DSC_6045 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fishing. Lake Benmore is one of our most productive larger lakes for trout fishing. Rainbow trout thrive here and there is also a healthy stock of brown trout. In recent years chinook salmon have been introduced into the lake, and sockeye are also found here *
DSC_2062 Hybrid tiger trout ((Salmo trutta X Salvelinus fontinalis) this mature hatchery bred fish is an infertile cross between a male brown trout and a female brook char. They are bred at the Ngongotaha hatchery, Rotorua, and released into Lake Rotoma. They are produced purely for sports fishing as they grow quickly and fight aggressively when caught *
DSC_2195 Hybrid tiger trout ((Salmo trutta X Salvelinus fontinalis) detail of the pattern on a mature hatchery bred fish. Tigers are an infertile cross between a male brown trout and a female brook char. They are bred at the Ngongotaha hatchery, Rotorua, and released into Lake Rotoma. They are produced purely for sports fishing as they grow quickly and fight aggressively when caught *
