FISHING FOR SALMON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22723, 8 May 1937, Page 11

FISHING FOR SALMON

SPORT IN CANTERBURY

A record year for salmon fishing in the Rangitata .River is reported by the ranger to the. South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, Mr. F. AY. Pellett. There were only 14 unfishable davs this year. Six hundred salmon were caught at the mouth of the river, Mr. Pellett said, and those that were caught up-stream he estimated at 300. "But that is a very conservative estimate," he added. ''lt is difficult to keep a tally of the fish that are caught up-stream in the Rangitata River." The heaviest fish caught weighed 331b., and the catch was made by Mr. E. Hoi- J land, Temuka. Compared with other J years the Opihi River had been a dis- ; appointment to-fishermen. Mr. Pellett : said, about 350 salmon having been ] caught at the mouth. He remarked < that undoubtedly flooding had inter- ' fercd with sport in this river., OTAGO ANGLERS' FORTUNES SPORT IN WAITAKI' RIVER [by telegraph—own correspondent] DUNKDIX, Friday Although some anglers who have repeatedly visited the Waitaki River in quest of quinnat salmon have not yet been able to land a single fish, a Duuedin sportsman who spent two days at lvurow had the good fortune to catch eight salmon. They ranged in weight from 131b. to 241b. An hour and a-quarter was required to land the largest fish.