SUMMER’S BEST FISH STORY
NOVEL METHOD 0? CATCH SCHNAPPER LANDED WITH BARE HANDS A resident of Paremata, Mr W. Pycroft, using a sailing dinghy as a landing net, caught a 171 b schnapper with his bare hands recently. Mr Pycroft was sailing in the dinghy on Parernata Harbour with his brother-in-law when they sighted the schnapper feeding on a bank of cockles. Although he thought he had little chance of catching the fish, Mr Pycroft leaned over the side of the boat, while his brother-in-law sailed it quietly up to the schnapper. Reaching down, Mr Pycroft grabbed the fish by both hands round its tail. It struggled furiously, and he could barely hold it. His brother-in-law then left the tiller and came to the leeward side to help him. The extra weight, added to the puli of the struggling fish, proved too much for the boat, which turned on her side, spilling the fish and the fishermen into waist-deep water. Still hanging on grimly to his prize. Mr Pycroft managed to get the fish into the swamped boat. His brother-in-law righted her, and they baled her cut, and brought home their catch. Local residents, until presented with the proof, were unanimous in declaring the episode to be the summer’s best fish story.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14581, 27 January 1948, Page 4
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