Fishing Reports index > September 2007

LAKE ANIWHENUA & RANGITAIKI RIVER SYSTEM

Another trout fishing season is about to begin. On 1st October we’ll once again be able to fish the Whirinaki & Horomanga rivers and the likes of the Waihua & Mangamako streams. There’s been no major flooding this past winter so all these waters should be much the same as we left then at the end of June.

The temperatures have definitely warmed up dramatically over the past couple of weeks. The winds have dropped and the weathers been much more settled.

The Lake has generally been fishing good. Those that anchor up and fish are doing way better than those drifting. If you’re anchored in one spot you have better contact with your line and can detect even the smallest of takes if you’re concentrating. The trout can take so lightly at times that unless you strike the minute you feel any variation you’re usually too late and the trouts already gone. The only ones that seem to take forcefully are the little guys and there’s plenty of those around, especially if you’re fishing close to the surface. Now that the water temperatures have risen, more and more insects will start hatching. Nymphing has been producing plenty of fish lately.

There’s certainly no problem catching fish up by Rabbit bridge. Where the willows have been cut away along the training banks there’s plenty of casting room now. It’s easy to actually wade the main river channel here as it’s not much more than knee deep.

Cheers,
Joan Ryder
Lake Aniwhenua Lodge
trout.guide@xtra.co.nz
www.troutguides.co.nz

Joan Ryder is an independent fishing guide; her reports are not officially representative of Fish & Game NZ

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