FISHING AND SHOOTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 May 1925, Page 14

FISHING AND SHOOTING.

IN THE WAIROA DISTRICT. 111 a letter to a friend in Hawera Mr. A. Keane, late curator of the Hawera hatcheries, but now stationed at Wairoa. Hawke’s Bay, writes as follows:—For a week at the opening of the deer stalking season I was at YVaikaremoana. At that lake I managed to get 17 rainbow trout, and at a river that was inspected five within the hour were landed. The trout about here average 3-Jlbs, although the five were on the small size. The Wairoa river is tidal for seven miles and in. most of that water flounder and kahawai are very plentiful, and an odd king-fish up to 40 lbs is to be had. Most of the river fishing is done by net, and the day I had a go in the old way for kahawai the crowd was quite interested. The best of the kahawai fishing is to be had before Christmas, so we are on the late side now: This is a very dry country. The first rain fell yesterday (April £>) since we arrived on February 6. How would Taranaki get on under these circumstances P As to the prospects of the opening season, well, there are just thousands of ducks and swans on a chain of lakes running along the coast here and handy to town. The first of the lakes would he about four miles from here. Really one would have no idea of the quantity of birds till he had seen them. All the ducks in New Zealand appear to be congregated there.