Fishing near Whakatane, Bay of Plenty

Whakatāne sits on the eastern Bay of Plenty coast and draws anglers for the sheer variety on its doorstep: offshore grounds around White Island and Ranfurly Banks for big-game species, productive inshore reefs and beaches for surfcasting, and rivers like the Whakatāne and Tarawera that hold good trout populations. The area is particularly noted as a yellowfin tuna fishery, and the mix of river mouths, reefs, and open coast keeps boat, shore, and freshwater anglers busy year-round.