3-Hour Fishing Charter Experience at Franz Josef Glacier

Very friendly and entertaining guide that knew all the good spots for the best chance of catching fish and we did!

Not a very nice day to start and only catch was one mussel. Interesting location. Guide not very careful in handling rods as almost got a hook in my hair.

"Fishing" on a dead lake. Tour guides spent most of their time talking to each other about thier travels and plans. Knew from the minute we got on the boat they had t caught a fish in weeks or months. By the end of it no one even bothered watching the lines for well over an hour plus. There is a reason they are the only boat on the lake...

We had an awesome 3 hour fishing trip out on Lake Maporika. Our skipper was great and gave us time to cast and also troll. We were fishing for brown trout and salmon and unfortunately didn’t catch any but it was still a great night out on the lake. We did see a long fun brown eel and a fish jump out of the water which was super interesting. Would definitely recommend this fishing trip to anyone who loves getting out on the water.

The lake is stunning, and with no other boats on it this is a unique experience to be so close to mountains, the glacier, and a bush clad lake. Fishing in midwinter can be tricky, but that is why it is called fishing, and not 'catching'. However our super friendly guide Joe took us to some great spots and we caught two salmon. This was a real highlight of our West Coast holiday. Joe is very knowledgeable and shared the history of the area and knew all about the flora and fauna. With only a couple of people on this trip it was so personalised and memorable. I highly recommend this fishing experience and this company where every detail is covered. I will certainly do this again!

Fantastic morning of fishing, really nice skipper Dale showed everyone the ropes and kept us all entertained! Highly recommend, best thing we did in the Franz Josef area, views on the lake were stunning

Dale the skipper was great. Boat definitely not set up to take eight people fishing. A tourist money grab.

we had a wonderful memorable experience beautiful scenery while catching large brown trout Dale puts on the right spots caught my first brown on third cast well worth doing

Went fishing and kayaking with these guys! Amazing tour and fishing boat! Learnt a lot of tricks and even got to ride the boat for a bit 😁

We had the best experience fishing with Franz Josef Wilderness Tours! They made us a last minute booking the morning of our trip. Our kids were so excited to get out on the lake. The boat was very comfortable and the tour guide was amazing. He talked to us about the local region, the fish in the lake and he had endless patience with our kids. We all enjoyed the experience, my family enjoyed fishing off the boat and the views as we travelled around the lake just got better and better.