![]() Foot access is available to Carew Bay and Bain Bay via track, starting at boat ramp.īoat launching facilities are available at Moana, Iveagh Bay and Mitchells. Various access points are available at Mitchells, a 38km drive from Moana to the South end of the Lake. To reach Iveagh Bay continue past Moana and turn off onto Cashmere Bay Rd. Lake Brunner contains brown trout averaging 1.1kgs and is the most popular angling water in the region.įoot access is available over the Arnold river foot bridge at Moana village. Follow SH7 to Stillwater then turn off on to the Arnold Valley Rd to Moana. A good West Coast Map is recommended for visitors intending to get the most from a fishing trip to the ‘Coast'. It represents only a fraction of the region’s angling opportunities. The following guide, by necessity, is limited to more popular or accessible waters. In the case of waterways with private land adjoining, where there is no marked access please ask at the nearest farm house. With almost 90% of the Region in public ownership barriers to access for anglers are, for the most part, dictated only by climate and terrain. While the Region offers abundant opportunities for specialist methods such as fly fishing for sighted trout, there are also excellent prospects for novice or intending anglers using bait or spinning gear.īrown trout and Salmon occupy a diverse range of habitats between the mountains and the sea including lakes, rivers, spring fed river tributaries and estuaries. On the ‘Coast these attributes exist in abundance' along with a surprising diversity of angling opportunity. With the pressures of modern life, increasing numbers of anglers rate isolation, peace and solitude almost as highly as the opportunity to fish for wild trout. In between lies some 2m hectares, much of it wilderness. The West Coast Fish & Game Region extends from Kahurangi Point, north of Karamea, to Awarua Point south of Haast. ![]()
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