What fish can you catch in CHCH? Fishing is allowed all year round. There are a variety of species to catch within season including
salmon, trout, kahawai and whitebait
. If you are fishing for trout or salmon, you must have a sports fishing licence. Access to the south side of the river mouth is by permit.
What is the best bait for kahawai?
Bait fishing
Kahawai love current and surf. Sand beaches fish well, and rivermouths are ideal spots to find them feeding. They will take all baits, from crayfish to kahawai fillets, but the best bait is
pilchard
.
How do you fish for kahawai?
What is the best fish to catch on the beach?
- Catfish. For most angler, the catfish is more of a nuisance than anything else. …
- Whiting. …
- Pompano. …
- Redfish (Red Drum) …
- Black Drum. …
- Bluefish. …
- Snook. …
- Spotted Sea Trout (Speckled Trout)
What is the best bait for shore fishing?
Sand Fleas
are by far the best bait for surf fishing. You have heard the phrase, “Match the hatch” well, sand fleas are the most common food for fish in the surf. Other things that make good bait are live shrimp, fiddler crabs, and fresh peeled shrimp.
You do not need a licence to fish in the sea around New Zealand
. However, you do need a licence for freshwater fishing (in lakes and rivers).
A great white shark which caused a stir off Akaroa last summer appears to have returned. The 5m-long shark was spotted by a Banks Peninsula farmer just outside the harbour heads, apparently feeding on a floating carcass.
The best method to employ when hunting butters is to
get down in the kelp beds, lie low and wait for them to pop their heads up
. Diving directly onto them or even approaching them on the surface makes them spook and disappear into the kelp.
Large seasonal aggregations of basking sharks have historically been reported off Kaikoura and Canterbury (Pegasus Bay and Canterbury Bight), and
catch rates in trawls are highest off Bank's Peninsula
, northwest of the Auckland Islands and in the Hokitika Canyon. Basking sharks are pelagic filter-feeders.
About kahawai
The kahawai species most people are familiar with (Arripis trutta) is found
all around New Zealand
. They're mainly found: in coastal seas. in harbours and estuaries.
Arripis trutta, known as kahawai in New Zealand and as the Australian salmon in Australia, is a South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant species within the genus Arripis,
native to the cooler waters around the southeastern Australian coasts and the New Zealand coastline
.
- (1) The Black Basses. Among the black-bass genus, Micropterus, are two of the most iconic freshwater sportfish on the continent: the largemouth and smallmouth basses. …
- (2) Walleye. …
- (3) Muskellunge. …
- (4) Northern Pike. …
- (5) Trout/Char. …
- (6) Salmon. …
- (7) Striped Bass. …
- (8) Red Drum.
Dorado
. Dorado are also known as dolphin fish or mahi mahi. This is a gorgeous fish and is extremely fun to have on the line. Dorado can be found in many parts of the world and rank among the tastiest of all saltwater game fish.
Fast forward to today and chicken as bait is gaining in popularity.
It has a proven track record and catches a lot more species of fish than just bream
. I know anglers across Australia that have caught everything from bream and Murray cod to coral trout and small crocodiles (really, but that's another story!)
Family: Dark ghostshark belongs to the Chimaeridae family (chimaeras, ghostsharks) and is restricted to New Zealand, but there are similar species elsewhere. It is sometimes sold as Pearl fish.
You can find bass all around the New Zealand coastline usually in deep water over the 200m mark
. The best area to catch this species seems to be off the Bay of Plenty particularly over the deepwater reefs around White Island.
