Thread: Rudd, perch and cat fish in the Auckland waikato area

Every year there is the Lake Taupo catfish cull, a fun competition for spearfisherman useing traditonal spear (hawian spear I think its called) its a fun competition with lots of prizes supported by Waikato regional council. They get trailer fulls of them and one year they had a chef and a barbi cooking catfish. My son said it tasted ok. Snorkling at dusk with a torch and spear could be a fun activity with the kids as they are even close to shore. No licence needed for catching catfish by any means just not allowed to put them back