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MONSTER EEL CAPTURED A huge eel was caught recently at Waipukurau. Some time ago Mr. A. W. Parsons, of Oamarama, noticed a huge eel in a creek adjacent to his property on the lower Gorge Road, and made several attempts to catch it. On each occasion of its being hooked with a line and gaff it broke away. Mr. Parsons thereupon had a particularly heavy gaff made, and was successful in capturing what is surely a record eel for the district. Its length is sft., its girth 22in., and its weight 3olb.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 14
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