Taupo/Turangi Region Fishing Reports

From Mike Stent

1 February 2012

Fishing out on the Great Lake has continued to be very good this past week. Apart from the strong winds on Sunday the weather has been reasonably settled and fishermen have been able to travel far and wide. The early morning period still offers some very good harling. Areas such as the White Cliffs, 5 Mile Bay and Booths Farm have all harled well. Best harling flies are Grey Ghost, Jack Spratt and Ginger Mick. During the day jigging has been producing some very good fish.

Whakamaoenga Point, Rotongaio and Jeruselum Bay have started to fish well again now that fishing pressure has reduced. The Western side of the Lake has also fished well jigging and downrigging to a depth of about 50 meters. Best trolling lures have been yellow and white, spotty gold, traffic light and the hot orange.

Fly fishers have had some fairly good sport this week with the river mouths starting to fish well. Good reports again have come from the western side of the Lake with some good smelting evident. The Tongariro River has been the best of the rivers locally with good numbers of Browns spread throughout the lower river. A few Brown Trout have made their way into the Waitahunui River but have not been easy to catch. Lake Otamangakau has fished Ok of late but there has been a lot of pressure on that fishery.

Rivers out of the Taupo district such as the Mohaka and Wanganui River have continued to drop in level and are beginning to fish well. Cicadas are now being heard more regularly and fish are looking up for them so expect fishing to improve on those rivers. The Waipunga River has still not recovered from last years severe flooding and is not holding many fish.

Raised Hackle report

John Baker produces a regular report of the fishing in and around the Taupo region. It is updated regularly (often daily) so to get the latest as to what is working well and where ....Read more

To listen to the most recent broadcast online tune in to 104.6 FM 6.00-6.45pm Fridays or go to www.planetaudio which will take you to the regular Hooked on Flyfishing show.

Radio host Colin Shepherd has up-to-date weather reports and fishing reports for the upper North Island each Friday.

Taupo winter fishing season starts
Anglers are reminded that ...the lower reaches of the Taupo rivers remain open to fishing for the full 12 month season...

Latest monitoring report : A summary of the previous month and predictions for the next.

Tongariro River Motel's daily report

A good place to get an update from the experts and those "on the river" as to what is happening around the Tongaririo and southern Lake Tapo area.

Taupo trout fishing report weekly
from Dragonfly River Guides.

Turangi daily fishing report from Sporting Life.

Daily fishing report by fishing guide Andrew Blake of Anglers Anonymous.

Stella Gordon provides a Taupo report every 3 days.

Taupo, Tongariro and Turangi fishing report

Tauranga-Taupo fishing report

Report from Creel Lodge on the Tongariro River

We have had a 1 in 7 year cicada season, with a phenomenal lace moth hatch. Add to this brown beetle hatches in Nov/Dec and then in Feb/March; and Lake Taupo turned over so we had good smelt, so I expect fish to put on better than average condition. The jury is still out on a few early runs like we used to have in March. I pick April/May for the first time in a number of years.