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Cooking trout on the shores of Lake Wānaka

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Cooking trout on the shores of Lake Wānaka

Fishermen, with the assistance of their dog, make a picnic of their catch at Lake Wānaka in 1951. Excursions to the sea or river have often also involved some fishing or shellfish-gathering to add to the picnic food supply.

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Peter Clayworth, Picnics and barbecues – Picnic food and the barbecue, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39301/cooking-trout-on-the-shores-of-lake-wanaka (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 30 November 2012.