Captain Marty and his boat are top shelf - he was friendly, informative, and clearly knew what he was doing….after only 30 minutes of not catching any fish, he made some adjustments and we ended up with more fish than we could eat!  Everyone in the boat caught one….then he cleaned and packaged them up for us, including some recipe suggestions.  Highly recommend!!!

We caught so many frish we couldn’t believe it. And it seemed we had the lake to ourselves for the first 2 hours.  Marty even took us out to see the Maori rock carvings which was very special. It was a wonderful experience not only fishing but watching the weather shape shift around the late. From mist to rain to sunshine.  All in all a very worth while morning.

Excellent day out, easy going.  We were 2 adults and 2 10’year olds.  We caught 6 trout but could only keep 3 due to size.  Marty is a patient, kind, knowledgeable and chilled captain.  He answered a lot of my kids’ questions!  Definitely would recommend him. Tip - If you’d like your trout smoked at a local butcher’s, then you need to be there by 3pm to deliver the trout in order to pick up your fish the next day.  Otherwise the butcher can courier to you.

A bit chilly at first but warmed up as the morning went on, the Captain found some good spots and we hooked numerous fish, some too small, but kept 3. The Captains recommendations to take our larger catch to be smoked at Farmers Quality Meats (also picked up some streaky bacon for breakfast!) and the smaller fish to Crafty Trout to be cooked for our dinner were both accepted with delicious results! We couldn’t be more pleased with how our day began and ended in Taupo!

This fishing trip was a birthday gift for my husband for his 81st birthday. We came from Australia to Lake Taupo and our Kiwi grandsons met us there and joined their grandfather for the fishing trip. They had the best day and caught lots of rainbow trout. A huge success and a lovely memory