RANGITATA RIVER MOUTH
♦ NEW OUTLET MADE TO SEA EFFECT ON SALMON j FISHING ; A new outlet carved by the Rang!- : tata during the recent heavy rains will | affect angling at the river. After the I last flood, the heaviest for 10 years, | the river washed away the shingle j bank about half a mile above the fish- I ing huts on the south side, making a , deep outlet. j Previously the river turned north | a short distance from the sea and fol- | lowed the shore for about a mile and ' a half before entering the ocean. This l stretch is now eliminated. It con- ; tained many good pools where salmon , could be caught tin large quantities, i In the coming season, however, the | fish will probably swim straight up- | stream and anglers are unlikely to j enjoy as good sport at the mouth as , formerly. | Fishermen at the huts on the south ; side will welcome the change, which brings them two miles nearer the mouth; those on the north bank, how- | ever, will be a similar distance further away than before. j
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22304, 19 January 1938, Page 4
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