Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Saturday 17th January 2026

Weather: Highs of 22°C, overcast with a light south easterly breeze, with light gusts. Tongariro River Flow: 27.5 cumecs (m³/s). The river is slightly coloured following the heavy rain two days ago but is clearing nicely and is still very...

Rosie Bennett

January 17, 2026

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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

December 13, 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 6, 2025

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Tuesday 23rd Of September

Tongariro River Flow: 37.9(m3/sec) Weather: Scattered rain, becoming widespread and possibly heavy around midday. Northerlies. It's another overcast, rainy day in Turangi today. Reports have been few and far between. But the people who have been getting out, are still...

Hamish Parker

September 23, 2025

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Saturday 2nd August 2025

Weather: Cold frosty -2°C start with sunshine and low to no wind forecast for the rest of the day. Highs of 13°C. Tongariro River Flow: 36.3 cumecs (m³/s) The rivers in the region have settled into perfect fishing conditions following...

Rosie Bennett

August 2, 2025

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Saturday 28th June 2025

Weather: Heavy rain on and off all day! Tongariro River Flow: Currently at a big flow of 299.4 cumecs (m³/s) having peaked at around 300 and is dropping for now The heavy rain has seen the Tongariro hit with another...

Rosie Bennett

June 28, 2025