CATCHING OF A SHARK
A NOVEL METHOD. SYDNEY’S BEST FISH STORY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, February 23. Sharks have been plentiful in the waters around Sydney this summer. A resident of a houseboat on the middle harbour waterfront has set a precedent in novel methods of catching them. He caught a nine-foot shark while lying asleep in bed —and he has the shark and a rope burn around his waist as proofs. Before going to bed last night the fisherman tossed a baited hook from his bedroom window into the water, securing the line by tying it around his waist. Then he went to bed. He was not long asleep when a mighty jerk on the line almost pulled him through, the window. The culprit was a black whaler shark, which is now displayed as testimony to the veracity of Sydney's best fish story.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1943, Page 3
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145CATCHING OF A SHARK Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1943, Page 3
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