For a fisjt weighing over half a cwt to be landed is a big enough feat, but when it is done on a cod line, one would be inclined to regard it as one of the usual “ fishy ” stories (remarks the Waimate Advertiser). However, Mr. W. Bean had the good fortune to capture a groper weighing 5831 b on the Hook beach recently, and using only a cod line at that.
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Putaruru Press, 19 January 1928, Page 6
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