Weekend Rain Returns, Forecast Beyond More Positive    

Pictured - Ben Ellison about to release a Wairarapa small-stream brown taken several weekends ago (Credit: Hamish Carnachan).   

With staff busy conducting fieldwork between bouts of rain, we've only got an abridged report for you today. 

Unfortunately, the rain that blew any prospect of fishing to pieces last weekend is set to return on Saturday. 

There's a chance anglers in some parts of the country might find fishable water early on Saturday morning before the weather bomb arrives, but please check the live flows using the links provided below before heading out on the water.    

Here's the outlook:

Hutt River and tributaries

Click here for live weather updates.

Click the highlighted river links for live flows: Hutt River, Akatarawa River.               

 

Kapiti Coast 

Click here for live weather updates.

Click the highlighted river links for live flows: Otaki River, Ohau River, Waikanae River.          

 

Wairarapa 

Click here for live weather updates.

Click the highlighted river links for live flows: Ruamahanga River, Waiohine River, Waingawa River, Tauherenikau River, Waipoua River.    

 

Manawatu

Click here for live weather updates.  

Click the highlighted river links for live flows: Manawatu River, Pohangina River, Orua River, Mangatainoka River.         

 

Rangitikei 

Click here for live weather updates.

Click the highlighted river links for live flows: Rangitikei River, Hautapu River.    

 

Noticeboard

• Wellington Fish & Game has been advised of the following dates for flushing flows from the Moawhango Dam:

 9:00 pm Tuesday 15 February to 2:00 am Wednesday 16 February 2022
 9:00 pm Tuesday 15 March to 2:00 am Wednesday 16 March 2022
 9:00 pm Tuesday 3 May to 2:00 am Wednesday 4 May 2022 (river ecological state dependent)

    

• River Bulldozing - Don't get an unwelcome surprise by Greater Wellington Regional Council's river bulldozing ruining your day on the river. The upcoming activity schedule can be found here.

Email Wellington Communications and Field Officer Hamish Carnachan if you'd like any fishing or freshwater-related items posted to this noticeboard.

​*This report was accurate at time of writing. For your safety please ensure you check the latest weather and river flow information before you head out on the water.