Sporting Life Fishing Report

Saturday 31st January 2026
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Saturday 31st January 2026

Weather: Pleasant temperatures with intervals of clouds and sunshine. Highs of 26° with light northwesterly winds. River Flow: 45 cumecs (m³/s) RECREATIONAL FLOW FOR THIS WEEKEND  TONGARIRO RIVER WILL BE FLOWING UP TO 60 CUMECS between 8am and 4pm SATURDAY...

 Rosie Bennett
 
Saturday 13th December 2025
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Saturday 13th December 2025

Weather: Sunny, 22° with light winds up to 20kms. Tongariro River Flow: 26.4 cumecs (m³/s) The weather has been beautiful sunshine this week which has woken up the hatching insect life nicely and we have seen some nice topwater activity...

 Rosie Bennett
 
Saturday 6th December 2025
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Saturday 6th December 2025

Weather: 23°C and breezy with 20km winds, settling this evening. Tongariro River Flow: 28.9 cumecs Good afternoon from sunny Turangi. The wind here the past week has been persistent, preventing some of us from the lake or river, but for...

 Rosie Bennett
 
December 8th 2024
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December 8th 2024

Tongariro River 26.2 Flow (m3/sec) Weather: 16C Cloudy    The Tongariro River has been producing excellent fishing lately, with plenty of freshly run rainbow trout. The upper reaches of the river are teeming with trout, and it’s expected they will soon move...

 Noah Shapiro