GIANT GROPER
LIFTED BY SIX* MEN An interesting exhibit at the show at Maryborough, in Queensland, recently, was that of the local fish industry, in which a great variety of denizens of Wide Hav waters were included. A feature of the display was a. giant, proper weighing 3cwt., which was caught by Mr. Ernie Hume, 011 the City reach of the Mary River. The monster swallowed a catfish which was caught- on a bream line, and Mr. Hume had some difficulty in securing tackle to land bis catch, which took six men to lift 011 a lorry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 11
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97GIANT GROPER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 11
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