09/06/2026
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🔍✨ Did You Know? ✨🔍
Trout were introduced to Lake Taupō and its river-ways in the late 19th Century. Brown trout were introduced in 1887 by Mr. Gavin McIntyre Park (then Postmaster of Taupō). Rainbow trout were then introduced in 1898, by Mr. and Mrs. Malcome and Forrestina Ross.
To learn more about the history of trout fishing in Taupō, come visit the Taupō Museum!