A GREAT TROUT STREAM.
To say that the upper reaches of the Wanganui river—in fact the whole river—are now teeming with magnificent trout, is no mere figuie of speech. Numbers are caught from the decks of the Houseboat and from motor canoes and rowboats kept at the Houseboat for the convenience of visiting fishers. A gentleman staying at the Houseboat last week states that the size and the large number of trout was surprising. Visitors sit of an evening in their deck chairs and watch the trout rising and jumping, similar to schools of porpoises, but of course, .-mailer in size. The opinion of Mr. Wodicy Prou.se and others who an..nally visit Lake Taupo, and have ii-hed on the Wanganui, is that the Wanganui, already so lamed for its scenic attraction.;, will, when kneun better, become one cf the finest trout >ti earns in the world. On the House-boat-Taumauranui section of the river service the boats on the uptrip are stopped frequently and trout caught by both crew and passengers/’
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 326, 12 January 1914, Page 5
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170A GREAT TROUT STREAM. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 326, 12 January 1914, Page 5
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