Seven sharks, the largest eight feet In length and the smallest about five feet, were landed by Mr. W. T. Dickson, Glenavy, when fishing from the south side of the mouth of the Waitak’i River, Canterbury, during the holidays. Mr. Dickson was fishing for cod or groper, and was given some of the excitement of deep-sea fishing when be began to hook the sharks. The place in which Mr. Dickson was fishing is easily accessible from the camp of the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society, and is described as an ideal place for an outing, particularly as it provides splendid sport for fishermen Good catches of cod and groper ‘ are common. One of Mr. Dickson’s party secured a cod weighing about 51b., and another some time previously lauded a groper weighing 601 b.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 92, 13 January 1936, Page 5
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