b'THE SOUNDS The Sounds offer safe moorings for trailer boat owners."During the year, the inner Marlborough Sounds offers a good range of fish from snapper, blue cod, gurnard, and butterfish and crayfish for the keen free divers.There are two full-service marinas, Picton Marina and Waikawa Bay Marina, but as we were only here for the long weekend, we launched our Osprey trailer boat at the nearby Waikawa Bay Boat Ramp. The boat ramp is run by the The Waikawa Bay Residents Association which requests a donation of $10 per use. However, there is only a basic washMichael scored a blue cod down tap and only limited day parking forjigging for their dinner.vehicles and trailers over the peak periods of the year.After launching our boat from Waikawa Bay, it was a short five-minute boat trip and drive to the bach we had booked at Wharetukuru Bay.Which was down a very steep and tight driveway into a native bush clad bay. The driveway tightly wound its way down to reveal a beautiful stone pebble beach and the waterfront bach. In the mornings you would wake up to the sounds of the birds and in the evening, you would enjoy the stunning sunsets and best of all, it was only a few minutes rowing out to the mooring for our boat to be able to explore the Sounds.Blue CodThe blue cod season is closed from 1st September to the 19th of December each year, and once open there is a maximum of two fish per person, with a minimum length of 33cm.32FISHING IN GODZONE MAY/JUN 2023'