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Fishing near Takaka, Tasman

Takaka is the main township of Golden Bay, at the top of the South Island's Tasman region. The area is known for brown trout fishing across several rivers — the Tākaka, Anatoki, Waingaro, and Aorere — as well as saltwater action out of Port Tarakohe, where trailer boats access reef fish, pelagic species, and kingfish on the flats.

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