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 Southlander Ken Hay had a fascination for tuna. During the late summer months, while fishing for blue cod in Foveaux Strait, he had often seen southern bluefin tuna leaping from the surface of the sea. One particular day, while fishing near Barracouta Rock More...
Fiordland Back Country Trout Fishing – Lake Te Anau & Eglinton River
Fiordland Back Country Trout Fishing by Murray Knowles Murray with a beautiful backcountry brown trout. Opening Day, of what we used to regard as the high-country water, is always a special date for the keen fly More...
Oreti River, Southland, Quality Brown Trout Fishing on Spinner and Fly
Oreti River – ”If it is over your ankles fish it” by Bryce Stupples My initial excitement saw me predicting 10lbs plus, however, the scales said 8lb even. Still, I let out a whoop and a holler and More...
Mataura River – Southland’s Famed Brown Trout River
Mataura River – Southland’s Famed Brown Trout River was Running High and Discoloured by Bryce Stupples The big brown trout from the Mataura River taken on a silver Tasmanian Devil in muddy water! It More...
Fishing Foveaux Strait at the Bottom of the South Island
Fishing Foveaux Strait by Bryce Stupples The author with a brace of school groper – the largest weighing 25lb. Fishing in Foveaux Strait. I ’m the first to admit that I’m no saltwater fishing expert. More...
Te Anau, Fiordland – New Zealand’s fly fishing capital
Te Anau – New Zealand’s fly fishing capital View across Lake Manapouri. Te Anau, to either the dedicated fishermen with ample time to spare or to the angler who can only spare a few hours, it’s More...
Fiordland Deep-Sea Fishing, Doubtful Sound, Breaksea Sound
Home » Destinations S.I. » Southland-Fiordland Genesis II at Deep Cove, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland. Fiordland Deep-Sea Fishing I had an opportunity to return to Fiordland by adding my name to a list for a charter More...
Fiordland Sea Fishing Adventure
Home » Destinations S.I. » Southland-Fiordland A Fiordland groper. Fiordland Sea Fishing There is a spot just past Oke Island where the bottom slopes down to over 200 metres. Stoney started us at the 60m crest More...