FEW WHITEBAIT
WORST SEASON FOR YEARS [nv T KIiEO lIA I'll —OWN CO It It ESPON DENT] PUKEKOIIE. Tucmlay Much dissatisfaction with the whitebait season this year is felt by thoso who engaged in fishing on the Waikato River. One I'ukekoho man who lias caught whitebait as a means of occupation for soveral years past said that thp season, which ended on Sunday, was the poorest he had known. There was only one good run of fish and that was in September. The best catch he had hoard of was one between 80lb. and 9011)., and there were many days when the fishermen caught nothing at all. Nor was the price any compensation, for it was only 2s at the best, and fell as low as 9d.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 14
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127FEW WHITEBAIT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 14
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