BIG GAME FISHING
MAKO SHARK’S FIGHT
TEETH BURIED IN PLANKING
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TAURANGA, January 27
Fishing off Mayor Island, Mr H. E. Olding, of Tauranga, captured a mako shark weighing 2581 b. The fish fought fo r an hour, and -after being drawn into the boat, it made a tremendous struggle in th©, cockpit, burying its teeth in gome planking and leaving two teeth, which were broken off, in the wood. Numerous swordfish and school-flsh wer e , observed,
STRIPED MARLIN LANDED
RUSSELL, January 27.
Fishing near Gape Brett, Mr H. White. Wickham, of London, hooked and landed a strip marlin .swordfish which weighed 2231 b,. The fish put up a sporting and spectacula r fight, which lasted about an hour, and leaped out of the water over a dozen times.
Later in the day, Mr White-Wickham landed three small mako sharks, weighing 71 lb., 58lb. and 481 b respectively.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1933, Page 2
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