SIX FEET IN GIRTH.
Claim to World Record With
Rod and Line.
HUGE TIGER SHARK CAUGHT,
(Received 10.30 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
E. E. Bullen, of Sydney, established what is claimed to be a world's record for rod and reel when he landed a 12ft tiger shark weighing 9801b. The monster, which was caught off Sydney Heads, had a girth of more than six feet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 112, 14 May 1935, Page 7
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65SIX FEET IN GIRTH. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 112, 14 May 1935, Page 7
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