Places to fish near ChCh

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    Posted: 29 Mar 2009 at 12:47am
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G'day,

I'm fairly new to fishing, used to fish a lot when I was 5-10 years old with some fishing line wrapped around the big black sticks broken off a flax bush, worked wonders with those things off the back of boats in Lyttleton and over in Little Akaloa off the wharf there.

Only recently started fishing again about October last year, bought a 12ft surfcast rod + reel from the wharehouse but ended up taking it back and buying a Killwell 8ft rod and reel combo from Blackwells here in Kaiapoi on special for $85 down from $120 I think. Also got myself a fishing license before June so I wouldn't be paying $100+. So far I've caught one small brown trout in the Waimakariri river about 3 weekends ago...not my sort of thing though, no fight in it (though it did manage to hook me up when I was getting the hook out!) I prefer saltwater fishing.

I've tried Kaiaraki beach many times, it's only down the road. Haven't caught anything there yet, though I haven't given it a good go. Does anyone know the best times to go fishing at Kairaki, tides, baits and where exactly I should go? Normally I just go where the rocks are before the narrowing in the channel, but haven't caught anything, I've seen guys up casting into the surf and into the narrowing in the channel, is this where I should be going?

Any other good fishing spots around Christchurch, or Canterbury? I've still got to give Taylors mistake a go.
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Try North & South-east; definitley recommend:
- Amberley Beach
- Motanau
- Birdlings Flat
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Kairaki beach used  to be good I fished there for years but even the herring have vanished even the locals do not know why so I have given up on that fishing spot have not found a replacment place either fishing sucks around CHCH
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Try low tide off the beach at Spencer park when surf allows, probably Norwest conditions. Use pipi bait for red cod, mullet. Crab for rig and Elephant fish, school shark etc; mullet bait should produce also. A friend fishes just north of the waimak mouth with success. Good luck
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Black rock by taylors, the odd Moki, kahawai and snake
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LMAO felixx, you a sick puppy! hehe
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