West Coast Quinnat Salmon Fishing with Paul Corliss
Home » Destinations S.I. » Westland West Coast Quinnat Salmon by Paul Corliss Graeme “The Butcher” Larsen at Lake Paringa. With a one fish limit, the smaller salmon was caught by his brother. The East Coast for salmon, the West Coast for trout”, or so they say. How about ”the West Coast for trout and salmon”? West Coasters are More...
Lake Moeraki, Westland, Brown Trout Fishing by Dick Marquand
Lake Moeraki is a brown trout fishery, with an occasional quinnat salmon taken The author with a typical Lake Moeraki brown trout. The trout provide excellent sport on light spinning gear. Photo courtesy of Vern More...
Mapourika, Lake, Salmon and Trout Fishing – Westland
Lake Mapourika – Brown Trout and Quinnat Salmon Located 10 km north of Franz Joseph in one of the most beautiful scenic parts of New Zealand. The salmon fishing is variable but there are plenty of big brown More...
Hapuka River Black Water Brownies, Westland, by Dick Marquand
The Hapuka River’s Black Water Brownies The author with a Hapuka River brownie. A quick photograph and back it goes. Photo Aaron Horrell. South Westland offers an incredible variety of experiences to More...
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 Aaron with a hard fighting kahawai landed on a saltwater fly off the Arawata River mouth. When Aaron Horrell and I visited More...
Green Frogs and Whitebait – An Unusual West Coast Fishing Method
Green Frogs and Whitebait by Chris Tonkin A little green frog similar to the frogs harnessed by Robbie and Bert. The last rays of a sinking sun had vanished silently into the Tasman Sea well over an hour ago, but More...
Whitebaiting in the Arawhata, Waiatoto, Turnbull, and Okuru Rivers
“On a single day in 1944, Des Nolan famously caught 130 kerosene tins of whitebait single handed in the Waiatoto River.” A closer look at these Famous South Westland Whitebait Rivers Registered whitebait More...
Brunner, Lake, Trout Fishing – Where the trout die of old age!
Dan Sweeny with a dark coloured brown trout taken at Lake Brunner while fishing with local guide Brent Beadle. Note the typical colouration of fish from Westland lakes. Photograph courtesy of Brent Beadle’s More...
Mokihinui Gentle Annie Beach – Productive Surfcasting for Snapper
Mokihinui Gentle Annie Beach – Westland Snapper caught Cliff Simpson from Gentle Annie Beach. Mokihinui Gentle Annie Beach You can catch snapper, kahawai, rig shark, conger eel, stingray, gurnard and More...
Jackson Bay, Westland – Sea fishing for groper, cod, sharks, tuna – video
Jackson Bay Wharf, Westland – Great Surfcasting, Boat Launching, and Sea Fishing Video Video title: Jackson Bay Wharf, South Westland – Fishing boats, Wharf and Surfcasting. Description: Jackson More...
