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Story: Recreational sea fishing

Days Bay wharf

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Days Bay wharf

These children are fishing at Days Bay, near Eastbourne in Wellington Harbour. Wharves and piers are popular as anglers can get their bait or lures into deeper water without having to cast great distances. The wharf piles also act as cover, which attracts fish.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: NZ/Recreation/Fishing-1979 (1)

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Carl Walrond, Recreational sea fishing – A rewarding pastime, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7802/days-bay-wharf (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.