Nelson/Tasman Trout Fishing

The Nelson/Tasman Region offers some of the best, most easily accessible brown trout fishing in New Zealand.

In fact many of New Zealand’s fishing guides who specialise in sighted brown trout fishing, work in Nelson region. There is wonderful diversity reflected in the waters of Nelson/Tasman. Rivers in the Golden Bay area are crystal clear in normal flows and dark brown in freshes from tannic acid leaching out of the native bush catchments. Waimea basin catchments rise in the steep beech clad Richmond and Arthur ranges before flowing through intensely farmed lands growing pine trees, applies, kiwi fruit and hops.

The Murchison district offers everything from small feeder streams to the impressive Buller River. The Buller is New Zealand’s fifth largest river, originating from the alps in the Nelson Lakes National Park. The run off and snow melt from these mountains flow into Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa. The two Lake outlets form the upper Buller River until it is joined by the Matakitaki, Mangles, Matiri and Maruia at the ‘four rivers plain’ near Murchison. 

To fish this region or anywhere in NZ you do require a fishing licence which can be obtained from Fish & Game NZ

 

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