Kōrero: Freshwater fishing

Perch

Most freshwater fishing in New Zealand is for trout and salmon, but some anglers like to fish for other, less widespread, species such as rudd. Rudd (Scardinus erythrophthalmus) were illegally imported into New Zealand in 1967, and are now well-established in many North Island waterways.

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Photograph by Antony Stevens

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Freshwater fishing - Spin fishing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18273/rudd (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008