NEW ZEALAND FISHING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17099, 4 November 1929, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND FISHING

HOOKS AND BAITS AN ENGLISHMAN'S VIEWS (Special to the Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day. "I think trout-hshing in New Zealand should be confined to the fly. If I cannot catch fish, either trout or salmon, with fly, 1 would rather not catch them at all." The speaker was Mr. H. White-Wickham, of London, a wellknown fishing enthusiast and breaker of two records for deep-sea game fish, who arrived for the coming season in the north. . .

Mr. White-Wickham, did not visit New Zealand last season, but this is his fourth trip ill pursuit of his favorite sport. He intends to confine his activities to big fish only, and will work the Bay of Islands grounds from his headquarters at Deepwater Cove, remaining until April, 1930. "There is an increase of interest in New Zealand's sport among fishermen in the Old Country," he said. "The fishing attractions of the Dominion, are gradually becoming better known." In 1922, Mr. White-Wickham secured the world's record with a mako shark, and last year he captured the world's record broadbill swordfish.

Discussing the recent controversy started by Mr. Zane Grey, who condemned the using of what he described as the "murderous triple hook," Mr. White-Wickham said he preserved an open mind on the subject. He believes that a fisherman after big game deepsea fish was entitled to use the hook that suited him best. He found that game fish took the single hook well. "For that matter, minnows used for trout-fishing have three sets of triple hooks, and in proportion are far worse than the hooks used in the north," he added.