Sporting Life Fishing Report

Tuesday 1st September 2026

Weather: 9.9° Partially cloudy with moderate winds, Gusts reaching up to 33km/h River flow: 20.8 (m3/sec) Unfortunately, we keep getting teased with rain and the river has dropped back down after it is reaching 25.9 (m3/sec) at the weekend. It's...

 Luke O Donoghue
 

Tuesday 25th August 2026

Weather: 12.4° Fine apart from areas of morning and evening cloud. Westerlies. River Flow: 20.8 Cumecs (m³/s)  We were greeted by sunshine this morning following a reasonably gusty night. Colder temperatures and light winds, accompanied by a few stronger gusts, have...

 Niamh Ward
 

Sunday 23rd August 2026

Weather: 10.1° Cloudy periods with isolated showers, clearing to fine early evening. Gusty westerlies. River Flow: 25.9 Cumecs (m³/s) Finally, we’ve had a bit of rain! It wasn’t quite enough to really move things along, but it’s certainly better than nothing....

 Niamh Ward
 

Wednesday 19th of July

Tongariro River Flow: 20.9(m3/sec) Weather: Mainly fine with some evening cloud. Southerlies. The past two days have been Icey cold and some strong winds pushing through resulting in the fishing to be tough going. The river is currently really low...

 Shop Staff
 

Thursday 13th August 2026

Weather: 10.1° Periods of rain, possibly heavy. Northeasterlies, dying out late afternoon. River Flow: 22 Cumecs (m³/s)  It’s a beautiful drizzly morning here in Tūrangi, and we’re certainly not complaining about a bit of wet weather! Hopefully this drizzle keeps coming throughout...

 Niamh Ward
 

Friday 7th August 2026

Weather: 8.4° Severe morning frosts. A fine day apart from patchy low cloud this morning. Light winds, then westerlies developing in the afternoon. River Flow: 21.4 Cumecs (m³/s)  Another freezing morning greeted us here in the Central Plateau, with a thick layer...

 Niamh Ward