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Otago Witness, Issue 2499, 5 February 1902, Page 54

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Fuerua, February I.— The heavy rain >f the- 27th ult. has put all the streams /m/ m this part of the pountry in -first-class wjbriin- for ariglingi and no doubt some good fcfetkets wUI be made. I have been informed k£*t Mr -Alex. Allison, of Puerua, visited SJie upper reaches of the VTarwera on the VSxid ult., and landed two splendid fish burning the scale at 101b and 121b. No ttoubt Mr Allison had good sport with these, W>d their capture would well repay him for his trip^ I understand the lure used was the cricket, which is very deadly at present. t have also, heard of another splendid bascet having been taken out of the upppr caches of the- Puerua for an afternoon s ishing— a basket of 32 fish, amongst them »ing one 41b, one 3±lb, and eeveTal 21b. Ml these, with the exception of cix, were aken with the cricket, the balance being taught with the March brown. Mr Thomas H'Donald, in company with Mr Skeats, of Salclutha, war on the Puerua to-day, and secured a good basket of the speckled beautiesj/using the cricket or the gentle as a hire. — Puerua Correspondent. •"The Waipabi: Arthurton, February 3.— IJ. R. S." writes: There was a 24 hours' Sin last week, which put the Waipahi in splendid trim. All the weeds are now thoroughly acoured out. Mr R. Bagrie, of DunSim, was fishing the gorge waters one day ast week, but the trout were having an off lay, consequently few were bagged. When the water and weather were at their best, jour humble servant had a rare time for a »w hours, grasping 15 fish weighing 301b. Six beauties weighed 201b, and all were got irith the cricket. !. Tne Opihi. — Fishing in the Opihi still coniinuec to 'afford good sport for a large and increasing number of anglers. Some very |ne trout were secured from the river on ;be 27th January, two weighing 81b each, pad a third turning the scales at 101b. — ISiriitchuroh Press. t The Mimihau. — My old friend, "W. P. L" writing on the 30th January, says that >» the 25th of that monih Mr Jas. Mitchell Iras on the Mimihau for a few hours and >agged six fish from 31b downwards, though I howling gale was blowing. He had the »d luck to find that his horse had got ►way, and this gave him a ten-mile walk >otoe. But, says "W. P. 8.," he is too keen I Sport to pay much heed to such a thing. Wfell, "W. "P. 5.," I am pretty keen myjelf^ but I would rather not have- the 10 xoiles to cover after "ploughing" about in the river.] Mr R. Ralston, my correspondent says, has been the most successful of |the local men. The streams are in fine order. f, Angling About Temuka.— The fishing register which Mr J. Nash, of the Crown Elotel, Temuka, keeps shows some fair rejjurns for the last fortnight in January. The Temuka River appears to have only been fished moderately. Mr P. Grant took 29 JB«p, scaling 271b; Mr H. Holden 44, weighing 27£lb; Mr j. Anderson 14, scaling 121b; and Mr D. Henry 16, which averaged a little over 2lb. The last three takes were on January 19. At the Rangitata, on January J7, Mr D. Taylor secured 8, weighing bslb. Catches in the Opihi were as fol\t)w:—January 21, T. Washington, 1, 13ilb; January 20, D. Taylor 2, 16ilb; January gi, 1, 91b. On the same date, F. W. Brown 1, 141b; January 23, C. Nicholas 3, 26|lb; January 25, J. Elder 4, 44^1b; Jan- - vary 26," 3, 231b; January 26, G. White 1, s£lb; January 27 1, 111b; and on the same Qate Mr Elder landed one of 16^1b. The

•Temuka records are for fly, and the other ttor minnows. — Lyttelton Times, January 29. p Perch Fishing at Tomahawk. — On Saturday afternoon last I took a run out to the /Tomahawk Lagoon, with the intention of feeing what sport was to be got among the Ijperch there. I had heard of several big /takes — so big that I thought I had better «hurry up before the perch were all gone. I Vm informed that three youths caught 160 \bne evening recently, and, speaking for myJfelf, I cannot say that I approve such wholej|ale slaughter. It is not eport — it is simply jwahton destruction — and it is a pity that {the society cannot take measures to present the fish being scooped out by the bar■irowload. However, for my own experience. Hi found that Mrs Dooley had reserved a •iboat for me as I had requested, and, with two companions, who accompanied me Ideally for the sake of the outing rather than j/with the object of catching fish, I pushed Joff with high hopes of making a respectable Jbasket ; by which I do not mean 160 fish. j^The wind was blowing stiffly from the iiorth-easfc, but after ten minutes' tugging jafc the oar 3 I found myself in what I knew fesed to be deep water, and here I decided jto try niy luch. One of my companions started with the worm, while I spun the "jminnow all round the flatty ; and though I not get anything I touched a couple of ■•jßish. I believe the minnow was productive V)f much good in the way of bringing the "f>erch about, for on changing to the worm I •teoon hooked a very good fish, which on •feeing got eafely into the boat proved to fee about lilb. Finding the perch about, }md evidently on the" feed, I gave them a ifctle encouragement in the shape- of a few worms, minus the hook. To make a long fetory short, I tooki about a dozen in something over a couple of hours, most of them being of fair size", though not so big as my first catch. My companion got- some six or B.»vcn nnd our united basket made about £0. Tiicro were several other boats out. and t\,o uf the Dartiiia. I know, did very indif.-

' f erently. What the rest did I cannot say. I am .very- touch- inclined to think that those who fish the lagoon will find it a good plan to work the minnow round the boat for about a quarter of an hour before starting with the worm, and I would advise them not to keep shifting about from one place to another as I saw them doing on Saturday. If you get one perch you may be sure there are others close about, and the best plan is to hang on to that particular spot. — J. S. A Good Capture. — A 261b eel was lately caught in the Motueka River. The monster declined all sorts of baits or hooks — perhaps those offered were too small, as it lived on trout — and it was caught by several anglers armed with pitchforks. The Introduction of Salmon. — Mr L. F. Ayson, Government Commissioner of Fisheries, who passed through Christchurch on his way to Wellington last Wednesday, stated, in the course of a conversation with a Press representative, that the Government hatcheries at Hakataramea are in first-class condition, and the work of hatching out the imported salmon ova is being carried out successfully. Consignments of Canadian and Pacific ova have been received, and the young fish have been successfully reared and turned into the Waitaki River. By the Gothic, which is expected to arrive in four weeks, another consignment of 200,000 salmon ova will come to hand. The work has so increased that four ponds are being dug, in addition to the Bix already in use. Mr Ayson considers that the success of the depot is now assured. Dr Nishikawa.— Dr Nishikawa, the Japanese gentleman who ie visiting the colony in search of information about the fisheries industry of the colony and the steps taken to acclimatise fish foreign to these waters, returned to Oamaru on the 24th January from Kurow, whither he had gone to see the Government hatchery at Hakataramea. He was afforded every opportunity of carefully inspecting the whole system, and had the advantage of conferring with Mr Ayson Ahile there. The Waitaki Acclimatisation .Society's hatchery in the gardens also greatly interested him, and he thought the grill system tiiorc adopted an excellent one. but only applicable on a small scale on account of its cost. He left the tame day by the expves? for the north with the intenfion of visiting all the principal centres in the colony, and then proceeding to Sydney, Brisbane, and sc home to Japan. — North Otago Times. The Waiau River near the mouth is teeming with trout, notwithstanding the many tone of these beauties that have been secured since the season opened. The river is very low at present, thus affording splendid fishing ground, especially on the west bank, of which a stretch of two miles can be obtained from the sea.— Western Star.