BIG FISH CAUGHT WITH BARE HANDS
MAN LANDS 17 POUNDS SNAPPER “The Press" Special Service WELLINGTON. January 14. A resident of Paremata. Mr W. Pycroft, caught a 171 b snapper with his bare hands on Sunday. Mr Pycroft was sailing in a dinghy on Paremata harbour with his broth-er-in-law when they sighted the snapper feeding on a bank ©J cockles. Although he thought he haa 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 snapper. • Reaching down, Mr Pycroft grabbed the fish by both hands round its tail. It struggled furiously, and he could barely nold it. His brother-in-law then left the tiller and came to help him. The extra weight, added to the pull of the struggling fish, proved too much for the boat, which turned on its 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 it, and they baled it out, and brought home their catch.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25392, 15 January 1948, Page 6
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