Fishing destinations around New Zealand
New Zealand is blessed with a wonderful unspoiled landscape and some of the most spectacular scenery to meld with our wonderful fishing.
From the rugged Three Kings islands in the far north surrounded by our famous striped marlin fishery to the stunning rivers and lakes festooned with trout in central Otago, we have a wonderful range of great fishing destinations.
This section is designed to take the main areas throughout the country and provide an overview of accomodation, local services, and some ideas on where and when to fish.
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| Kai iwi lakes |
 Rated 6 time(s). | November 2000 |
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| In a land of spectacular trout fishing, where shining Taupo steelheads bound up snow chilled rivers, and monster Aniwhenua rainbows bust up anglers fishing nine weight gear, the remote, and somet... | ||||
| The Tauranga-Taupo - fishing for trout |
| October 2000 |
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| Ron Giles shares his deadly downstream nymphing technique on the Tauranga Taupo river. | ||||
| Lake Wakatipu by Adrian Bell |
| September 2000 |
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| Paul Burgess has invented a clear line called the 'Hover Line' which does that, but I didn't have one. The Kiwi solution was to use a nail-knotted length of sinking line to join the po... | ||||
| Alaskan Combat Fishing by Peter Francis |
| May 2000 |
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| The story of my fly fishing adventure in Alaska and a few encounters along the way. | ||||
| Autumn Brown by Alex Gillett |
| September 1999 |
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| With as much modesty as I can summon up, let me record how the matter was resolved between us. I had noted this fish has favoured the same territory for some weeks | ||||
| Fishing The Ohinemuri River |
| September 1999 |
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| Despite being all over the world fishing famous waters for legendary fish, Andrew Perring always comes back to Auckland, New Zealand.... | ||||
| The Mighty Mohaka by Ron Giles |
Rated 7 time(s). | September 1999 |
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| I was trying to decide if it was best to watch the fish or the indicator when Roy screamed 'Strike!'. He had seen the fish move over and take the nymph while the indicator 3.5 m above had not begun t... | ||||
| The Three Kings - Paradise |
Rated 7 time(s). | September 1999 |
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| Paul Batten shares his thoughts on paradise ... | ||||
| These are a few of his favourite things by Paul Embling |
| September 1999 |
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| Generally speaking, for a fish to be on my favourite sportfishing list, it will need to be a predator. If it also jumps, or is hard to catch, or if I have had only brief encounters - or many memorabl... | ||||
| Barramundi on the fly by Ron Giles |
| June 1999 |
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| ‘Daintree Dave Fishing Expeditions’ proclaimed the sign by the ferry landing on the Daintree River in Northern Queensland. I made a mental note to remember that name and ask my motel’s proprietor if ... | ||||
