THE FISHING IS GOOD

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3850, 5 October 1932, Page 4

THE FISHING IS GOOD

REPORT FROM THE RIVERS IN BOTH ISLANDS Reports regarding ’lie opening of the* fishing season last Saturday are hotter than tor sr-me years. IN THE WAIKATO A d >zen anglers fished the Waika; o Rivey between Arapum and Horatior* in the morning on the opening day in the district o»j the Auekht£id Acclimatisation Society anj mef * ivh a fair measure of <ucc*css. IN TARANAKI A few fi she linen enjoyed excellent sp<*i't when the seas« u opened during t*ie past week-end. -Messrs E. Douch and G. F. Bertrand, who fished in three rivCrs, took 14 tiuut. with an average weight of «w e r 21bs. Air Mul*holland (Ingle-wood) took 10 fish on tho cpdHLiig day suntl Mr J. PhitMerford (Oka/to) eight. IN THE WAIRARAPA The baskets recorded over week end. on the ‘Occasion <rf the opening of the fishing season m the blasterton area.. exceeded expectations. Captain Ninini*?. ■ oi \\ c lliugtsHi, fishing in Makakahi Stream. obtained the limit of 15 nice trouik. Another angler, in the iluamaliaDga, secured a ba.ske t of eight. while an enthusiast w ho» tried the Waingawa, wa s rewarded with a 4lb. fish in his i-atch of three. The Ruamanhanga River below Wardell’s l>iidge. % yielded several satisfactory baskets. Mr C. C\ Ross and a eompani ui recorded a (M-tch of 18 fine fish in sireai nc-nr Master!on. The number °* liccttses i'Ue-d to date this vears cx» ceuds la-st year’s fntal. IN CANTERBURY Angiers who visited the Selwyn report -the most success!ul opening of the season that ha® been experienced for many wars. An estimate of the by one well-known and experienced fisherman is upwards <<f 10(X1 t-rewt. and 'this fish story will be more readily believed when i r . is stated that the catches °f some inividual anjilers ' vc,p as hia:h , as ' s °‘ While the riv Cl - "a. almost literacy teeming with fiel, however, tbry weie in ptmr condition. Practically all were taken on tbo live bait. IX AUCKLAXD Reports that hare been received i'r< in anglers indicate that fair hasket, have be e n rtbtained’. The h e avi es t lish that ha 5 *> far eome to notice is a f>ilb trout which was taken front the Taier: River. Another par)v caught 10 lb' l ' n t ’ lp ame s-ream the larßost being about 411) in weight, and gokl bags are reported bv several Dunedin anglers who travelled to the MandevtKe River.