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232.8kg marlin wins heaviest catch

Tuesday 19 November 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports

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232.8kg marlin wins heaviest catch
Pictured is skipper Gordon Murray's brother-in-law Manu Taiarui, who is visiting from Tahiti, with the winning heaviest fish – a 232.8kg marlin on board Vaihina. 19111825.

Gordon Heather’s heaviest catch, a 232.8kg marlin, could have weighed more if a hungry shark hadn’t decided to take chunks of flesh from the fish as it was reeled in about 10 miles out from Matavera.

Gordon Heather’s heaviest catch, a 232.8kg marlin, could have weighed more if a hungry shark hadn’t decided to take chunks of flesh from the fish as it was reeled in about 10 miles out from Matavera.


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