I think I'm now hooked on trout fishing!

[LBD]

And I have a premo spot....14 in 3 1/2 hours..Not in Canty mind you...further south.

The secret is to find a partly tidal fresh water lake with good rivers flowing in. Go to one of them when the white bait are running and the trout will attack anything that looks remotely alive.

Nice fish you have there well done on first cast....enjoy now that you are hoked.

Flower salt and pepper, fried in Butter...or Smoked...the only ways to eat trout

[Oakie]

You don't have to travel all the way to Brunner to pick up fish like that (but I will admit the odds are a bit better).

I've found a couple of primo spots very close to CHCH. If I posted about the size, quantity, and health of the fish in them I would sound like just another bullshitting fisherman... so I won't. No way am I posting details here after all of the leg work I put in either. You'll have to put on some Polaroids and find these places for yourself, that's half the fun. Suffice to say that most of the best fishing I've found is in water that isn't even featured on some maps. Blink and you miss it kind of stuff.

I quite like the look of a couple of bits of water close to town but I'm not sure about access or water quality so haven't done anything about it. For preference I enjoy creeping around high country tarns and clear water streams. Unfortunately I just don't have time to do the spade work involved in finding the right place

[Oakie]

When I was about 10 I caught a 3.2kg brown trout in the Avon River.

I saw a large trout there a couple of years ago just up from 'The Strip'. Would have been at least 7 pound. (Sorry, for fish I still think in imperial weight).

Oh, for those outside Chch, 'The Strip' is the eating/drinking area right in the middle of the city.

[SMOKEU]

I saw a large trout there a couple of years ago just up from 'The Strip'. Would have been at least 7 pound. (Sorry, for fish I still think in imperial weight).

Oh, for those outside Chch, 'The Strip' is the eating/drinking area right in the middle of the city.

Yup, I've also seen some huge trout in the River there by the Bridge of Rememberance.

[Oakie]

Well it's good to see a newbie doing well...................but the proof of the pudding is fishing all day with noting to show.............and still having a good time. Fisher man love to fish...................and landing one is the iceing on the cake. Skyryder

Oh God, I agree with Skyryder! I fished for years, caught many nice trout ... and returned probably half of them. One of my most distinct memories though was a fishless morning spent on a treelined stream. Memorable because a fantail kept me company for about 20 minutes and settled on the tip of my flyrod on a few occasions in between flitting about after flies and bugs. Very cool just feeling the weight of this tiny bird on the tip of my rod (yes I know it sounds wrong) so yeah, as Skyryder suggested ... you can still have a great day without catching a fish.

[Oakie]

Yup, I've also seen some huge trout in the River there by the Bridge of Rememberance.

Yep, I think that's where I saw it.

[SMOKEU]

Yep, I think that's where I saw it.

I should go fishing there one day.

[Katman]

I caught a trout a few years ago and while my mate was performing death on it she spat out about 60 eggs.

I felt that bad about it I haven't been fishing since.

[CookMySock]

I felt that bad about it I haven't been fishing since.

How the hell can you care about the feelings of a fish? You don't care about the feelings of anything else.

Steve

[Katman]

How the hell can you care about the feelings of a fish? You don't care about the feelings of anything else.

Steve

I care very much for the feelings of a good many people.

You're just not one of them.

[Oakie]

I caught a trout a few years ago and while my mate was performing death on it she spat out about 60 eggs.

I felt that bad about it I haven't been fishing since.

60 eggs? Don't feel bad. Odds are that none of the 60 would have survived to be two year old fish anyway.

[Katman]

60 eggs? Don't feel bad. Odds are that none of the 60 would have survived to be two year old fish anyway.

I feel like a man released.

[Jackal]

Was sitting on my jetty having a beer after work yesterday evening and this decent size trout went gliding pass in about 2 foot of water. Have seen plenty of carp (which you are not allowed to catch) and perch in the canal but this was my first trout. Seen plenty of trout rising around the edges of the lake itself when going for walks. Said to my better half when we were watching the trout that I am going to buy a decent trout rod this week and get into a bit of fishing since it is on our doorstep. On another note the river that you cross on S.H.1 just south of Temuka (Opihi river I think) looks like a great fishing river. Will give it a go one day soon

[AllanB]

Well done, those are some big Trout!

My 7 year old son is getting into his fishing - loves dropping a rod off the wharf over at Diamond Harbour - we are pulling up some weird stuff - little fish we throw back, a half metre shark, starfish, crabs and a old fishing rod!

Been out to the Groynes fishing lakes but no luck and had fun down in Wanaka over Easter.

His casting arm is coming on well!

Must try some of the Canterbury lakes.

[Oakie]

On another note the river that you cross on S.H.1 just south of Temuka (Opihi river I think) looks like a great fishing river. Will give it a go one day soon

It does look nice. My brother-in-law lives a few minutes from the river about 7 km upstream from SH1. We've been down there a few times giving his dog a run and there are some inviting pools and runs in it. Have seen fish rising in the evening but I no idea of size.