MONSTER FISH CAUGHT.
BLACK MASLIN OF 750L8. t;\ FOUGHT FOE FOUR HOURS. (By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent.) [- , WHAXGAROA, Saturday. I An old black marlln which, unless it || bad -just come in'from the deep sea, must || have evaded the anglers many tunes, B| fell a victim on Saturday to Mr. iu «• n •S. Watson, in the launch Alma G. It || : weighed 7501b, and 3s not only the larg- fg| est fish caught this season, but one oi J the largest every caught anywhere. - m. The flsli fought for four hours and towed the launch over seven miles an a large circle. When caught it was found g| to be covered with deep-sea barnacles.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 64, 17 March 1930, Page 10
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