Fishing near Kaiapoi, Canterbury

Kaiapoi sits at the heart of North Canterbury's lowland river country, with the Waimakariri River running along the town's edge and the Kaiapoi River flowing through the township itself. The area is best known for Chinook salmon runs and year-round brown trout fishing across a network of spring creeks and braided rivers, making it one of the more productive freshwater fishing districts within easy reach of Christchurch.

Top waters to fish near Kaiapoi

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Kaiapoi, Canterbury and what's needed to catch them.

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Short-finned Eel

Anguilla australis

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Barracouta

Thyrsites atun

Blue Moki

Latridopsis ciliaris

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

Blue Warehou

Seriolella brama

Conger Eel

Conger verreauxi

Elephant Fish

Callorhinchus milii

Giant Stargazer

Kathetostoma giganteum

Greenback Flounder

Rhombosolea tapirina

Hapuku

Polyprion oxygeneios

Kahawai

Arripis trutta

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