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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18008, 19 November 1926, Page 7

While fishing for trout and perch at the lakes near Hawera (says the

“Star*') ,Mr E. A. Hart hooked a monsster eel. Played very gently, the eel was brou*.Vt close to the bank, when a strong hook attached to a stout cord was inserted, upon which the eel began to give trouble. It was eventually landed, and, found to weigh 321 b, being st't 6in in length and 19in in girth at the thickest part. Several other eels of a large gjze were caught during the evening by other sportsmen. Fishermen who have expressed surprise that better results have not been obtained from -trout fishing at the lakes, in view of the large quantities of fly liberated there, have, as a result of the catch, come to the conclusion that the young fish are preyed on by the eels.