LAKE TAUPO TROUT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 10

LAKE TAUPO TROUT.

FISHING CONDITIONS. DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. FLY AND TROLLING INTERESTS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TAUPO, Friday. The Hon. R. F. Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs, is visiting the lake to investigate the fishing conditions and to learn for himself the success or otherwise of the new regulations. Among those present when a deputation interviewed the Minister last night were:—Messrs. James Hislop, UnderSecretary of Internal Affairs, Fred Moorehouse, conservator of fisheries; J. P. Sheehan, hon. secretary Taupo Anglers' Association; J. Longhlan, Arthur Grace, S. Charlton, J. McMullan, H. White, H. Davis and J. Moon. Equality Desired. The - deputation's spokesmen referred to a reference made to a report published in Napier of a deputation of fly fishermen which had recently interviewed the Minister there, when the latter was referred to as having stated that "Tom, Dick and Harry" could not be allowed to fish anywhere in the lake. The speakers said they felt the Minister would not make a statement of the kind, and that his view as a member of the Government was that all parties, fly fishermen and trollers, should be equally catered for. Rights to be Safeguarded. The deputation recognised that flv fishermen had rights to be safeguarded and so had the trollers. It would not be in the interests of the district and of the sportsmen generally if one section was favoured against the other. The waters of Lake Taupo formed the most popular fishing ground in the Dominion, and anywhere a man could get good fishing. Now that the Government had come to a satisfactory arrangement for the control of the fisheries of the lake and its tributaries, it was the general impression of those who helped to cater for the sport that all interests would be considered. Seeing for Himself. In reply, Mr. Bollard said the members of the Cabinet recognised the importance of conserving the interests of fishermen in the Taupo district. That was why Mr. Coates, as Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs, came to Tanpo some time ago and made the arrangement with the Maoris. That agreement was made solely in the interests of the Maoris, the fishermen, and the Dominion generally. No finer arrangement could have been made. Underlying it was the one aim that all would be treated fairly. "You all have different way? of getting to the sport." said the Minister, "and it is the Government's desire to see that all are eoually provided for. Thas is our aim. My mission is to inquire into your side. I want to see things for myself." According to statements made to the Minister, the new fees are satisfactory.