Trout in the Wairau River, Marlborough

    Radio Tagging Wild Trout in the Wairau River, Marlborough by Ben Grady The phone rang.

    06/10/2018
    Tony Thomas dragging for whitebait in the surf at Okarito.
  • Westland
  • Westland Rivers
  • Whitebaiting
    • Okarito River Whitebaiting, Westland, New Zealand

    Okarito West Coast Whitebait Run by Keith Reinke All the locals, as well as ourselves,.

    03/10/2018
    The big brown trout from the Mataura River taken on a silver Tasmanian Devil in muddy water! Featured image.
  • Southland-Fiordland
    • Mataura River – Southland’s Famed Brown Trout River

    Mataura River – Southland’s Famed Brown Trout River was Running High and Discoloured by Bryce.

    11/10/2018
    Aaron with a hard fighting kahawai landed on a saltwater fly he tied himself.
  • kahawai
  • Saltwater Fly
  • Westland
    • Arawata River Mouth Kahawai on Saltwater Fly & Ultra Light Spin Gear

    Arawata River Mouth Kahawai on Saltwater Fly & Ultra Light Spin Gear with Dick Marquand.

    15/12/2018
    Our combined morning's catch. Not bad at all considering the horrible rain and wind.
  • Rakaia River
  • Salmon
    • Salmon Fishing in the Pouring Rain – Early Morning – Rakaia River Gut

    Salmon Fishing in the Pouring Rain with Charles Smith It was a rainy miserable morning.

    27/06/2020
    A quad bike returning to South Rakaia Huts. I estimate that it will take at least one hour to walk from South Rakaia Huts along the length of the lagoon to the river mouth itself.
  • Rakaia River
    • Rakaia Lagoon – stretches lake-like for 5km into the distance – trout and salmon fishing

    Rakaia Lagoon February 2012

    22/10/2018
    Morris Clark sits atop his prizes; a brand new Kawasaki 300cc quad bike. Rakaia Salmon Fishing Contest.
  • Rakaia River
  • Salmon
    • Rakaia River Salmon Fishing Contest Photographs

    Rakaia River Salmon Contests Photographs 2003-2010 Photographs Allan Burgess A second gallery will be posted.

    22/10/2018
    This 6 lb rainbow was taken on a small Brown Trout pattern Tasmanian Devil lure fished on light spinning gear. According to Ross Millichamp of North Canterbury Fish and Game it was probably one of the rainbows released into the Groynes from a lake at Isaacs just a few miles away.
  • Canterbury Lakes
    • Groynes Small Fishing Lakes – near Christchurch – juniors under 17 years only

    Groynes Small Fishing Lakes and “Take A Kid Fishing” Days Only juniors under the age.

    16/10/2018
    Kaikoura town trout
  • Kaikoura Fishing
    • Trout caught in the middle of Kaikoura township

    Kaikoura Trout Fishing and Salmon Releases There were 15,000 x 50g quinnat salmon smolt released.

    07/09/2018
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