PLENTY OF SWORDFISH
STRIPED MARLIN OFF MERCURY BAY (Per Frees Association) Til a nies, Alareh 18. Striped mar]jn swordfish have made flieir appearance off Alereury Bay in large numbers. Four Matamafa. men, had as ma.ny as 12 fish on their lines during one day, and caught four. The party left Alereury Bay- on Saturday-. They hooked three fish straight off on the ‘Meircury Bay bank, hut lost two. through the gear breaking. Another was landed off fhe bank, while a. fourth was caught five' miles from Alderman Islands-: The members of the party estimate that they saw, between, 40 and 50 swordfish under their boat a.t one time . In fhe, clear water they could see the fish taking .the bait. As one fisherman put it, “they looked like a drove of zebras.”
The weights of those caught are 3251 b. 3001 b, 2951 b, find 2821 b.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19300319.2.51
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2505, 19 March 1930, Page 5
Word Count
147PLENTY OF SWORDFISH Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2505, 19 March 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.