Plenty of game fish
PA Hamilton Big game fish are plentiful in the now warm waters round Mayor Island in the Bav of Plenty. Fishermen say the season appears to have got under way about a fortnight earlier than usual. A Mount . Maunganui angler, Mr Brian Worthington, has caught a 29.5 kg yellow-fin tuna, the biggest of the season so far.
i In the Ba 1 ' of Islands, I marlin fishing continues in ; full cry with a further six ; marlin weighed in at Paihia and Russell. i This brings the bay’s mar- • lin tally for the season to • 42. and the total of all game fish taken to 104. i At the same time last ■ year, a record year for game ! fishing, the tally was 14 ; marlin of a total of 40 fish taken.
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