LARGE MAUMAU
CAI'GHT lll'T MAYOR ISLAM)
Mayor Island and its surroundin'! waters have long been the Mecca to; deep sea fishermen and this season! the watets of the south-east bay ban : been a safe haven for many i ati ,' ches. On Bund tv. Mr W. Curtis ant party, in the well-appointed Make, readied the bay from Tanas* Point, whore Half a dozen Uutnehe. have their permanent moorings, at daybreak and labr left for one o* the several fishing gtenuis off thei s , 1 1 nd. A second launeh, ownpj p. Mi H. U. minion, of Wailti, also tefi the bay, whore it had been shelter, irg over night. Mr Curtis’ part, chose a spot off the pinnacles, orep which, by its appearance, is knewar the cathedral, and the princip s ; and most interesting catch was or f; a score of mammoth maumau, Th» fish when cleaned turned the scale* at from 10lb. to I’Jlb. each, and wet* of a deeper blue than the smaller variety. Only one member. Mr b Wilson, of the party, had previoiisit soon these largo maumau and statef that it seldom falls to the lot p fishermen to catch more than oncer two or the monsters at a time.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11930, 23 January 1936, Page 2
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203LARGE MAUMAU Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11930, 23 January 1936, Page 2
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