Fishing near Eltham, Taranaki

Eltham sits in South Taranaki on the lower slopes of Mount Taranaki, with the Waingongoro River running close to town. The area is trout country: the ringplain streams draining Taranaki Maunga carry good populations of brown and rainbow trout, and the Waingongoro in particular is well regarded for sight fishing large browns in clear water near Eltham, with numbers reaching up to 20 medium and large fish per kilometre around the town stretch.

Top waters to fish near Eltham

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Smelt

Retropinna retropinna

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Short-finned Eel

Anguilla australis

Climbing Galaxias

Galaxias brevipinnis

Giant Kokopu

Galaxias argenteus

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Shortjawed Kokopu

Galaxias postvectis

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

Barracouta

Thyrsites atun

Blue Cod

Parapercis colias

Blue Mackerel

Scomber australasicus

Blue Moki

Latridopsis ciliaris

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

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