Spinning in lake Taupo
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Printed Date: 04 Jun 2026 at 6:05am
Topic: Spinning in lake Taupo
Posted By: Telecaster
Subject: Spinning in lake Taupo
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 3:08pm
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Help please, I have until noon tomorrow to catch a trout, any size or condition accepted! I have a nice spin combo with 10lb flouro leader, a couple of 12g Toby lures, and an assortment of flies mostly smelt patterns, one wooly bugger. Sinkers etc. I tried wharewaka point but the SW is making it unfishable. Any tips for somewhere sheltered would be great. I can have another go this evening and again 1st thing tomorrow. License expires noon tomorrow. Thanks Patrick |
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Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 5:12pm
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Off the point by the boat ramp at Rainbow Point would be worth a go. Real deep water straight off so cast out, let it sink & retrieve up the slope.
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Posted By: Telecaster
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 6:14pm
Thanks Uncle- you the man. 
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Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 6:20pm
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cheers Patrick, my pleasure. That will be a nice little eater if you kept it
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Posted By: spin king
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 7:06pm
| man I love this forum! what a choice result |
Posted By: Telecaster
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 7:16pm
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I let her go, may keep one tomorrow if I get lucky again. Caught on my third cast on a 12g black and silver Toby. Tried for another 20 minutes or so but no takers. You need to cast a bit left to get away from the weed but the wind was making that difficult. I may try around Acacia bay in the morning depending on weather and hangover. That was my first ever land based trout. Happy as. |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 7:38pm
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I've caught a few decent browns off that drop-off. Trick is to skim the slope. There are lots of Koura so a slow retrieve following the contour often does the trick. I was fly-fishing but spinners or Tokora Chickens will do the trick
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Posted By: bazza
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 8:58am
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May I ask the reason why you had a deadline to catch a fish or was it simply that your licence would expire then. I will be fly fishing the Whakapapa tomorrow, Monday & possibly Tuesday & as spin fishing is permitted was going to offer to show you where & how you would be almost certain to find success. However as you have obviously been successful on your own no need. Congratulations. ------------- When you cry, feel pain or sadness, no one notices your sorrow .... BUT fart just ONE time !!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: Telecaster
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 9:19am
| Combination of license expiring and needing to check out of our cabin and head back home. Not all of us are international men of leisure like your good self 🙂 |
Posted By: Daniel K
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 3:19pm
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Epic! |
Posted By: Redfinger
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 4:34pm
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Well done on the spinning = lots of opportunity and area to try if you get a half decent map showing depth etc. Uncle is the man - always helpful and a genuine good bugger. By the way Uncle I tried near a playground - Rainbow point? very deep water close to shore - is that where you mean - interested to hear about the Browns fly fishing - at night mate? |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 4:48pm
You making me blush Redfinger
Two mile bay boatramp is the spot. There's a little groin out into the lake right beside the ramp. Deep water straight off ( or as Telecaster said)more to the left. Using HD shooting heads, we would cast out as far as poss & let it sink to the extent the fly was being retrieved parallel to the slope of the lake bed.SLOWLY. Lots of koura around that area so a big dark marabou fly was the go. Night time best of course when the ramp traffic had quietened.
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Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 03 May 2019 at 4:58pm
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I've had good success on the Tokaanu canal, especially near the road bridge concrete road supports. ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: thomas74121
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 4:33pm
| can i fish in waikto river im new to taupo and i keen fisherman |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 5:23pm
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Yes Thomas but a couple of things to be aware of. Above the Huka Falls you require a Taupo fishing license. Below the falls, comes under Eastern Region so a different license is required. Good luck.
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Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2022 at 10:21am
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Used to be a real bugga in that area withing about 25 km, you used to need a Taupo, Rotorua and the rest of NZ licences. I often finished my lake river fishing to fish below the Huka falls with a spinning rod, often with great results. We never knew it was a Rotorua licence so fished totally unaware. Now that Eastern region is in the rest of NZ only need 2. Tried to get down to my old spots but wooden stairs been removed and probably the rope needed to get to the water level. Probably a DOC safety thing.....
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