Lake Manuwai

Type: Lake or reservoir, Northland, New Zealand
Season: All year
Where the season comes from
Lake Manuwai Waipapa All year FSB Rainbow 3
Set for this water by name.
Sports Fishing Regs 2026/27 Northland
Fish & Game NZ · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.
Live gauges: None listed
Listed by: 1 authoritative list
Guides: None listed
Shops: 1 nearby

Today on Lake Manuwai

No live reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place. — Representative photograph, not this water. Photo: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Lake Manuwai

Lake Manuwai is a lake in the Northland region of New Zealand. Fish & Game Northland lists it as one of its fisheries. It is an irrigation reservoir north of Waipapa, stocked annually.

Where to fish

Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Lake Manuwai on the map

Shops and guides nearby

Restrooms

Map of Lake Manuwai, and shops and guides with an exact address nearby.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Lake Manuwai

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Manuwai in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Lake Manuwai (6)

Kerikeri RiverNorthland · Freestone river · about 8 km
Waihou RiverWaikato · Spring creek · about 325 km
Waipa RiverWaikato · Freestone river · about 352 km
Waikato RiverWaikato · Tailwater · about 355 km
Lake RotoruaBay of Plenty · Lake or reservoir · about 389 km
Lake TaraweraBay of Plenty · Lake or reservoir · about 407 km

Regulations and official lists

Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Fish & Game Northland fisheryFish & Game Northland: Lakes and Reservoirs · Fish & Game New Zealand · checked 2026-10-20

Guides and shops near Lake Manuwai

Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

All Northland guides

1 shop nearby

Russell, Northland · 26 km
Screaming Reels
- Fishing retailer
- Fishing reports
- Unclaimed
Fishing report

All Northland shops

Species

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

Rainbow trout

Plan your stay

Fishing lodges nearby

All lodges

Treghan Lodge
Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand
Fishing lodge · 6.1 mi
- Unclaimed

Getting there

KKE · Kerikeri · 7 mi straight-lineFlights (opens in a new tab)
KAT · Awanui · 33 mi straight-lineFlights (opens in a new tab)
AKL · Auckland · 137 mi straight-lineFlights (opens in a new tab)

About this

Miles are straight-line distances, not drive times.
Airports: scheduled passenger service, from OurAirports (public domain) (2026-11-04).
Lodges are listed when their own website talks about fishing. Prices and availability are the lodge's own.

Fish these in the US

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like Lake Manuwai? Same fish, US waters.

Tailwater trout fishery
Photo credit
Fog on Lake Taneycomo, Missouri. Photo: Luke Wisley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lake Taneycomo
Missouri
Same fish: rainbow trout · also a lake
Steelhead / salmon water
Photo credit
Sweetwater Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Tongass National Forest (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sweetwater Lake
Alaska
Same fish: rainbow trout · also a lake
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Pend Oreille
Photo credit
Henrys Lake from Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho. Photo: James Postema, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Pend Oreille.
Lake Pend Oreille
Idaho
Same fish: rainbow trout · also a lake
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Bighorn Lake
Photo credit
Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Bighorn Lake.
Bighorn Lake
Montana
Same fish: rainbow trout · also a lake
Blue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Strawberry Reservoir
Photo credit
Navajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Strawberry Reservoir.
Strawberry Reservoir
Utah
Same fish: rainbow trout · also a lake
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Becker Lake
Photo credit
Crowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Becker Lake.
Becker Lake
Arizona
Same fish: rainbow trout · also a lake

Gear checklist

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Lakes & stillwater

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Videos for this water (3)

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Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

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Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Sources for this page

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All 4 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Lake Manuwai, Bay of Islands, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.