Fishing near Taumarunui, Manawatū-Whanganui

Taumarunui sits at the confluence of the Whanganui and Ōngarue rivers in the heart of Manawatū-Whanganui, making it a natural base for freshwater fishing. The area is best known for trout — both rainbow and brown — across a network of rivers that includes the Whanganui, Whakapapa, and Ōngarue. Roads follow both banks of the Whanganui for 15 km from town before the river enters the rugged bush country of Whanganui National Park.

Top waters to fish near Taumarunui

Species & education

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Smelt

Retropinna retropinna

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Short-finned Eel

Anguilla australis

Kahawai

Arripis trutta

Trevally

Pseudocaranx georgianus

Climbing Galaxias

Galaxias brevipinnis

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