Whitebaiting the Wairaurahiri River - October 2022 (056)

Max and I head down the Wairaurahiri River in southern Fiordland for a overnighter at the Waitutu Lodge and a spot of whitebaiting.

[@FR3WY]

Nice work I'm itching watching this 😆

[@hubee57ProspectingForGold]

What the go with the lodge....? Do you need to book ahead...? I like your boat..!

[@fiordlander]

Cheers.
Yep - you can book online - www.waitutu.co.nz/contact--booking.html

[@mongrelproductions3013]

Nice vid mate. Any chance can get a vid on jet unit set up please and thank you. And was there much pig rooting around when you were there?

[@fiordlander]

Cheers. Didn’t see any rooting - not that I was looking for it. Plenty of deer sign on the sand.

[@petephilpott9691]

Hi thanks for the video I enjoyed it. How long did it take to get to the lodge, I assume you launched at Lake Haruroko? I have the same boat as yourself. Cheers

[@fiordlander]

About an hour on the river, 20 minutes on the lake - although our boat is not the fastest unit around...

[@nigeljones7440]

Hi there another great video fishing an isolated river. Do you have an outboard or jet unit to get access

[@fiordlander]

Jet unit - you wouldn't want to take a regular outboard down that river!

[@OnTheGoldNZ]

Much trout in that river?

[@fiordlander]

We didn't actually take the rods, but I expect that there would be decent numbers as the flow is relatively stable given it drains a reasonably big lake.

[@TheBextrex]

Hey great video, did you end up going for the oct fishing comp ?

[@fiordlander]

Yep. We all caught one. Didn’t take much footage though - might chuck it up as a ‘short’. Didn’t win the boat either…

[@TheBextrex]

@@fiordlander oh nice

[@johntapsell5134]

Algd

[@travismccorkindale9508]

Looks like a good spot for set net

[@fiordlander]

I actually went into the Invercargill Hunting & Fishing shop to get a material net to take down the river, but it was going to be $500+ between getting the net and the 3m go-by, so I left it (for next year)...