Sea Fishing

New Zealand has great sea fishing from North Cape to Bluff. In the north, the main game fishing is to be found with the Bay of Islands as the most popular base. Other popular game fishing bases are Whangaroa, Tutukaka, Tauranga and Whakatane.

The fish that are caught in New Zealand are:
Albacore, Antarctic Toothfish, Black Oreo, Blue Cod, Blue Moki, Blue Warehou, Bluenose, Butterfish,              Gemfish, Ghostshark, Giant Stargazer, Grey Mullet, Groper, Hake, Hoki, Jack Mackerel, John Dory,             Kahawai, Lemon Sole, Ling, Sole, Orange Roughy, Porae, Red Cod, Red Gurnard, Rig, Salmon, Sand Flounder, Scampi, Shortfinned Eel, Smooth Oreo, Snapper, Squid, Tarakihi, Trevally, Yellowbelly Flounder, Yellowtail Kingfish

The most commonly targeted fish in the North Island is the snapper, a great eating fish that goes as big as 15kg.



 A good sized snapper - around 4kg














In the South Island, you are more likely to catch a Blue Cod, not so big, but also great to eat.