FIGHTING MARLIN
■ 1 Woman Angler’s Duel With Giant Fish A woman deep-sea angler enjoyed a thrilling battle with a giant swordfish off Mayor Island on Sunday afternoon, when a black marlin made a sensational -strike in a heavy sea. The fish leaped out of the water and landed right on top of the bait, taking it iu its mouth and racing away for 100 yards. It then commenced leaping, and danced its way along the surface. The angler, Miss Trolove,- held the fish for over a quarter of an hour. In strenuous .efforts! fo./get fred the swordfish wound a new steel wire trace ro(?®!t its bill and tail. The trace finally snapped and the fish got away. Mr. Chadban,. master of the launch, states that he has trolled baits for the last 15 years : on deep-sea fishing grounds, but has never seen anything so spectacular as this black marlin’s strike and its subsequent fight. He said it was easily the biggest swordfish he had ever seen on rod and line. The strength it exerted when it broke the trace must'have been tremendous, as the trace was a stout one and was being used for the first time.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 149, 19 March 1936, Page 8
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197FIGHTING MARLIN Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 149, 19 March 1936, Page 8
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