FISHING SEASON

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2899, 11 October 1916, Page 3

FISHING SEASON

SOME GOOD "LIMIT" BAGS.

With one week of tho fishing season gone the conditions throughout the district are becoming pretty well known, w • *' 10so 01=0 most satisfactory. At naikanao one day last week two men are Known to havo caught the limit , tr ? ut )j ono took 17, another 16, and still, another 13 in a day, ranging up to 31bs. in weight, and averaging 9 i' In the precincts of Palmerston Worth one fisherman got the limit, and several are known to havo taken baskets of a dozen. Tho heaviest fish caught so far tlifs season in tho Manawatu weighed 51bs. The average weight of fish taken has been good. Tho Rangitikei is where the big rainbows are found. Since the opening, Messrs. Arery and Sutcliffe are reported to havo taken fifteen fino fish each —tlic heaviest 61bs., and the average Slbs. Six other fishermen in this river have had good catches. At Masterton ono devotee got sixteen lovely brown trout with tlie minnow—a very creditable day's fishing indeed. It was tho case of a true sport being rewarded with good sport. _ Tho Wellington Acclimatisation Society's ranger not infrequently alights upon fishermen who are unable to produce their licenses. On tho opening day he discovered six Wellington men, who cacli and all declared that they tad taken out their licenses, and had loft them at Tisdall's. The he verified th'e next day, but had to come all. tho way to town from the Manawatu to tfo so. Tho Act states specifically that the holder of a license when fishing must producewhen called upon, and in future it is the society's intention to see that the law is obeyed. Last May four Palmerston North and ono Wellington fisherman were heavily lined at Rotorua for fishing without being able to produce their licenses (which they had left at homo). That slate of things, it is easy to perceive, may if winked at, lead to all sorts of abuses, and is not to be allowed. In Rotorua licenses issued are stamped: "This license must be carried by the holder whenever fishing," as an additional reminder to sportsmen, who, generally, are very well aware of tho law point involved.