8 MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS Fishing Guide 2013-14
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E 1 – Picton Shore fishing on northern side of marina for summer snapper, kahawai and baitfish.
2 – Grove Arm and adjacent bays Snapper in summer and kahawai year round, good netting in season for flounder, gurnard and monkfish.
3 – Double Cove Fishing is banned in here because it’s a fish nursery with tonnes of yellow-eye mullet. It’s worth a look and to feed the fish with bread, especially if you have children with you.
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Blue cod, moki and tarakihi year round. Also a good spot for butterfish.
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Cruising snapper during the summer season.
8 – Endeavour Inlet
5 – Waikawa Bay Land based fishing for snapper and kahawai and bait fish.
6 – Dieffenbach Point Scallops diving in around 15 metres of water.
7 – Bay of Many Coves Scallops in adjacent bays and snapper off the beaches for land based and off headlands for boat
Gurnard are caught here from spring until early winter in about 20 metres of water. School groper are also found in early spring and from summer until late autumn snapper are present.
9 – East Bay Parea Point and Pickersgill Island Off the headland kingfish from spring through to autumn. Snapper and tarakihi with scallops found in the main part of East Bay.
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10 – Long Island northen tip outside reserve
and caught regularly on the point. Drift in close for blue cod, tarakihi and gurnard over sand.
Tarakihi year round. Due to currents best fishing is at slack water.
13 - Cape Jackson
11 – White Rocks This is a very exposed spot but has been known for large snapper, year round.
12 - Waihi Point: Cape Jackson Some of the best spear fishing in the Sounds. Regular species include, butterfish, moki and tarakihi. Crayfish are also seen
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15 – Ship Cove and inside Motuara Island
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4 – Ngatawhetawheta Point
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Year round tarakihi, blue cod and free diving for butterfish in the weedbanks. From summer through until autumn you’ll find kahawai and kingfish in the current. Fish around Walker’s Rock for trevally. A very good blue cod spot.
14 – Anakakata Bay Free dive for butterfish, snapper, kahawai, kingfish during summer.
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17 – Cook Rock
Drift over drop off for blue cod, perch, warehou, tarakihi, trevally and kingfish from summer through to autumn.
18 – Cooks Bank Groper late spring to late autumn. Fish slack water through to the turn of the tide.
19 – The Twins Snapper and tarakihi in summer
20 – Onehunga Bay
Free dive for moki, butterfish, paua and crayfish. Off the headlands are good snapper and tarakihi through summer. Anchor up and use berley.
21 – The Brothers Good soft bait territory. Fish year round for blue cod, tarakihi and perch. Good soft bait and slow jig territory.
22 – Awash Rock
Good year round cod fishing with groper through the winter.
23 – Ruakawa Rock Tarakihi and perch year round.
24 – Unnamed Bay Good free butterfish.
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25 – Tory Channel
Snapper, kahawai, kingfish and tarakihi. Free diving for butterfish along all weedy points. Strong currents mean best fishing is a couple hours either side of slack tide.