Neil Porter will be up before the sun on Monday morning trolling and jigging on Lake Rotoiti.
Porter estimates he's been trout fishing for 20 years and this opening day will be no different.
"Depending on the weather, we're going to go out on Sunday afternoon and spend the night out there so we can start out reasonably early.
"We'll sleep on the boat and I normally get another two mates and we all anchor up out in a secluded bay out of the wind."
Porter said trout fishing was a great pastime and something most people could do.