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Fishing at Lake Okataina

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Fishing at Lake Okataina

Fishing can be one of the most meditative of sports, especially at an otherwise unoccupied river pool or in a quiet corner of a lake. This man is fishing at Lake Okataina in 2007.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – The lure of trout, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15168/fishing-at-lake-okataina (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.