Ashburton Courier: October 10, 2019

Page 28, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 10 October 2019
Limit bags for
some anglers
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Some anglers at Lake
Opuha, near Fairlie,
caught bag limits before
lunch after the opening
of the freshwater fishing
season.
Despite cool weather,
thousands ofkeen anglers
around the country
have been enjoying success
as theytry to catch a
trout for the family dinner
table.
The 2019­20 season
began on October 1, with
lakes, streams and rivers
reopening after being
closed over winter to
allow trout to complete
their breeding season
undisturbed.
The new fishing
season coincides with
the school holidays and
Fish &Game has been
encouraging parents to
take their children fishing
as great holiday
activity.
Reports fromFish and
Game’s 12regions indicate
good success for
many anglers.
Down south, Fish &
Game staff say with the
big Canterbury rivers in
flood, the clear lowland
streams and lakes
became the angling hotspot.
"Often overlooked in
favour ofthe big rivers,
the smaller rivers
streams that are not subject
to alpine rainfall are
great choices for anglers
to visit when heavy rain
fills up rivers like the
Rakaia and Waimakariri"
says North Canterbury
acting manager
Richard Cosgrove.
In the Central South
Island region, despite
early morning snowfalls,
anglers were out in their
dozens onLake Opuha.
Some anglers on Lake
Opuha had caught their
bag limit of four trout
before lunchtime.
"On West Coast majority
of anglers who found
some water that wasn’t
too discoloured from
recent rain were able to
connect with afish or two"
says West Coast Fish and
Game officer Baylee Kersten.
"It’s fantastic how the
opening of the fishing
season has aligned with
school holidays this year,
all we need now is some
nice weather to take the
kids out." Kersten says.
Rivers inthe west and
north of the Southland
region were in great fishing
order especially for
spin and bait fishing. Fish
and Game staff were ranging
on the middle
reaches of the Aparima
River as well as the Oreti
and Mavora Lakes.
Transport agency
seeks feedback
The NZ Transport
Agency is identifying
state highways where
lower speed limits could
make abig difference in
preventing deaths and
serious injuries, and
where communities are
calling for change.
South Canterbury/
North Otago has two
communities where residents
have been wanting
aspeed review for some
time and both welcome
the announcement of the
required formal speed
review consultation opening.
Residents of Glenavy
and Waitaki, on both
sides of the Waitaki
River, want to see the
speeds in their area
reduced.
In Winchester, north of
Timaru, residents want to
see the 50km/h zone
extended to incorporate
the many residences and
businesses on the north
side of the town.
“We are proposing to
reduce the existing 70km/
hspeed limit in Glenavy
to 60km/h and then
reduce the speed from
100km/h to 80km/h over
the Waitaki Bridge and
through the settlement on
the south side of the
bridge,” says Jim Harland,
director of regional
relationships for the
Transport Agency.
There have been 26
crashes onthis stretch of
highway in the last ten
years (2009 ­ 2018)
resulting in one person
being killed, three seriously
injured, and
another 16 people receiving
minor injuries.
“In Winchester, the
busy intersection where
North Street meets State
Highway 1ina100km/h
zone causes a lot of
concern,” says Mr Harland.
“The residents
there were so keen to see
the speed reduced they
recently presented us
with apetition signed by
close to 300 people supporting
the speed
reduction.”
Jo Parke, aresident of
Winchester, has been
keen to see the speed
reduced for years. To
show that it wasn’t just
her and a few of her
neighbours pushing for
this speed review, she
started the petition. An
overwhelming majority
of Winchester residents
and business people
signed the petition in
support of the speed
review. “We have huge
concerns regarding residents’
safety and especially
for the children in
our community because
of the high speedspeople
are travelling through
Winchester,” she says.
Residents were concerned
about multiple
near­misses related to
the current signage and
its visibility relative to
the nearby bend.
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