TROUT FISHING AT ROTORUA

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12401, 14 October 1903, Page 6

TROUT FISHING AT ROTORUA

Some extraordinary hauls (writes our Roto 11 rua correspondent) have been made of late j{ by anglers on the lake, not only as to quan« m tity, but size. Tho other day Mr. A. E. f I Kusabs and party, in the launch Fairy, troll J■ ' ing on the lake, succeeded in bagging *-" [ I trout of a fair average size. In the launch m Mornea Mr. Maxwell and party booked aud | landed 30 fish in two days, and on Monday || Mrs. Davidson, a visitor from Scotland, who 1 was angling on Lake Kotoiti with her hm- E1 band, hooked the largest trout that has yet ■ been caught with the line in thu distrio:,. H its weight being 19£lb. A heavier fish his m been caught, but not a larger one During • , p. the past three days quite 100 fish must have : K been taken from the lakes, but it is diflicut •. m to ascertain the exact number. II A splendid haul of 12 trout was roads ;.» from the Waikato River near Wai.rakei last r| Friday by an enthusiastic sportsman. ■■■■■' '■ ■■ ■■■.'■ : : .■■■"■■■■: : '■ '■'' : ;■': :^'i-:!-I^ll|