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Address: 15 Kingsford Smith St Rongatai Wellington
Phone: 04 3878150
Fax: 04 3878150
Mobile: 0274 439750
E-mail: pete@petelambfishing.co.nz
Website: www.petelambfishing.co.nz

  
 

 BOATFISHING TRIPS IN WELLINGTON

Wellington is one of New Zealand’s best kept fishing secrets. Within an hour from the city you can be out catching BIG fish in the comfort of the fully surveyed 52ft fishing vessel MELICENT.

 


 

Or the 62ft 115 tonne Daniel

 

Pete and John will look after you from start to finish offering the best possible service and fishing to make your day a memorable one. Both are qualified skippers, good cooks and very experienced fishermen. Combined John and Pete have over 25 years of charter experience and over 50 years fishing experience in the local waters and around the country.

Daniel is berthed at Seaview Marina and is operating on the south coast out to Nicholsons trench. The area is rich with groper, bass and bluenose as well as sharks and other interesting species (as well as broadbill and bluefin tuna potential). The inshore fishing is very productive for blue cod and tarakihi as well as crayfish. Melicent is berthed at Mana which has a product groper (hapuku) snapper and kingfish fishery oct - june. Inshore fishing for bluecod and tarakihi is alway s good with many other species like john dory, trev, warehou, trumpeter and tuna from time to time. 

John is a qualified dive instructor and we are happy to cater for dive trips as well. We see dolphins and whales often during summer months and there always albatross out wide.

CRAYFISH/SCALLOPS (In season)  We can put a diver down or will attempt to have pots set or tow a dredge when possible, however this is subject to weather conditions. Please ask us about this when booking.

FISH FILLETING - On the way home we will prepare your catch so you can walk off with a nice bag of fillets or steaks

PHOTOS - We can take photos and video during the day if required. Please ask about this when booking. There may be an extra cost.

This 28kg kingfish was caught 1.6.08 at the trench by Charlie Pepere on the Daniel

HOW MANY PEOPLE?   We are surveyed for up to 25 people however around 16 is quite comfortable and we can fish up to about 12 in the deepwater at once. We can take 50 inside Wgtn harbour and 18 across  to the marlborough sounds and beyond although 8 people is comfortable with onboard accomodation.  

COST   for booking 52ft Melicent - $1850/day, $1400/half day, $1000/three hour, extended trips - $1700 1st and 2nd day, $1500 extra days

WE PROVIDE  Bait & berley, tea & coffee, filleting and a bbq facility.

You can bring your own tackle and lunch or we can provide it for an extra charge

MEALS                                                           

$12.50pp Breakfast             - bacon & eggs, hash browns, coffee and toast   or    continental breakfast with fresh fruit platter

$7.5pp Morning tea           - bacon & egg pie and chocolate cake     or     seafood bites and muffins

$15pp BBQ                   - marinated steak, sausages, fresh bread, salad, coleslaw

$20pp BBQ                  - add venison sausages, chicken kebabs, mushrooms, jacket potatoes       

$20pp                             -Roast lunch or dinner (on Daniel)

$25pp BBQ                   - add cheese and fruit platter

We are happy to supply menu options for gourmet meals, nibbles and cocktails

FISHING TACKLE  We supply top quality rod and reel sets on a per person basis, by the rod or in the way of a package deal. $35 per person covers deepwater and inshore gear for the day . Rod hire starts at $10

SHARE COST DAY TRIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS  DEEPWATER AND INSHORE

$75 (3-4hr) $100 (half day)  $140 (full day)  per person plus tackle and meal costs

 

Pete with a 20lb snapper

 

THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS - An all weather boating and fishing paradise

The whole experience - scenery, boat, fishing, diving, service, food and socializing is second to none.

The sounds are a magical place to unwind and experience the outdoors.

We are surveyed for 18 passengers plus crew over the Cook Strait but can take up to 25 once we are over there.

You can bring your own fishing gear and food or organize your own accommodation, or we can provide it.

We can cook on board and there is a toilet and shower on board.

We do not have on board accommodation but normally stay at Furneax lodge at $25pp per night, they have cooking and shower facilities there as well as a nice pub with meals etc. 

The boat leaves from Wellington or Mana and can also pick up passengers from Picton. 

There is good deepwater fishing at numerous locations if the weather is reasonable, Blue cod and tarakihi are numerous (if you know the spots). Snapper and gurnard are abundant but more seasonal. Crayfish and scallops are pretty easy to find in most conditions with pots and dredges or diving

John's crayfish scallop mornay is absolutely lengendary!  Trips start at $275pp for a weekend

Al Chambers, a 55kg bass and John Fargher caught dec 07 on Daniel


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