Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Monday 23rd of September 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 34.3m3/sec Weather: Cloudy ⛅ The last couple of weeks have seen some amazing fishing especially over the weekend which is great to hear. The rain last night with that amazing show of lightning and thunder had coloured...

Hayley Hunt

September 23, 2024

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Saturday 14th September 2024

Weather: Raining with heavy rain due from this afternoon into the night. Tongariro River Flow: 38.1 cumecs (m3/sec) (fluctuations expected with rain on and off) It's certainly an exciting time to be in the Central Plateau!! Our still water - Lake Rotoaira...

Rosie Bennett

September 14, 2024

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Sunday 25th August 2024

Weather: Cloudy with rain forecast from tonight onwards for the rest of the week. Tongariro River Flow: 29.3 cumecs (m3/sec) The local rivers are still fishing excellently with reports of plenty of prime conditioned silver hens being landed following the spike...

Rosie Bennett

August 25, 2024

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Wednesday 21st of August 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 30.8m3/sec Weather: It was a chilly start this morning but it's looking like sun and low wind for today 🌞 Some great reports of stunning fresh fish in the rivers have been flowing in the last couple...

Hayley Hunt

August 21, 2024

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Saturday 17th August 2024

Weather: Overcast & raining at last! Tongariro River Flow: 26.4 cumecs (m³/s) Some great reports coming in today as we write this from anglers landing good numbers of fabulous conditioned fish both yesterday afternoon and early this morning. The lower light...

Rosie Bennett

August 17, 2024

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Tuesday 30th of July 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 33.9m3/sec Weather: Showers throughout the day. 🌧 Rain!! Finally, the forecast was right & we have actually had some nice rain come through overnight to push the Tongariro River flow to 35m3/sec earlier this morning. The Tongariro...

Hayley Hunt

July 30, 2024