Salmon fishing @ Anatoki Salmon Fish Farm

From Motueka to the Takaka where Anatoki Salmon Fish Farm is located, the journey took approximately 60km, an hour because the road is zigzagged. It is always a thrilling experience to go fishing especially in New Zealand that blessed with abundance of seafood.

Anatoki Salmon is a small freshwater salmon farm specialising in a superior quality freshwater salmon product. It's also a great place for anglers and an affordable backpacker like us who love the trill of catching some fishes. 

It’s a great place to fish, relax and enjoy this unique experince, you don’t necessarily need fishing experience but to enjoy the atmosphere with the beautiful surrounding.

The farm is bordered by beautiful native bush adjoining the Anatoki River and the Kahurangi National Park, providing a tranquil environment for fishing. 

The pristine water with aquarium-quality salmon were waiting for us and challenge our fishing skill.  It was really an exciting moment when we caught salmon alive.

In less than an hour, we caught 5 salmon.

It's free of charge for entry, fishing gear and cleaning preparation and you only pay for what you catch which is $19 per kilo or have it hot smoked for an extra of $12.50 per rack or made into sashimi for just $3.00 per fish. It's great value fro money, the salmon cant get much fresher when you have it in sashimi and tastes delicious once it has been smoked. It's even more excited when you get to eat what you catch. 

 It's really made our holiday and we haven't stoppes raving about fresh salmon after got home.