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Brunner, Lake	Lake Brunner is situated on the main highway between Canterbury and Greymouth via Arthur's Pass. It is a large lake being some 10 kms across at its widest point. "Where the trout die of old age!"
Christchurch City	Trout Fishing places near the City of Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand.
Coleridge, Lake - Trolling	Trolling for land-locked quinnat salmon on this Canterbury high country lake. There are also brown and rainbow trout in the lake but salmon make up 80 percent of the catch. Lake Coleridge on Opening Weekend 2008.
Coleridge, Lake Coleridge Group Lakes MAP	Spinning, flyfishing and trolling. A chain of small fishing lakes make up the Coleridge group. Lake Coleridge is by far the largest measuring some 16 km in length. The smaller relatives are: Henrietta, Selfe, Evelyn, Georgina, and to a lesser extent, Lake Ida which is popular during winter with ice skaters. Fish for brown trout, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon.
Georgina, Lake	Canterbury high country lake. Georgina is quite a small lake at just 16 hectares and only several metres deep at most. To say that it is exposed to the full force of the nor'wester or south wester is an understatement. Spinning and flyfishing permitted. No winter season. It sometimes freezes over in winter.
Groynes Ponds	Rainbow trout caught during the April School Holidays at the Groynes Ponds, Christchurch. North Canterbury. Fish and Game release hatchery reared trout and salmon in to the Groynes each year as part of "Take A Kid Fishing." Fly fishing, spinning and bait fishing are all allowed.
Hurunui River Mouth MAP	Fishing for salmon and searun brown trout at the Hurunui River Mouth, North Canterbury. Hurunui River Salmon Fishing.
Lyndon, Lake	Canterbury high country lake near Porters Pass on State Highway 73 between Springfield and Castle Hill Village.
Rakaia River Mouth	The lower section of the Rakaia River from the mouth to several kilometers upstream is extremely popular with trout and salmon anglers. The best salmon fishing is between December and March. The best searun trout fishing is between November and February.
Rangitata River Mouth MAP	The "Rangi," as it is affectionately known to most anglers, is a typical braided Canterbury river. The rivermouth in particular is famous for the quality of its salmon fishing. The Rangitata River often fishes well for salmon early season; November and December.
Rotoehu, Lake - N.I.	October and November are the best months to fly fish for cruising rainbow trout from sandy beaches around the lake. Fewer anglers fish Rotoehu than Rotoma. Hatchery rared rainbow trout are liberated into the lake every year and make up around 40 percent of the anglers' catch. Good catch rates.
Rotoma, Lake - N.I.	Rotoma is the forth largest of the Rotorua lakes at 10.8 square kilometres. It is 5.5 km across at its widest point. Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. It is mostly populated with rainbow trout. There are also tiger trout.
Selfe, Lake	Lake Selfe is situated approximately 90 minutes drive west of Christchurch. There is thick bush and Matagouri around much of the shoreline. This can be avoided by carefully wading a few metres out into the lake. Big rainbow and brown trout up to 3kg. Spinning and fly fishing. Trolling only allowed by paddling!
Selwyn River	George Ferris once described the Selwyn, in its hey-day, as being looked on as the best brown trout river in the Dominion. Though this exalted status is no longer fitting, Canterbury 's Selwyn River nevertheless still yields many a good fish, with brown trout weighing up to nine pounds or more not uncommon.
South Island - East Coast Salmon Fishing	The best salmon fishing in terms of fish numbers and fish size takes place on the South Island 's east coast between the Waiau River in North Canterbury, and the Waitaki River , which marks the border between the provinces of Canterbury and Otago. These two rivers are approximately 300 km apart.
South Island Salmon Fishing Map	The best salmon fishing in terms of fish numbers and fish size takes place on the South Island 's east coast between the Waiau River in North Canterbury, and the Waitaki River.
Tarawera, Lake - N.I.	Most Lake Tarawera trout fishing is done from boats; which are better suited to fishing at greater depths by deep trolling over summer - when fish will be deeper. Lake Tarawera has a well deserved reputation as a producer of very large rainbow trout between 4 and 7 kgs.
Tekapo, Lake, Canals	This enormous size of some of the trout caught in the Lake Tekapo canals has to be seen to be believed. Huge rainbow trout are caught there
Waiau River Mouth MAP	The Waiau River marks the northern boundary of Canterbury 's tremendous wild searun salmon fishery. The river does have good salmon runs but these tend to be sparodic. There is excellent trout fishing in the mid and upper Waiau River.
Waitaki River Mouth MAP	The Waitaki River is renown for producing the heaviest salmon. It also tends to fish best later in the season March and April. Excellent searun brown trout fishing.
Waimakariri River MAP	Lower Waimakariri River MAP - Excellent searun brown trout and salmon.
Waimakariri River	“Between the bridges,” is a popular spot for anglers chasing searun brown trout after work. The two bridges are: the new northern motorway bridge, and just a couple of hundred metres downstream, the old main north road bridge, very close to the city of Christchurch. Rainbow trout are also caught there.