HUGE SHARK CAPTURED.
WORLD'S RECORD THRESHER
FISH WEIGHING 915L8.
LAUNCH TOWED EIGHT MILES.
HAMILTON ANGLER'S SUCCESS
[BY TELEGRAPIJ. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAROA, Tuesday. The world's record thresher shark was caught at Whangaroa to-day by Mr. Stanley Ellis, of Hamilton. The fish weighed 9151b. Mr. Ellis was fishing 'from the launch Reelemin when the fish was hooked close in-shore. After a hard fight, tho thresher, having towed the launch eight miles to sea, was eventually brought alongside and harpooned. The struggle lasted hours. The previous world's record was held by Mr. H. White-Wickham, of London, who, when fishing from Whangaroa, landed a thresher weighing 8321b. Mr. Ellis also landed a swordfish weighing 2801b. yesterday.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20203, 13 March 1929, Page 10
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