Maori Fishing Calendar

Our Māori fishing calendar comes to you courtesy of fishing guru, Bill Hohepa. To calculate the Bite Times for your favourite fishing spots click here.

Fishing Calendar for: February 2025

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Maori Fishing Calendar

Our Maori fishing calendar comes to you courtesy of fishing guru, Bill Hohepa. There’s no doubt the calendar can be a good indicator of days where feeding times for animals and fish will be more intense so it’s worth checking before you plan that next trip.

Here's what Bill has to say:

"The Bill Hohepa fishing calendar has taken information from a variety of historical sources, including Mr Best’s book, together with actual fishing research taken over the past 30 years on when and how long fish bite in relation to the moon phases. There are many variables that contribute to fish feeding habits including the effect of the moon, barometric pressure, water temperature etc, so the calendar is only a guide.

One thing I have noticed though over the years, in particular, is the influence of the tide. It seems to me that the fishing is better on an incoming tide when the moon is waning, and fishing is better on the outgoing tide when the moon is waxing. If you can see the moon, the best time in my experience, is when it is at the 2 o'clock position in the sky"

Excellent means up to 1 hour's good fishing - Good means up to 30 minutes and Poor up to 15 minutes. . 

Good luck" - Billy Ho.

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06 Feb 2025
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"All three species were landed, rainbow and brown trout and salmon, and various methods were deployed, and all had success... Read More >

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"...it really is a great time of year to be working our high-country lakes and fishing with bigger dry flies... Read More >

24 Jan 2025
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"Landbased kingie action in the harbour has been pretty good... around Evans Bay, Oriental Bay, Seatoun, and the Hutt River entrance... Read More >

24 Jan 2025
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24 Jan 2025
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"Even though the fishing has been slow, fishing the change of light especially at the change of tide has proved very successful... Read More >

24 Jan 2025
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"Most of you will have seen in the press that many yellowfin tuna are being landed and there are some great gannets/dolphin workups... Read More >

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