TROUT FISHING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 4, 6 January 1938, Page 18

TROUT FISHING.

■T WEATHER.

REPORT FROM ROTORUA.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)

ROTORUA, Wednsday

Very hot and dry weather conditions during the past fortnight have caused the fish to congregate off the mouths of the spring-fed streams flowing into Rotorua. states the conservator of fish and game, Mr. A. Kean, in his periodical report upon the angling conditions in the districts under his control. As a result, when the wind was in the right quarter, many limit bags had been taken off the mouths of streams such as the Hamurana, Awahou and Waiteti. Temperature readings taken at Hamurana indicated that the water off the mouth of the stream was 18 degrees lower in temperature than the water* of the lake.

Mission Bay aVo fished well at times. 42 rainbow being; taken by two oversea* anglers during two days' fishing there. The mouth of the Utuhinawa* also fishing very well, night. Mr. H. Lewer. oi Rotorua. had taken several limit bags there, his largest fish being a "'brownie'' of 9%1b.

The fishing had been very difficult in the deeper lakes. Rotoiti. Tarawera and Okataina, probably owing to the high temperatures. Tarawera had been discoloured by what appeared to be minute vegetable growth rising from the bottom but no mortality appeared to have taken place among the fish.

The temperatures in the Bay of Plenty rivers rose to as high as 72 decrees, and thw had the effect of putting the fish off the feed. As a result few good bafi had been reported.

The Waikato River -warn at present lower than it bad been tor several year*, and good rises of fish were reported at Atiamuri and between the Huka Falls and the Aratiatia Rapids. Good sport had been obtained on this last stretch by dry fly fishermen. Similar conditions to those experienced in the Rotorua district governed the Taupo fishing. There had been * large number of anglers in the district, and a number of limit bags had been reported. The lake temperature rose to <JB degrees, and it was found that many of the betterconditioned fish had gone into the deeper and cooler water.

Whakaipo and Whangamata Bays again produced good sport, and fish up to 81b were landed. On Christmas day 15 rods took 100 fair-conditioned rainbow at the mouth of the Waitahanui, but during this period the fishing was very patchy in this area.

Dry fly finhing on the Waikato River above the Huka Falls continued to I>e popular, and anglers had taken some very good baias on this stretch. The Tongariro had been very low, and as a result fishing had been difficult, but at times the Delta had fished very well, and several limits had been taken. Messrs. Blundell, McC-ullough and S. T%orneGeorge each took a limit during a morning's wadine at the various mouths, while Messrs. Bothamley and Swann took 10. the heaviest fish weighing 91b. Fishermen trolling and harling at Motuopa Bay did fairly well, but generaily the sport at the southern end of the lake was very disappointing. It is anticipated that the fishing will be difficult, particularly in the shallow®, so long as the present hot weather continues.