Taupo Fishing Club

16/09/2026

ANYONE GOT ANY SPARE TROUT PLEASE?

Didymo Dave needs your support. There are a number of people with serious health issues and I'm looking for good quality Taupo trout to give to Doctors, Nurses etc as a thank you for what they do in looking after these people, me included. Now if you are keeping trout n feeding your family/whanau or friends or putting them in the freezers at the Marae etc, please carry on doing that.

But if you are catching n releasing because you don't like eating trout or you don't know what to do with them all we would really appreciate your help. Dave’s number is 0272409603 & we can pick them up, get them smoked at Farmers Quality Meats with "RAY THE BUTCHER" and from there away to the Drs etc.

So please, next time you go to release a good conditioned fish, please think of us & give Dave a call. Cheers!

16/09/2026

Click on the link below to keep updated on DOC fishery team restoration work🎣 Thanks

15/09/2026

15/09/2026

Looks like former president Graham had a fantastic time fishing the South Island canals! 🎣 What an incredible experience.

What an absolute monster of a rainbow! 🎣👏🏻 That’s definitely a fish to remember and one that’s going to be seriously hard to beat on our leaders’ board! 🏆
What an amazing catch! 🔥🐟

Can you guess the weight of the big one?

08/09/2026

Reminder: Taupō Fishing Club AGM

We warmly invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 10 September 2026.

The club rooms will be open from 5:30 pm, giving members an opportunity to catch up and enjoy a drink before proceedings begin. The AGM will commence promptly at 6:00 pm.

Your attendance and participation are greatly valued as we reflect on the past year and discuss the future of our club.

You will also be able to pay your club subscriptions on the night, so please take the opportunity to get your membership up to date.

We look forward to seeing you there. 🎣

06/09/2026

"Lake Taupō provides perhaps the clearest case study of what this damage can cost. From the 1990s, nitrogen leaching from farms and septic tanks threatened to tip the lake’s famously clear water into decline, so the government stepped in with a catchment-wide nitrogen management plan.

The price tag was $81 million to keep just 170 tonnes of nitrogen a year out of the lake. Spread over the 50 years the plan is expected to operate, that works out to roughly $9500 per tonne each year, more than 10 times the approximately $888 per tonne it costs to buy nitrogen fertiliser in the first place."

A great article by one of our top Lake Scientists - Simon Stewart

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/01/the-huge-hidden-cost-of-our-synthetic-fertiliser-habit/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAUKq0RwZG9mBWZkaWQWUN5w9FLZIrraChym8RRQ_sGC8v_skGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4_7S-W-zVlQFIJ752UqJTorXgkmkTQjrRuJcip3QnLAUiez0UmOH6TQl0YCQ_aem_93xz-K-sTc2N3BAdHIXCHw

Comment: Cleaning up nitrogen pollution costs 10 times more than buying the fertiliser in the first place, freshwater ecologist Dr Simon Stewart argues.

19/08/2026

NEW ZEALAND JUNIOR ANGLER OF THE YEAR - Olliver Pask (TFC member)

A massive congratulations to Olliver Pask, who has officially been named the 2025/26 New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Junior Angler of the Year!

This prestigious award recognises Olliver’s outstanding performances and achievements throughout the fishing season, and what a season it has been!

Some of the incredible achievements that contributed to Olliver taking out the title include:

- Landing a Yellowfin Tuna World Record
- Finishing 4th in the NZ Youth Nationals
- Several pending New Zealand records
- Standout catches on light tackle
- Winning multiple categories at the Taupō Fishing Club

But Olliver’s contribution to fishing goes well beyond what he has achieved on the water. He has also given back to the sport through his involvement on several New Zealand Sport Fishing Council committees, showing his commitment to the future of the sport.

To achieve all of this in his final season as a junior angler is an incredible way to finish this chapter.

An outstanding season, an outstanding achievement, and a very well-deserved national title.

Congratulations Olliver, 2025/26 New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Junior Angler of the Year!

We can’t wait to see what comes next!