Fishing near Awarua Plains, Southland

Awarua Plains sits on the flat coastal lowlands of Southland, close to Awarua Bay and the Waituna wetlands. The area is within easy reach of several of Southland's most productive trout rivers — the Ōreti and Mataura among them — as well as the sheltered tidal waters of Awarua Bay, where flounder, kahawai, and sea-run trout are the main targets.

Top waters to fish near Awarua Plains

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Alpine Galaxias

Galaxias paucispondylus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Smelt

Retropinna retropinna

Gollum Galaxias

Galaxias gollumoides

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Barracouta

Thyrsites atun

Blue Cod

Parapercis colias

Blue Moki

Latridopsis ciliaris

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

Blue Warehou

Seriolella brama

Butterfish

Odax pullus

Conger Eel

Conger verreauxi

Elephant Fish

Callorhinchus milii

Giant Stargazer

Kathetostoma giganteum

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