Real Fishing!

Sydney Man’s Sport Near Suva

EXCEEDINGLY good fishing was re ported by Mr. J. A. Armstrong, of Oliver Road, Roseville, Sydney, who re turned after a two months’ holiday spent in Suva with Mr. Carl Corbett.

Mr. Armstrong intended spending only

a few days in Fiji; but Mr. Corbett took him out in his launch among the reef pas sages near Suva and. day after day, they found sport which enthralled the Sydney man.

Trolling, usually in the reef passages, but sometimes outside, they caught half a

dozen varieties of very game, fighting fish.

Their best ground was the Naqara pas sage, some 10 miles from Suva.

“There is no better fishing anywhere,” declared Mr. Armstrong. “Some of those ogo fish go up to 60 lbs., and they and the sanka fight like tigers. They are all edible fish.”

Captain G. F. Zimmer, one-time R.A.F, pilot and formerly of the Papuan Ser vice, arrived in Sydney from Port Moresby by the Macdhui early in Novem ber. He will spend a few months in Aus tralia before returning to his gold claim on the headwaters of the Tiveri River.

A 5ft. ogo, weighing 60lb., caught by Mr. J. A.

Armstrong in Naqara Passage. It took 20 minutes to land.

The snapshot shows Mr. Armstrong (centre), and Mr. Corbett (right of picture). The party, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., on October 25, caught these 23 fish (walu, sanka, ogo, and donu), which weighed 261l b. The long fish, held by the men on the outside, are ogo. The fish held by Mr.

Armstrong, in the centre, are sanka.