THE BIG FISH.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 56, 7 March 1929, Page 26

THE BIG FISH.

GOOD CATCHES AT WHANGAROA. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) WHAXGAROA, this day. In spite of rough seas, angling i.< nqt without thrills. Mr. J. Rees George, of Auckland, landed a mako weighing 22->lb. Mr. J. McGregor, after ai. exacting battle with a tienu'iidouthresher lost him. The fish first took Mr. J. Rees George's line and then transferred his attention to the other line. Owing rough seas it broke away. Mr. V. E. Masters, of Auckland, landed a swordtish weighing 3121b, which gave the angler a good tight. Mi. S. Ellis, of Hamilton, after a great battle of three and a-half hours with a huge black marlin was in the act of landing it in a heavy sea when the fi-;h, practically dead, broke the landing gear and Mr. Ellis lost what, in the opinion of several anglers present, would have been a world's record. Ml, Morton Anderson, of England, lost several swordfish owing to trouble in heavy seas. Fish are plentiful The following are the latest catches at Whangaroa:—Mr. Ben Myers" was successful in landing a mako"weighing 1821b (this is Mr. Myers' first mako, and, although small, he considers them wonderful fighters); Mr. E. B. Brown, of Auckland, swordfish, 2371b, the tieh taking 35 minutes to be landed. Anglers had numerous strikes and several lines and traces were lost.