THE RECORD EEL.
In your paper mention was made of an immense eel caught at Whangarei, said to t® the largest ever caught in New Zealand. » e "> I doubt the claim. I know that a bigger eel was caught in the Lower Waikato River » the time of the Maori War. You can judga of its size when I say it towed a eauoe »oT about five or seven miles before it was killed) and I saw a part of it after it was cut upIt was like a side of bacon. J. GRACIE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 46, 23 February 1929, Page 8
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93THE RECORD EEL. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 46, 23 February 1929, Page 8
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