DISTRICT PROVIDES EXCELLENT SPORT OF ALL KINDS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8616, 13 June 1924, Page 7 (Supplement)

DISTRICT PROVIDES EXCELLENT SPORT OF ALL KINDS.

•; * NGLING in local rivera is controlled iA. by the Tauranga Acclimatization Societv, whoso district embraces the whole of Tauranga County. Every season largo consignments of trout fry are obtained from the Government hatcheries, eighty thousand having been liberated in the current season. The Kaituna River, in the eastern portion of Tauranga County, has its source in the Hot Lakes District and automatically stocks itself with fine trout of the rainbow variety. Amongst the rivers near Tauranga that are v*«B stocked are the Omanawa, V’aiorohi, Ngamuawahine, V'alroa, and several smaller streams. Certain reaches of these rivers lend themselves to fly-casting while several of the rivers are in many cases still bush-clad, and, consequently, have to be worked with the min-

Society, the chief movers being Messrs T. H. Hall and A. Rolfe and the late Mr H. Southey. Two stags and several hinds were procured annually for a number of years, and it was considered that the prospects were sufficiently good to permit of the opening of stalking for the first time in 1903. It is reported that the herd is fairly well established in the western ranges, and last season, Mr J. M. Cochrane secured two very good heads of twelve and ten points, respectively, both of which have been mounted and form valuable trophies in so far as they constitute the first red deer heads taken in the district. The red deer herds in the adjoining district of Rotorua have grown to such dimensions as .to justify the Tourist Department in declaring an open season for 1924, there being no

ndV. During the present season approximately fifty trout licenses have been issued and it is quite the exception; for a local fisherman to return from even a short day’s outing with a clean basket. As a rule from two to six fish may ho killed without any great effort and on numerous occasions figures have been exceeded. It may be of interest to note that the local secretary' of the Acclimatization Society (Mr J. M. Cochrane) has never yet hooked an under-sized fish, the av-avera-ge weight from 2Jlb to Sib. A continuation of the policy of liberation is being vigorously continued by the Society, the intention being to stock one river fully at a time in preference to the old idea of endeavouring to spread; the fry’ over half-a-dozen similar rivers simultaneously. The experience of the past goes to prove that the older fiab deyeur the young fry and it is

limit as to the number of licenses issued and no qualification as to the

number or sex of deer to bp taken or killed by any one sportsman.

ATTRACTIVE SPORT WITH ROD AND GUN ABOUNDS, AND HARBOUR HAS EXCELLENT FISHING GSOUNDS