John Dory is frequently caught around the North Island of New Zealand by anglers fishing from wharves and jetties. They are more common north of Cook Strait. Also found around the Otago Peninsula, off ...

In recent months, I have seen more flounder on the Tauranga Harbour flats than in the last thirteen years. When I was a kid in the early 1960s, I used to target flounder with small English wet flies ...

All of New Zealand except Chatham Islands: 1 September to 30 October inclusive. Chatham Islands: 1 December to the last day of February inclusive. You can read about the changes to the whitebait ...

To make the best whitebait fritters: For each cup of fresh whitebait mix together one beaten egg, and one heaped teaspoon of flour, salt and pepper to taste. Nothing else. Cook in a moderately hot pan ...

A smallish yellow-eyed mullet caught in the Waimakariri River. They seem to school by size. Sometimes you can catch quite a few big ones at the same time. They will readily take small flies as well as ...

For an angler who grew up in Christchurch, I am always amazed at just how big the difference is between sea fishing around the country. Surfcasting around Christchurch we would catch a lot of dogfish, ...

According to the late Bob McDowall in his book Gamekeepers for the Nation, early Auckland rainbow trout released probably came from Sonoma Creek, a small stream flowing into San Francisco Bay, in the ...