Fishing near Stratford, Taranaki

Stratford sits on the Taranaki ringplain in the shadow of Mount Taranaki, and the Pātea River runs right through the town centre, making it one of the more accessible trout fisheries in the region. The ringplain's network of streams and small lakes — including Lake Ratapiko nearby — holds brown trout, rainbow trout, and perch, drawing both wading anglers and families new to fishing.

Top waters to fish near Stratford

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Climbing Galaxias

Galaxias brevipinnis

Common Smelt

Retropinna retropinna

Giant Kokopu

Galaxias argenteus

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Puye

Galaxias maculatus

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Short-finned Eel

Anguilla australis

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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