Larger Fish

Thursday 2nd August,
Fishing from the Charter Boat Fish'N'Fun.
Decided it was time to look for the elusive trout on the Lake, we left Taupo harbour around 10.45 am. Reaching our boat was not without excitement as we had to be escorted to our berth by the contractors who had started removing the gum trees overlooking the car park.
We reached Rangatira Point at 11.15, and soon caught a 48 cm jack in excellent condition, the next hour was spent fruitlessly searching for another hit without any success. We moved to a spot opposite the Millenium Hotel, in the next hour we caught 3 more fish, all over 45 cm and again in good condition.
Returning to the harbour we were delighted that there were no small or marginal size fish, it was good to see they were appearing on the depth sounder at between 50 and 130 feet.

Lets hope the Spring fishing continues to improve!

Ivan Rudd

Difference a Day Makes

Well what a weekend on Lake Taupo. Saturday was confined to the re-cycling bin, the weather overnight had been chilly at minus 2º, our charter boat Fish N Fun had ice on the canopy but the sun was shining, we heard reports that the Desert Road was blocked with snow but Taupo was warming up nicely. Around 10.30 am we received a call from our hirer saying he could not get through to us due to the snow and agreed to cancel. How right he was, about 20 minutes later the wind increased from the South and white horses appeared on the Lake, From our home we could see Rangatira Point, the waves certainly looked grim and gradually the whole of the bay was roughed up. Certainly not a day to be out on the Lake.

Sunday dawned cold again but sunny and bright, our guests, arrived at 10 am and we headed out to Jerusalem Bay, after an hour we headed off to Mine Bay. Maggie had her language skills tested as only one of our fishermen spoke English, the other three all spoke French, well done Maggie! The morning weather was fabulous, we had unbroken sunshine, no wind and fabulous views of Mount Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro which had a capping of snow in readiness for the ski season. On the return to Taupo harbour we gave our guests a view of the Maori carvings, we had been fortunate to catch and return a couple of trout, its always a joy to have visitors who respect the ecology of the lake and return fish to the water.

Skipper Ivan

Fishing News

The public holiday was kind to Lake Taupo in terns of weather, Maggie & I went out around 12 noon to see where those elusive trout had hidden themselves. We tried all the way from Jerusalem bay around Rangatira Point to the Maori carvings. As long as the sun was in the back of the boat we had a warm trip, there was hardly a cloud in the sky and, for a public holiday very few boats out fishing. We went further round to Mine Bay, this decision came to our rescue, after around two hours, several coffees and muffins we had agreed to head for home about 2.15 p.m. At 2.14 one rod then the second went off, unfortunately my fish was just on the limit (40cm). Maggie's fish was a good fighter and after a few minutes she landed it, this one measured at 46 cm and we decided to keep this. We then headed back to Taupo harbour, tied up and headed for home around 3.15 p.m.

Helm

Just had a new hydraulic helm fitted to keep maintenance up to schedule. Went out to test the system, port is port and starboard is starboard so that's a great start. Had a brief trip in fabulous weather, one decent fish but not a keeper. Returned to Taupo harbour safely so pleased with the steering upgrade. We're now looking forward to the public holiday weekend.

Harbour work at Lake Taupo

Lake Taupo Harbour

Well the long awaited improvements are under way to the harbour. The electrical system is being upgraded to modern specifications, the fresh water system is being improved at the same time. Planters and benches will be added to make the marina a more pleasant area to watch the boats, have a coffee or simply relax. The magic of this area is best seen from Redoubt Street where you will be able to view the various charter and fishing boats with views across the harbour to Acacia Bay.

Catching trout on Lake Taupo

Chris catching a trout on Lake Taupo from Fish N Fun owned by Windsor Charters

Autumn Trout

Fishing with Windsor Charters.We had a great charter on Saturday 5th May. Started off around 11.00am, fishing was a bit on the slow side and the lake lumpy by Rangatira Point. We persevered and headed North, after 20 minutes or so we started catching trout. In all we landed 6 nice fish, our passengers kept one fish and Maggie & I also kept one we had caught, it went just over 1.5 Kg.
We will have smoked trout for supper, it looks a beautiful pink so it must have been lunching on Koura. The weather was fabulous with a cloudless sky, sun bathing on the stern was the order of the day.
We returned to harbour around 3 pm well satisfied with our trip.