SHARK FISHING AT HONOLULU.

Taihape Daily Times, 7 October 1919, Page 2

SHARK FISHING AT HONOLULU.

Using the entire carcases of a horse for bait, a Honolulu sportsman went fishing recently' in a po\ve.l-—bo:lt, and returned with a.fisll weiglring 25001135, and mcavSul'illg 20ft from. tip to tip, the largest shark killed in 'H'aw.zl~ii:ln waters for many years. Shark-fishing. 01’ rather hunting, as it is conductor]: in Hawaii, "is a thrilling sport, not entirely lacking in danger-to the limiter". In fact =3. death battle with a harpoonod shark, according to big game hunters, is about as safe as a midnight. combat with a hungry tiger. The sllal'k-hunter first obtains a. dead horse, and if it has been dead a week, so much the better. The power—boat tows the carcase outside the harbour, and the hunt is on. Sharks, attractccllby the odour of the bait, gather in large nuln,'bers_, nrqd. soon begin striking -at the -ca.rcase__, ripping huge chunks of flesh from it. At this .stage. ft'h‘e“. hunter endeavours to Work. his boat near enough to permit a shot with the harpoon. Once securely harpooned at big shark will fight for hours before succumbing.