Two Canterbury men, Angus Copland (left), of Esk Valley, St Andrews, and Ewen Morrow (right), of Mayfield, with the striped marlin they caught while fishing from the launch Manana in the Bay of Islands on April 2. In the middle is Steve Hoskings, left, a boatman, and the skipper of the launch, Chris Brown. Mr Copland’s fish weighed 111.5 kg, and Mr Morrow’s 100 kg. Three days later, Mr Copland landed a second striped marlin, this time weighing 104 kg. The success of the two Canterbury, firsttime, deep-sea fishermen was regarded with some surprise in Paihia in the Bay of Islands; The chances of returning with a striped marlin on the first attempt-are considered to be less than one in a hundred.

Press, 13 April 1984, Page 23

Two Canterbury men, Angus Copland (left), of Esk Valley, St Andrews, and Ewen Morrow (right), of Mayfield, with the striped marlin they caught while fishing from the launch Manana in the Bay of Islands on April 2. In the middle is Steve Hoskings, left, a boatman, and the skipper of the launch, Chris Brown. Mr Copland’s fish weighed 111.5 kg, and Mr Morrow’s 100 kg. Three days later, Mr Copland landed a second striped marlin, this time weighing 104 kg. The success of the two Canterbury, firsttime, deep-sea fishermen was regarded with some surprise in Paihia in the Bay of Islands; The chances of returning with a striped marlin on the first attempt-are considered to be less than one in a hundred.