Fishing near Picton, Marlborough

Picton sits at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound in Marlborough, at the northern tip of the South Island. The town is the gateway to the Marlborough Sounds, where saltwater fishing from the jetty, harbour and charter boats produces snapper, blue cod, kahawai, trevally, jack and blue mackerel, mullet, spotties, skate, and snoek. Inland, the Wairau, Te Hoiere/Pelorus, Wakamarina and Awatere rivers draw anglers after brown and rainbow trout.