Fishing near Renwick, Marlborough

Renwick sits in the heart of Marlborough's Wairau Plain, with the Wairau River running just a few kilometres away and the Ōmaka River practically on its doorstep. The area is well regarded for brown trout fishing across a network of rivers that drain the surrounding ranges, with the Wairau being the marquee water — a large braided river known for sizable fish and good fly-fishing water from the lower reaches up through the valley.

Top waters to fish near Renwick

Species & education

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

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Barracouta

Thyrsites atun

Blue Cod

Parapercis colias

Blue Mackerel

Scomber australasicus

Blue Moki

Latridopsis ciliaris

Blue Warehou

Seriolella brama

Conger Eel

Conger verreauxi

Elephant Fish

Callorhinchus milii

Giant Stargazer

Kathetostoma giganteum

Jack Mackerel

Trachurus declivis

Kahawai

Arripis trutta

Ling

Genypterus blacodes

New Zealand Sole

Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae

Red Cod

Pseudophycis bachus

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