ANGLING AT TAUPO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 10

ANGLING AT TAUPO.

GOOD CATCHES SECURED. FISH OF !3*LB. TAKEN. [from our own* correspondent-] v TAUPO. Saturday. The fishing > has been good recently.Several limits have been taken and one fish weighing 13ilb. was taken at the outlet of the Waiiahanui. The launches have been fairly busy with some very good catches to their credit. The Tongariro River is improving and some very nicely conditioned fish have been taken during the past. week, one party from Wanganui averaging five to six fish a day. Other catches were somewhat similar. The mouths of the river are fishing well.

Tho Delta is fishirg very well afc present. Trolling parties an* corning i" with from 30 to 40 fish. Trolling in the vicinity of Stump Bay is particularly goodj The Tauranga-Taupo outlet is fishing fairly well, anglers taking anything from six to ten fish a day. The river itself is not fishing well, and heavy rain will improve matters.

When the weather permits, the Waitahanui is fishing well, one angler securing his limit, averaging 5-Alb., the largest The same rod took four fish one evening, the largest 13J1b., with an average ot 71 b. One angler camped here for 12 days took 86 fish, averaging s|lb. 'H irre were several 7. 8 and 91b. fish, J lie heaviest weighing lOjflb. Dry fly fishing has been quiet lately, the few rods operating picking up a few nic 9 iish. There has been an excellent riso in tho river lately. The launches have been kept busy and have come in with some very good eat one-, tho fish being all in very fair order. Hi® catches ranged from 10 fish for half * day to 60 fish for four rods for the day.* Two overseas visitors took 117 fish in by days, fishing quietly. Another party took 102 fish in five days.