A MONSTER EEL.
THIRTY-FOUR AND A HALF POUNDS IN WEIGHT. I A THEBE HOURS’ BATTLE. (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, February 14. Probably one of the largest eels ever caught in New Zealand waters is a 344pounder landed by two young men—Leo Cane, of Cambridge, and Pat Smith, who, while fishing from a dinghy in the Hatea Stream, noticed a black form swimming in the clear water. A'flatfish spear, made of two shark’s hooks straightened out, was at once used with effect, the sharp point penetrating the monster just behind the ear. The tide was high for the time, and the battle with the slippery fish continued from 10.45 a.m. until 2 p.m., when, after escaping many times, the eel was finally landed on the point of the spear. From the tip of its tail to its mouth, set with rasplike teeth, the eel measured exactly six feet in length, and it was 18 inches round the girth. When opened it was found to have an empty stomach, but it was immensely fat. It had a liver as large as a bullock’s.
Recently an eel weighing 3141 b, caught at Inglewood, was considered to have been a record for size.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20643, 15 February 1929, Page 10
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200A MONSTER EEL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20643, 15 February 1929, Page 10
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