Sunny skies carry a lead liningZANE MIRFIN A brown trout caught by Peter Gamble of Australia, one of the biggest he's ever caught. Some days fishing has been really hard work in baking hot, almost scorching conditions. Once river water hits 22 degrees plus, then most fish life is in mortal danger, with water in the mid 20's being a death-zone. When you mix in the cumulative effects of 150 years of riparian mismanagement in New Zealand, it's no wonder that our trout fishing resource isn't getting any better. At 3pm water temperatures had reached 22 degrees Celsius.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2017 19:02 UTC