LARGE SUNFISH
BAY OF ISLANDS CATCH LONG TOW TO RUSSELL [bt telegraph—own correspondent] RUSSELL. Thursday The first sunfish caught in the Bay of Islands was brought in this evening bv Mr. W. R. Macpherson, in his private launch Movaire. Mr. Macpherson has just arrived at Russell for a six months' visit from Portsmouth, England. The fish weighed 8031b. v Mr. Macpherson loft this morning for a day's fishing at Cape Brett. The sunfish was seen basking on the water and, as it followed the launch, a deep-sea fishing line was thrown out and the fish was caught. The launch took three and a-half hours to tow the fish in. The journey ordinarily takes two hours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23222, 16 December 1938, Page 12
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115LARGE SUNFISH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23222, 16 December 1938, Page 12
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