RECORD CATCH
LARGE KINGFISH HOOKED ONE HUNDRED POUNDS FISH • A large kingfish was hookeel and landed by members of the crew of "Messrs Dent Bros., launch S.elma oflj' the hapuka grounds on the seaward rside of Whale Island yesterday. A hapuka line was baited and thrown -over. A terakihi took the'bait and as the line was pulled in an attempt wa~s made by a barracouta to take the terakihi. The live bait was al-l lowed to drop back in the hope of liooking the barracouta. ; No sooner had the line commenced to sink again when, with a flash through the water, a five-foot sixinches Kingfish swallowed the terakihi, hook and all. The large fisty weighing just on a hundred pounds, took about twenty minutes-to bring aboard and despatch. Somewhat of -a tangle was caused among the other lines over the side but those pn such a detail in viewing the record catch.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 219, 30 September 1940, Page 5
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152RECORD CATCH Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 219, 30 September 1940, Page 5
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