The latest fishing reports for Lake Taupo, the Tauranga-Taupo river, the picket-fence. Up to date information on lures, fish movement, what’s hot and where’s not.
Shane French /
June 16, 2016 /
Hey all. The trout are coming into the river with increasing numbers as the season kicks off. It may have been the warm Autumn we had in Taupo that made the Runs a wee bit later or it may be that we were just really spoilt last season and that is still fresh in […]
Shane French /
May 29, 2016 /
Oh Wow!! Man there better be some trout in all the rivers when they finally drop, as the lead up to the high un-fishable levels of the past few days, was in short… Crap! Very few trout in all the rivers with the fish moving through going like bats out hell. If you got […]
Shane French /
May 17, 2016 /
Hey all. Bloody hell its well into May. This time last year we were slaying them in all the rivers!! This year it is different, we just haven’t had the rain and the cold, together. The trout have been stacking up out the front of all Rips going into our Lake. If you […]
Shane French /
May 2, 2016 /
Yes sorry for the horrific lack of reports, will try harder to provide more Intel! What a calm spell we are having in Taupo. Really warm still days, with perfect blue sky’s. That means low rivers and spooky trout! The Waitahanui had some good fish go through last week and the amount of Brown […]
Shane French /
March 20, 2016 /
Hey all. Wow we are nearly into the Winter months for the Taupo fishery, damn what the heck happened to Summer? The lake is producing lots of trout but it is a very mixed bag and I guess depends on whether the trout have been following around the food in the lake. I […]
Shane French /
February 8, 2016 /
Hey All, I had some personal stuff go down before Christmas and unfortunately it affected my ability to write I do apologize, as I should not have let it go this long, many of you are long time readers and rely on these types of reports to keep you going. I was asked […]
Shane French /
December 7, 2015 /
Hey all. The river to be on for the Taupo fishery would have to be the Tongariro. This has had some late runs go through and now the Browns are due too. If you haven’t targeted this species over summer, you really should give it a go. I landed a 12 pound hen last January […]
Shane French /
November 2, 2015 /
Hey All What a great couple of weeks I have had on many rivers throughout Taupo and the Central Plateau. lets get into it. I haven’t looked at the Waitahanui, i’ll sneak in there at some stage with camouflage on and stealthily sneak up avoiding rocks and poachers at some […]
Shane French /
October 20, 2015 /
Hey all. My apologies to all you junkies out there that crave the fishing reports I provide, this is a tricky little period of life at the moment, things are certainly on the improve but still a bit tricky. Thank you to all the friendly comments I have received, (and phone calls), about the […]
Shane French /
October 8, 2015 /
Hey all. Sorry for the lack of reports, again! Lots of distractions have been going on in the back ground although these are pretty much sorted now. Thank you for the emails many have sent in over the past month. So lets get into this report. Oh Dear the Waitahanui. Shit I […]
Shane French /
September 16, 2015 /
Hey all. Firstly let me apologize for the lack of updates over the past two weeks. Some fairly serious stuff has been going on behind the scenes, (not health related). So a big thank you to all my good friends out there, (Darren your the man) who have stood by me and given me […]
Shane French /
August 30, 2015 /
Hey all. Wow the end of August is here already, that means we are coming to the end of the 2015 winter season. However in so saying the rivers are full of Trout and I am sure there are still more to come in. We are now only 1 month away from the Back […]