HUGE EEL
ATTACKS ANGLER AND IS DRAGGED OUT ON BANK Hamilton, Monday. A remarkably large eel-, a record for the Waikato, was caught in the Ngutunui stream on the Kawhia Road yesterday morning by Mr. Walter Bird, of Matangi. Mr. Bird, who was trout fishing with a party, was wading in the stream when the eel attacked him. He caught it behind the. gills with his hand and dragged it to the banlc. The eel, which weighed 2311b was 5ft lin long and 151in in eircumferenee. A trout weighing 151b and 1 foot long was found absolutely intaet in the eel's stomach. The stream is only 10ft wide and quite shallow. ,
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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111HUGE EEL Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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