LARGE EEL CAUGHT.
AUCKLAND, Dec. 19. A remarkably large eel, a record for the Waikato, was cauglijb in the Ngutunui stream on the Kawhia Road, by Mr Walter Bird, of Matangi. Mr Bird, who was trout fishing with a party, was wading in the stream when the eel attacked him. He caught it behind the gills with his hand and dragged it to the bank. The eel, which weighed 2341 b, was’ sft lin. long and 154 inches in circumference. A trout, weighing lilb. and 1 foot long, was found absolutely intact in the eel’s stomach. The stream is only 10ft wide and quite shallow.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 20, 20 December 1932, Page 6
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105LARGE EEL CAUGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 20, 20 December 1932, Page 6
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