FISHING EXTRAORDINARY
It is not every day that men maywalk in the sea and pick up Ash with their hare hands, yet that is what actually occurred on the shore opposite M’Kee’s Bush, Tasman Bluff, states a telegram from Nelson. About one hundred porpoises were observed disporting themselves close inshore. Half a .dozen men happened to be working in the bush opposite the epot at the time, and down tools to watch the sight. On approaching the shpre they were amazed to find tjie nearby water lashed almost to foam by the frantic .movements of' thousands ol kakawai, which were being headed shorewards by. skilled generalship toy four porpoises after the manner of sheep dogs at work. The finh, which averaged four pounds in weight, looked almost like a compact mass. The men, in the excitment of the moment, dashed in, clothes and all; amongst the fish, and within a couple of minutes secured a “good basket,” grabbing the fish with bare hands, and. hurling them on to the beach. 'lncredible as it may seem one man who lost his balance and received a duoking avers that he wap forced down by the pressure of tons of fish around him.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1930, Page 2
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