Fishing near Hastings, Hawke's Bay

Hastings sits in the heart of Hawke's Bay, flanked by some of New Zealand's most productive trout rivers. The Ngaruroro, Tukituki, Tutaekuri and Waipawa rivers all run close to the city, and the broader region is nationally regarded for its brown and rainbow trout fishing — from accessible lowland reaches to remote headwater wilderness on the Mohaka and Ngaruroro.

Top waters to fish near Hastings

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Hastings, Hawke's Bay and what's needed to catch them.

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Climbing Galaxias

Galaxias brevipinnis

Common Smelt

Retropinna retropinna

Dwarf Galaxias

Galaxias divergens

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Short-finned Eel

Anguilla australis

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

Barracouta

Thyrsites atun

Blue Cod

Parapercis colias

Blue Mackerel

Scomber australasicus

Blue Moki

Latridopsis ciliaris

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

Blue Warehou

Seriolella brama

Bronze Whaler

Carcharhinus brachyurus

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