POSSIBILITIES OF THE COLD LAKES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1908, Page 7

POSSIBILITIES OF THE COLD LAKES.

ACCLIMATISATION OF TROUT. [By Telegraph.— Special to The Post.] INVERCARGILL, This Day. The Government Inspector of Fisheries (Mr. Ayson) says that the streams flowing into the Waiau from the eastern side are most suitable for young Atlantic salmon. His visit has confirmed him in tho opinion that Te Anau and Manapouri are eminently suited for the salmon of the land-locked waters of North America. This fish is highly esteemed in Canada for its sporting qualities, and is said to have pound for pound more fight than any other fish. Mr. Ayson was greatly impressed with the possibilities of developing sport in the great watershed of the Cold Lakes region. The streams coming down from the snowy mountains are suitable in a remarkable degree for the Tahoe trout of the Sierra Nevadas— a great resort for fishermen. The Tahoe trout, or salmo mychiss, is first cousin of the rainbow trout, but inhabits much colder water. All attempts to acclimatise the rainbow trout in Southland failed, and the reason generally assigned is that the temperature of Southern waters is too low. There are Government hatcheries on the shores of Lake Tahoe, where large quantities of eggs are gathered during tho spawning season, and there should be no difficulty whatever in obtaining a supply for New Zealand. These fish would enormously enhanco the attractiveness of the Lakes District from the tourist point of, view, and assist to make the large sums of money which the Government has invested in tourist resorts remunerative.