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Hydro Explorer Tour

Fishing the Waikato Hydro Lakes

The Waikato Hydro Lakes hold a lot of trout, with all of them giving you the chance of a trophy trout. A shared love of fishing was the motivation for the Waikato Hydro lakes Explorer tour—a trout fishing exploration of the Hydro Lakes

Who are the Trout Ticklers?

Most of the Trout Ticklers grew up a stone's throw from the Waikato Hydro Lakes or Lake Karapiro—but between Lake Karapiro and Lake Taupo are 6 other Lakes that we knew very little about, even though major roads cross or run parallel to many of them.

Fishing Lake Karapiro

Fishing Lake Arapuni

Fishing Lake Waipapa

Fishing Lake Maraetai

Fishing Lake Whakamaru

Fishing Lake Atiamuri

Fishing Lake Ohakuri

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Lake Ohakuri Trout Fishing

August 26th 2016As the last of the typical Waikato Hydro Lakes on our list before Taupo, Lake Ohakuri was time for another overnighter. Upstream from our last excursion to Atiamuri. In typical Trout Tickler fashion Read more

Lake Atiamuri Trout Fishing

June 18th 2016Nearly a year after our trip to Whakamaru, we were on our way to the next Lake. After some very early breakfast from Tokoroa McDonalds, we pulled into the carpark at the boat ramp for our AtiamuriRead more

Lake Whakamaru Trout Fishing

July 3rd 2015This was our second overnight mission and the next Lake after Maraetai. We arrived at the boat ramp at dusk and it started absolutely pelting down with rain. One of the boats has a really nice rainRead more

Lake Maraetai Trout Fishing

May 23rd 2015After a successful trip to Waipapa, we decided to stay the night on the boat, for the first of our overnight missions. This time we had just the one fibreglass boat and slept 4 lads in it. We didn'tRead more

Lake Waipapa Trout Fishing

April 25th 2015The boat ramp on Waipapa is just up from the Waipapa Dam at the bottom of the Lake, with Lake Arapuni below that. The fact that there's no carpark at the boat ramp suggests it doesn't get muchRead more

Lake Arapuni Trout Fishing

November 15th 2014After our success at Lake Karapiro, we again focussed on the faster moving water at the top of the Lake but this time we ditched the tinny's and went with a larger fibreglass boat that we could all fRead more

Lake Karapiro Trout Fishing

October 17th 2014As Cambridge locals, we had been on Lake Karapiro many times before – house boating, wakeboarding and a few failed attempts at shoreline fishing. With a range of experience in the crew from saltwatRead more

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