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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 64

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The Waiwera. — In the - course of conversation with Mr E. J. Reid, of Henley, on Saturday, I learned that he was at the Waiwera not £Q long ago, and in a couple of hours tool? 10 trout with the minnow. , SThe minnow was used owing to the high j wind blowing at the time making it a ! difficult matter to throw the fly. ' 'The Waikaia. — Writing from Riveredale on the 9th inst., a correspondent says: — ' •''.Sport in the Waikaia River is fairly good : just now. Messrs A. Christie, J. Pattison, and J. Blaok secured nice baskets this > week, landing 92 trout with the bare fly in seven hours. The speckled beauties ran from ilb to 31b "in weight. Tho lure used" was the Pomahaka Governor and Leith. The smaller fish took freely, but the larger . dhes, of ' which there > are plenty, proved ! somewhat shy." ! Perch-fUhing. — On Saturday last, I paid j a visit to the creek that crosses the Henley- ( Berwick road with the object of getting a few perch. I had been there in previous Masons, and had on more than one occasion \ •been well rewarded for my trouble, and i did not expect to return with an empty^ tmeket. However, luck was against me, for 'I found the water very high and extremely dirty, and was pretty well certain before 'I fitted up the rod that I was going to have a blank day. I persevered for three or four hours, but it was quite apparent ihat the fish were not on the take, and I had to be satisfied with a catch consisting of an eel weighing about a couple of pounds, which cost infinite trouble to land. It' is always advisable to carry a gaff in case of emergency, and but for the. fact that I had one with me I should have lost my- eel and probably some tackle as well. There is no doubt something in heredity, Aov when my diminutive sen was asked by a friend if the fish was so jng — indicating about sft— he promptly 6aid it was. That boy i 6 bound to become an angler like his father. I gathered from & conversation I had with two local anglers who came along to where I was fishing that some decentsized trout 'are to be caught in the lake close by. They had a boat, and from the | •business-like way they proceeded to , make ready for a start, were evidently no new ■hands at the game. They evidently regarded perch as affording poor sport, and characterised them, as a nuisance when they were after the trout in the lake; but fa good day's perch-fishing, especially with the' minnow, is not 6o considered by many anglers, myself among the number. I learged that there were places about Henley where good perch-fishing might be pat /with ' a fair degree of certainty, but the locality of these places was not quite clear to me, and distances are sometimes apt to be underrated by our country friends, co I did not enter upon any walks that might have resulted in a couple of hours' tramping about, but caught an earlier train than I intended, and returned to town with one more'experience of the glorious uncertainty ef fishing. The Waiau. — Good catches are reported j ¥rom the Waiau. An Inven-argill medico ihad some good sport when he grassed 11 •potted beauties, aggregating 591b, the heaviest weighing 131b. A fishing competition wai held at the Waiau recently, about 17 anglers taking part. Mr C. Wilson secured first honours, Mr J. Wilson being second and Mr J. Mempes third, while Mr John Weston secured special prize for \ the largest fish. Trout Fry. — The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society sent 5000 fry of rainbow and thrown trout to the northern distriot to be 'distributed under the direction of Mr E. <D. Giles, of Parnassus Station, in the tributaries of the Waiau. When the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society's fkh distributer wae at Lake Coleridge recently liberating rainbow trout fry ihe discovered some unstocked lakes, and the eoolety has decided to stock these lakes tWtth rainbow trout. It was mentioned at the meeting; of the (North Otago Acclimatisation Society on Friday night that one fortunate fisherman bad taken from the Wai£ki River this Mason over 160 nth, and another over 50, And both-rto use a sporting phrase— are still ■ojng strong. Noting T*out.— The Canterbury Acolltnakbation Sooiety laid an information against f tunnel and John Pearce for placing * net in Lake Ellesmere within a one-mile radius $f the river Seiwyn. Da_vid Hape, ranger \ot th» tociei*. nave evidence m support

of the charge. John Pearce was fined £2 and costs, and Samuel Pearce £5 and costs. Eels. — The Clinton correspondent of the Clutha Free Press says: — " Eels of very large size are reported to be unusually plentiful in the Kuriwao Creek, and are sure to play havoc with small-sized trout." ' Angling in Canterbury.— Some excellent baskets of fish have been landed at the mouth of the Ashburton River during the past few days. One angler who returned to Ashburton yesterday had a basket of 15 fish, the largest of which weighed 181b. — Lyttelton Times, 10th inst. Anglers who visited the Lower Opihi at the end of last week report that fish are still very; scarce. One fortunate angler grassed a 10-pounder, the best fish caught above the mouth so far this season. Feed is very plentiful in the river, and this may account for the ' disheartening amount of luck that the majority of anglers have met with when using artificial lures.— Timaru Herald, 10th inst. While fishing at the mouth of the Ashburton River, Mr A. O. Jonassen landed 13 fish, the heaviest of which weighed 71b ; Mr M. Williams caught three, weighing up^ to Sib; and 1 Mr Snadden three, the top" weight being 31b. — Christchurch Press, lltb inst. Santa Ca.ta.lina Island Tuna Club of '. California. — Two days before the close of I a five months' tournament,' the first red i button of 1907 was won at Avalon. On September 28 Mr E. J. Polkinhorn, of \ Torreon. Mexico, caught a tuna weighing : 50|lb, on light tackle. This just qualifies for the Tuna Club's prized red button for , tuna over 501b taken on nine-strand line and rod, the tip of which measures not less than sft nor^ weighs more than 6oz, . with no restriction. VP on *^ 6 butt. This is the fifth red button issued by the club. While hundreds of tuna are hooked, the ', majority of larger ones cannot be mastered j upon light tackle, rendering the winning '• of these coveted insignia a feat of extreme 1 delicacy and generalship. Mr Polkinhorn's name will be inscribed upon the tuna cup for the largest red button fish of the season, : and he will be presented with a miniature {'silver model for his trophy case. — F. L. Harding, corresponding secretary of the Field. -