You probably have to go fishing to catch them HLS.
I been getting onto a lot of them. Gotten them on my last 4 trips out (and only 1 of the trips was to the sevengiller beach). They are very common in the Sounds this year, last year I did not get one in the Sounds.
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Whitebait Season starts 1 September 2026 and ends 30 October (inclusive). Chatham Islands: 1 December to the last day of February (inclusive)