Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Tuesday the 27th of December 2022

Tuesday the 27th of December 2022 Neil and AB took the Pontoon boats out from Tokaanu Wharf for the day on another post Christmas scorcher with the sun blazing down there is a whole new buzz about town for both...

Shop Staff

December 27, 2022

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Monday the 26th of December 2022

Monday the 26th of December 2022It was a banger in Turangi today with the sun out in force for boxing day and looking like a number of days of sunshine ahead. The shop was pumping with anglers getting their fix...

Shop Staff

December 26, 2022

Saturday 24th of December 2022

Attention customers: we are closed Christmas day only, so feel free to come on in on Boxing day for all your fishing, camping, and hiking needs. Check out the shop website: https://www.sportinglife-turangi.co.nz/collections/summer-essentials The town is pumping as folks settle in for...

Theresa Beilby

December 24, 2022

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Thursday 22nd December 2022

Sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, rain!!!!! when will it end?! Yesterday saw a bright blue skied day here in Turangi and the fishing on the Tongariro was on the up with people reporting good numbers of recovering rainbows and the...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 22, 2022

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Tuesday 20th December 2022

After a small taste of sunshine yesterday, the rain has returned to the central plateau. The Tongariro dropped in flow over night and is currently holding at 51.3m3/sec and looking rather fishy with the usual green colour expected with this...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 20, 2022

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Sunday 18th December 2022

Surprise, surprise it's raining in Turangi! The Tongariro has spiked to 140m3/sec and is running brown however fishing the river isn't a complete waste of time as we have received reports of a few brown trout lurking in the dirty...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 18, 2022