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31/08/2017
Well it can't get any better, we have been spoilt for choice this year and the fishing is still fantastic.
(read more)14/12/2016
This is a lovely time of the year to be on the water and with the lake levels and the higher water volumes, fishing is for this season going to be really great.
(read more)02/12/2016
Just a quick up date on the fishery. The water table is high and good numbers of fish are still holding right throughout the rivers.
(read more)09/11/2016
Well the wind and the rain and the snow and the frost is still pestering us but not in a bad way, thank goodness. we are still as a result enjoying some fantastic fishing which is great late in the season. Great numbers of fish are holding in all the tributaries in the Taupo region, which is exce
(read more)09/10/2016
The fishing is great! Pack your rods and get down here if you can. Since the school holidays have ended, there is little pressure on the rivers. Rivers are all full due to ...(read more)
22/09/2016
Conditions are perfect at present and despite the fact that we have had quite a bit of rain its mainly been light. Cooler tempertatures over the past couple of days has pushed fish into the rivers.
(read more)25/08/2016
Good morning, well the rain is back and quite heavy in patches after a really pleasant stretch of weather that has enabled those that are keen to fish and ski to make the most of the fantastic conditions. The next few days are going to be a rubbishy with rain and some snow but the outcome will be g
(read more)29/07/2016
Fishing has been up and down much like the rivers, with the springfed streams having a great deal more pressure that the other catchment fed streams.
(read more)25/07/2016
The fish that have been caught recently have been in good condition, but it's just that it's been harder than we would expect for this time of the year.
(read more)07/07/2016
The fishing though over the past few days has been hard, and with the warmer than normal there are a great number of fish that are holding off the mouths waiting to move when the weather changes.
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