Mangaohae Stream Fishing Report - 18 April 2010

Arrived late the day before at the Black berry flats campsite on the Tawerau river. Caught a few eels after dark, the Tawerau is packed with eels - there were dozens just in one small stretch of water.

There was a bit of rain overnight which made the Tawerau color up a bit more, it's murky enough at the best of times so I headed back upstream for about 45 minutes to the big bend in the track overlooking the river, this is near the small sign pointing to Were rd. Hooked one in the little run above the big pool, there always seems to be a fish in there but they it is a bit tricky to fish with overhanging treas and a sharp seam between the fast a slow water which makes it difficult to get a good drift. Hooked another a little further up but decided to head back up to the Were Rd bridge were I've often had good success. My lazy mood probably influenced this decision as it is much easier to make progress along the banks in the where the river flows.

I fished for about 40 minutes upstream from the Were rd bridge and caught three. Two were quite small at around a pound or so but one was a nice fat three pounder. The river levels were very low.