Apart from what has already been mentioned and from the Maori villages at Whakarewarewa page 52 and Ohinemutu (which will be specially dealt with in a future article), if you are a keen fisherman, you will be able to indulge in this sport almost anywhere around the shores of the Lake or at no great distance on the water. Lake Rotorua abounds in trout which were originally imported for the benefit of tourists and caused the destruction of the various kinds of native fish which formed the main food supply of the early Maoris. You do not need to purchase equipment as everything can be hired on the spot. Licenses and rod cost each 2/6 per day while dinghies and outboard motor boats can also be hired by the hour or the day at very reasonable rates. The sport is very popular for as you pass along the shores of the lake you will see many a solitary angler patiently casting the fly; and seldom without result since the average catch has been estimated at as much as three hundred tons a year.