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Kōrero: Freshwater fishing

Salmon fishing

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Salmon fishing

Salmon anglers stand shoulder to shoulder in a row known as a ‘picket fence’, casting into the Waimakariri River mouth. They may be suffering from ‘salmon fever’ – a condition which causes otherwise normal people to be absent from home for long periods when the salmon are running.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

by Nelson Boustead

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Carl Walrond, Freshwater fishing – Spin fishing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18262/salmon-fishing (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.