TROUT RESEARCH.
To the Editor. Dear Sir,—ln reply to “Angler,” I don’t agree with him that the trout have declined in the Dominion. If he had said in the North Canterbury district he would have been right. The trouble is due to the poor stocking of our rivers. Where there is plenty of water, there is ample food supply. The fish in the Selwyn are hard to catch at times when there is a big run of bait, but that is only natural. If you have had a good dinner you don't want another on top of it. Owing to the number of anglers and the easy method of * getting to our lakes and rivers, there are more fish taken and the only way to keep pace with thi9 is to stock the rivers. Another thing is the way the fish are being taken on the pipi, which to my mind is not fair bait. You have only got to find a hole where the fish are, bait the place for a few days and then you can go and clean the lot up. It is quite right to say that the research committee is up against a big job, but to meet with success they have only got to concentrate on the breeding of trout and leave the liberation to men that know the conditions of all our rivers.—l am, etc., ANGLER No. 2.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18926, 23 November 1929, Page 8
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235TROUT RESEARCH. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18926, 23 November 1929, Page 8
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