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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 150, 24 March 1928, Page 23

An Aucklander who visited Oneroa recently claims the record catch of schnapper—lo prime fish landed with one hook and at the same time (says the Auckland “Star”). It sounds like a fairy story, hut here’s whet happened. An angler who had been lucky enough to secure a big bag had cleaned and scaled his fish and tied them up securely in a sugar sack. Then he bad the misfortune to drop his burden in deep water at the end of the wharf. It looked a case of “Good-bye, schnapper,” and the fisherman received many commiserations from fellow-sportsmen. One of them, however, was a dyed-in-the-wool optimist, and with the help of the angler he “dragged” the bottom with his schnapper line. It appeared a hopeless quest, but at last Dame Fortune smiled, and the precious sack was drawn slowly to the surface and retrieved.