ANGLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 54

ANGLING.

Bt Jock Scqtt.

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BAKK NOTE?. Mimihau, March 14 —Since reporting last, the streams have been unfishable. The rain on the 9th improved the streams : on the •3.oth they -were a nice coffee colour. On "jfche latter date our local men had a few hours an the afternoon, all getting a few trout^ Mr A. Grieve had four, one 3£lb. The weather is showery, and the streams are in fair o.der. — " W. P. S"' Lowburn. — The week before la=t the Upper Clutha was in good fishing trim, and, fishing in the evening after tea, I raught 25: but last wr-ek. owing to tkuuder 'showers, the river was a little discoloured, and, the trout did not «eem to be on the rise. Sejen was all I caught last week, and I did not hear of any other haskeU I hope to see a little more settled weather towards the close of the season. — J. J

Teviot River. — Messrs _Ha:ne«. Coekburn, and Fairbairn were out on the uppei reachen of the Tc'MOt last week, ?nd .-ccured I*o tiish. The weather was c tormy and -the fish were not taking well, the largest fish caught being only 2Jlb. Sport>men here t»re anxiously awaiting to hear when the Society intend opening the Beasou for native game.— " Angler." Arthurtou. March 17.— The Waipalu at present is at dead low water. In fact, I (nave never teen the stream lower. Tlie consequence is that I have heard of no fishing '•being done for the last fortnight. The local bporis are all busy, and visitors, so far as 'I can learn, are few and far between. — '•'J. A. S." ' White Trout.— The Delphi fishery, in the •Xieenane district m County Galway. claims jxhe distinction of ha\mg yielded the best jwhite trout caught in Ireland this- year. i*Jhis fish scaled B|lb, and i.>> described as i«D6 of the handsomest specimen* of its kind Itaken for years in that part of the country. (There has been a good run of tea trout in ufche rivere running into Killary Harbour. [Some -idea of the sport afforded by fish may be gathered from the fa<-t that on a ieo«nt visit a 'severend angler, who was sojourning in A-hat district, caught 18 fish weighing, on an average, over 31b apiece.

The Herring Fishery. — The North Sea Jjerring fishing for the last week in October >roke all rrcord«, so far as Yarmouth is concerned. The return for the week showed a total catch of 7312 lasts, or 96,518.100 fish.

Large Sturgeon. — Undoubtedly the largest >turffeon ever caught was recently "hooked" in the river Napa, which is in California. This giant fish measured 49ft in length and weighed nearly a ton Nor is this the only instance of mammoth sturgeon being successfully brought to shore. Indeed, quite n number of the "Royal" fish haA c been taught in the Columbia River weighing o: er tfOOlb esch. This fish has also been captured Bt a distance of 500 miles fiom the sip in lhe rivers of British Columbia and California weighing ao much as 8001b.

Walton's Fishing House. — The Bcresford Hall Eitate, which is situated in one of the most romantic part.s of the High Peak of Derbyshire, has been purchased from Mr (Philip Beresford Hope, by Sir Edward Green, of York. The property comprises some 1500 acres, and is chiefly famous for its aspo-i-iation with Charles Cotton and Izaak Walton, who jointly built the fishing cottage there in the time of Chares 11. It still exists, and has been kept in an excelleut f-tate of repair. The scenery is extremely fine, being the upper portion of Dovedale, and lovers of the picturesque will be glad •to learn that it i-s to remain intact and not be exploited for building purpose. — The Field. Shooting a Salmon. — At a Pcttv Sessions Court recently held at Ganagh, Co Derry, si man named Hunter wa-, prosecuted for having n>-cd a gun for the purpose of taking and ki'ling salmon It wda proved that the defendant had fired a shot into the rner and shortly afterwards he was seen carrying «i salmon along the rivi r bank. When questioned on the point the defendant said he >vas firing at a water hen. Examination of lhe fish showed that it had 14 pellets of ehot embedded in ita flesh. After hearing ■the evidence in the ea=e the magistrates inflicted a fine of £5 upon the defendant and crdered the gun to be foifeited.

\Vhi!e inspecting a weir on the River Usk, jEnglancl, recently, an extraordinary misadventure on the pait of a 101b salmon came jto light. A large tin kettle, without, lid or .bottom, had become wedged in the pass through the weir u=ed by the ascending fish. Tins «almon. hi attempting to gain -(lie upner pcol, had driven his head and fc'iouldrr-, right through the kettle, and there became fa-t

Salmon Leapt — Measurement:- of salmon leaps may now bo included in high jump lxcoids. Standards were ereited below watcufalli by Norwegian Fishery Commis »mnc-r.- Tlir fisJi aie credited with a maxi jnnm of 20ft in tho official returns. It takes something of a jumper to knock out a moii " lepper " A Record in the Fishing Industry — Aberdeen has established another record in the fishing industry. The total amount of white fish brought into port during the year now ended considerably exceeds l,ooo,oGocwt, representing an aggregate value ot £720.000, nnd, adding to this £40,000 at the value of the herring fishing and £10,000 as the value of the salmon fishing, the grand total of £770,000 is brought out. The great bulk of the fish'ng done was by the trawlers, of which 137 are registered at the port, employing 1250 men.

A Che-tnut Worthy of Reproduction. — Mr Frank Stockton tells a delightful fish story.

T A gentleman asked a question of a boy who ! was fishing. The boy mumbled an indistinct response. "Why don't you speak plainly?" eaid the gentleman. "What have you in your mouth?" " Wums, wums for bait," answered the boy. ""That was the first instance I ever knew." remarked Mr Stockton, in telling the story, "of an3'body really speaking with baited breath." HIS BAIT. Ximrod : "Pat, did you ever catc'i frogs?'" Pat: "Faith, an' Oi did, sir." " What did you bait with?" " Begorry. Oi bate 'em with a shtick "