MOTORING.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 12

MOTORING.

(By ‘Trip.”) (All Rights Reserved.) Readers who want further information about roads or motorcamping, may write to “Trip,” RO. Box 1178, Wellington, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope for reply. A GOOD FISHING- HOLIDAY. FAVORITE PLACES IN BOTH ISLANDS. One of the commonest i’urms .of luotor-caniping holiday is that where lishing enthusiasts tiy out t licit luck in many plates, camping here and LMere through either isuind. Nob being a fisherman myself, J found it something ut a poser when a reader wrote asking for some ideas on this subject. However, after thinking altout various roads, and remembering the places where enthusiasts of tlm rod were encountered, it struck me taut there must he many more who set out, mainly with the idea of (Tailing, but anxious also to see anv interesting places near which they will pass. This article is written, therefore. with the idea of giving sumo suggestions'; it does not pretend to be a comprehensive list ot all the rivers which provide good lishing. THE FISHEILMAN"S MECCA. 01 ail lishing places ;u New Zealand, T'aupu is the most popular and a stead.ly growing number of motor campers are visiting there each summer, and lishing, either from launches in the lake, or at some of the numerous creeks running into the lake. Especially popular is Tokaanu at tlie head of the lake, and some wonderful catches are reported there each year. There are a number of siuall streams between Tokaanu and Jaupu village, and these aie always favorite camping spots, and usually provide good fishing . Probably the two next most favorite places lor fishing enthusiasts are Rotorua and Lake YVaikaremuana. The biggest trout ever caught iti New Zealand came out of Lake Rotorua, but there are of course many streams and not a lew lakes in tiie vicinity which give very good spurt. Take V aikaremoana is entirely diflereiit. and the be.-t fishing there is in the streams running into the lake, some distance front the accomodation house and usual camping site. By Easter there will be completed a road that will give ideal access, whica should increase the popularity or the lake, especially with fishermen. Til's will run through the I'rewera country to the accommodation house.

n utid wdl pass by Hoporuahiiie which i' the most popular of a ! l the streams f in tiie vicinity. Generally speaking, there is not a great deal ot good fishing to be had in either Hawke s Bay or Poverty { Bay districts. There are trout in a > good many of the streams, hut for - , the most part they are small and r tin.* streams are not well enough s stocked to make fishing exciting. ‘ AUCKLAND AND TARANAKI. I f 1 1 here are plenty of good fishing r streams in both Auckland and Taranaki district and many of the streams 1 in the King Country in the vicinity of Ohakune and Raetihi provide good fishing and great camping. The great t advantage which Taupo and Rotorua possess over all other places is that they have so many other tilings io offer as well, so that, if all members cr the party are not fishermen, flier--1 will still be no boredom. Much the same applies to many or ! che streams in the Taranaki district, and especially of course to the 'Wanganui river. Right down •through . Taranaki the streams provide good 1 fishing, poor streams being the e.\- ‘ ception rather than the rule. The .Manawatu district also has a j fair number of well stocked stream', and the Vairarapa is renowned as a good lishing area. Well stocked streams abound right down to the Hutt. near Wellington, but lishing j in the hist named is erratic owing to the keenness of competition there. THE, SOUTH ISLAND. 1 [Motorists who want to fish in the i South Island are lucky in that every ; district there provides lishing oi’ one kind or another. Otago and Southland are generally regarded as tiie finest lishing districts for the southern lakes abound with trout and salmon laden streams which provide excellent sport. Moreover they are fortunate also in that they provide striking scenery and generally allow for a holiday with varied experiences and for camping amid delightful surroundings. The rivers in the Nelson district are well stocked, and if you wish to do so, you could ‘'fish,'' your way right through from 'Pic ton to te glaciers. Some of the Vest- Coast lakes such as Jvanieri abound'with trout and the road south, which now runs via Maruia, is crossed by mainstreams which have as yet been but lightly fished. ’QUINNAT SALMON HAUNTS. Canterbury is the New . Zealand home of the quinmit salmon, which have clone very well there, and beside the trout carrying rivers such as the Waimakariri. Eakaia, etc. there are salmon to lie caught in a good many places. All the- smaller rivers there provide good fly fishing while minnow is popular in some of the larger ones. Suitable places for camping arc usu-, ally easy to find quite close to the main roads. Southland is not as well known as some districts, much less*r endowed with natural resources of the type appealing to the motor-camper, and it, ' beside being noted for its seethe beauty lias streams, well stocked. The 'Atlantic salmon, are to lie found in a few places in Southland. but in numbers only around the southern 1 lakes. There are some enchanting j places to visit in Western Southland T where virgin forest still abounds and where ideal conditions exist for earn- ‘ ping. . . . c

Enough has been said, I think, to show that the length and breadth ol both islands can ho covered by the fisherman without his having to forego his ruling passion. The combination of motoring and camping in new country and fishing 111 unknown waters must be a very satisfying one. It lies open to all those who possess cars ot their own.