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Bay in New Zealand

Doubtful Sound / Patea fishing

Doubtful Sound / Patea is a fiord in Fiordland, New Zealand. It fishes as a deep, cold water body with temperatures ranging from 8.3 °C in July to 16.6 °C in January. Hapuku wreckfish peak from June to September, caught by bottom fishing and jigging.

SouthlandNew Zealand

Bay

October

Spring season

11.1 °C

Avg. water temp

3.5 m

Swell @ 10s

Doubtful Sound / Patea fishing facts

Species, access points, and monthly water temperature on this water.

  • Place

    Doubtful Sound / Patea
  • Region

    Southland
  • Country

    New Zealand
  • Coordinates

    -45.3739, 167.0865
  • Elevation

    0 m
  • Type

    Bay

When to fish

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Climate data: Copernicus ERA5-Land and Copernicus Marine

Fishing spots

4

Cities

1

Species

1

Fishing methods

  • Bottom Fishing
  • Drift Fishing
  • Jigging
  • Spinning

Fishing spots on Doubtful Sound / Patea

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