Poaching and Trout Fishing.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2846, 13 March 1888, Page 3

Poaching and Trout Fishing.

To the Editor, Sir—Having, I trust, cleared the ground for an impartial discussion upon the above question, and corrected one or two errors into which you fell, the fault no doubt of early train- 1 ing in the old world; I will now with J your permission, proceed to point out J how public opinion could :be brought into harmony with the wishes ■of the Acclimatisation Society. The fairest test, as to whether the public ia f inclined to obstruct the Society by resortiug to unfair methods of taking * fiih from the streams, can most easily * be obtained by observing how the fish were treated before any licenses were granted in the Wairarapa, There were then numerous instances where 2 trout were accidently caught and liberated, and I have not heard ef what you call " poaching" during the closed - season. I think this points very plainly to the fact that the public is disposed to consider that the high license demanded by the Society is ] prohibitive, and an attempt to set up ] class privileges. At the same time, i the public has by abstaining from 1 taking tish out of season, acknowledged . that some restriction is desirable, and 1 am snre that were the license fee ; reduced to 5s for adults and 2s 6d for children, the Society would abtain ten times the revenue that it now receives, and the weight of public opinion would be the best deterrent against illegal fishing, I would suggest that at the beginning of the next season the license fee be reduced to ss, and that the town bo canvassed. lam Bure that many persons wobld take a ticket on the off chance of having a day's fishing, and to assist the object of promoting tho stocking of New Zealand rivers with such a desirable food supply. The teachers too in our public schools might be asked to issue 2s 6d tickets to the children. The real danger to the Society lic3 in the fact that angling is an acquired taste, The young Now Zealander is inclined to take a practical view of the .subject—to regard trout as a food iuppbj, pure and simple—and some pains should be taken to imbue their unsophisticated minds with the importance of inflicting the greatest proportion of refined agony upon the fish before landing them. There are lots of experts who would gladly give lessons to a class of children from the public school on Saturday .afternoons, and, ii legitimate sport (?) is to be encouraged, a commencement must be mads with our youug people. In conclusion, I would assure you that I have ' the greatest sympathy with the objects of the Acclimatisation Society. Messrs W, H. Seetham and Rutherford have conferred a great boon upon the people of the Wairarapa, and their unselfish efforts in this direction entitle them to the gratitude of the public generally, and I would be very sorry indeed to see anyone act in opposition to tbeir wishes. It is solely owing to a similar feeling, that many more have not committed the, to you, unpardonable crime of poaching this season. I am, etc., G, M. Park.

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