Itinerary
Lake Mapourika’s calm reflective waters are home to many fish such as Trout and Wild Salmon. Enjoy fishing on our comfortable full covered tour boat, with toilet facilities and warm refreshments onboard. Experience the beauty of Lake Mapourika while trolling silently past 900-year-old Kahikatea trees and Native Birdsong while you wait for a nibble on the line!
Fishing techniques include trolling, harling and spinning. You may keep your catch if it’s legal and in season, otherwise, we will catch and release.
All fishing equipment is provided, and no experience is necessary.
Stop At:
• Lake Mapourika, State Highway 6, Westland Jetty Bay, Franz Josef, Westland Tai Poutini National Park 7886 New Zealand
See Availability.
30 Main Road, Franz Josef / Waiau 7886, New Zealand
3 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : 915tracyj
We had an awesome 3 hour fishing trip out on Lake Maporika. Our skipper was great and gave us time to cast and also troll. We were fishing for brown trout and salmon and unfortunately didn’t catch any but it was still a great night out on the lake. We did see a long fun brown eel and a fish jump out of the water which was super interesting. Would definitely recommend this fishing trip to anyone who loves getting out on the water.
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Posted On : 2024-03-10
Posted By : KayS822
The lake is stunning, and with no other boats on it this is a unique experience to be so close to mountains, the glacier, and a bush clad lake. Fishing in midwinter can be tricky, but that is why it is called fishing, and not 'catching'. However our super friendly guide Joe took us to some great spots and we caught two salmon. This was a real highlight of our West Coast holiday. Joe is very knowledgeable and shared the history of the area and knew all about the flora and fauna. With only a couple of people on this trip it was so personalised and memorable. I highly recommend this fishing experience and this company where every detail is covered. I will certainly do this again!
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Posted On : 2023-08-12
Posted By : 239sophiep
Fantastic morning of fishing, really nice skipper Dale showed everyone the ropes and kept us all entertained! Highly recommend, best thing we did in the Franz Josef area, views on the lake were stunning
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Posted On : 2023-01-19
Posted By : gregcI9156DW
Dale the skipper was great. Boat definitely not set up to take eight people fishing.
A tourist money grab.
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Posted On : 2023-01-01
Posted By : darrylmF4529KL
we had a wonderful memorable experience beautiful scenery while catching large brown trout Dale puts on the right spots caught my first brown on third cast well worth doing
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Posted On : 2022-09-26
Posted By : Nztraveller123456789
Went fishing and kayaking with these guys! Amazing tour and fishing boat! Learnt a lot of tricks and even got to ride the boat for a bit 😁
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Posted On : 2022-07-16
Posted By : Kerrin A
We had the best experience fishing with Franz Josef Wilderness Tours! They made us a last minute booking the morning of our trip. Our kids were so excited to get out on the lake. The boat was very comfortable and the tour guide was amazing. He talked to us about the local region, the fish in the lake and he had endless patience with our kids. We all enjoyed the experience, my family enjoyed fishing off the boat and the views as we travelled around the lake just got better and better.
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Posted On : 2022-07-02
Posted By : 736RoseB
What a fabulous trip , fantastic scenery , unfortunately didn’t catch a fish but it really didn’t matter as the views and atmosphere were outstanding , bonus saw a white heron . Very comfortable boat and great skipper , would definitely do this trip again .
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Posted On : 2022-03-17
Posted By : Grant B
It was lovely scenery, and the operater was friendly. We had a relaxing time.
But, it was a fishing charter. And three baby salmon that we had to throw back did not make my smoker happy! A little dissapointed.
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Posted On : 2022-01-29
Posted By : thefernsnz
Such a fantastic trip in a great setting - the lake was still warm enough to swim in at 7pm! Dale and his brother were super friendly and went out of their way to make the trip a memorable one - and catching the brown trout at the end was the icing on the cake! Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2022-01-18
