FISHING AT HEADS
TWENTY-FIVE: POUND
SCHNAPPER
Local fishermen have met with 'considerable luck at the Heads, where large crowds are gathering each week-end. Lasit Sunday •one sportsman landed the record with a twenty-five pound schnapper in perfect condition. The fish which was seen by many people measured' 2ft 10 inches and' 25 inches around the girth. The same linesman had 1 the luck to catch three sixpounders and one seven-pounder. The Headls appear to be attracting more and more attention as Ohope becomes more remote owing to the petrol restrictions.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19420311.2.19
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 27, 11 March 1942, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
90FISHING AT HEADS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 27, 11 March 1942, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in