The first sunfish caught in the Bay of Islands was brough in by Mr W. R. Macpherson in his private launch Movaire. Mr Macpherson has just arrived at Russell for a six months’ visit from Portsmouth, England. The fish weighed 8031 b. Mr Macpherson went out for a day’s fishing at Cape Brett. The sunfish was seen basking on the water and, as it followed the launch, a deep-sea fishing line was thrown out, and the fish was caught. « The launch took three and a half hours to tow the fish in. The journey ordinarily takes two hours.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 9
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