THE FISHING SEASON

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 1, 16 January 1952, Page 1

THE FISHING SEASON

Good Reports From Western Bays [TAUPO, Sat. Jan. 12] Reports indicate that fishing in the western bays to date has been better than for a number of years past. In general catches have been larger than last season. There has often been a proportion of spent fish to be put back but the numbers taken in good condition have made up for this. The larger catches have been taken by both fly fishermen and trollers, and there appears to have been a definite increase in the number of small maiden fish in good condition. For some years past it has been usual for the fishing to be very hard by early January, cr even late December, so that parties have often taken one or two fish only and blank days have been common. To date this season this has not been the case. The Lake level is higher than last year and the river mouths have thus been deficient in current, but fly men have been able to take fish from the beaches adjacent to the mouths. With the fall in Lake level probable as the season progresses it is likely, judging from the numbers of fish now being taken, that the mouth fishing will be better than last season. — Mr Ralph H. Ward.