Large School of Eels.
A huge shoal of eels, which took a long time to pass a point in the estuary of the Waikato River, was so thick that an outboard motor could not be started, was observed by a Pukekohe resident, Mr W. Porter, who returned from a holiday spent in camp on the shores of the Waikato Estuary. The noise made by the eels awakened Mr Porter late at night. He stated that the fish were swimmingvery close together. Fishing lines were thrown out, but the eels would not bite. Maoris in the district told Mr Porter that the eels had probably been down to the sea to spawn and would not bite when letutning m
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 January 1939, Page 4
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118Large School of Eels. Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 January 1939, Page 4
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