Fishing near Westport, West Coast

Westport sits at the mouth of the Buller River on the West Coast of the South Island, surrounded by some of the most productive freshwater fishing country in New Zealand. The region's rivers — including the Buller, Orowaiti, Mōkihinui, and Inangahua — run clear and cold out of the Southern Alps, drawing anglers after brown and rainbow trout by both fly and spinning methods. The remoteness of the West Coast has kept these river systems pristine and relatively uncrowded.