HUNGRY FISH
LARGE BREAM CATCHES
Big catches were lately landed by bream fishermen at Harrington, at the mouth of the Manning River, New South Wales. It is estimated that in the courso of ton days more than 10,000 edible bream, some of good size, were landed.
On Saturday, April 2 1 , Harrington Wall, which is a mile long, was thronged with anglers, and on Sunday niglit, in addition to hundreds on the wall, more than 40 boats and 'launches were anchored off the wall. A Tarco launch party returned with more than .'SOO good average fish. Aloro than 90 anglers from Wingham were on the wall on Saturday night, and the lowest catch was 20 fish. Two Tareo men in a boat landed 164. Every night, despite the moon, hundreds flock to the wall, for the fish are ravenously hungry, and rush the bait as soon as it is in the water. Prawns, which were scarco, and soldier crabs offered the greatest inducement, hut the fish appeared to be so hungry that they took any bait.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 16
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