The Lady and Her Fish
p. 123 · Read in the full issue
Mr. D. M. Kamerling, manager Df Ametco (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., will leave Sydney by air on January 23 for a two months’ business visit to Papua, New Guinea and the British Solomon Islands.
Mrs. Barbara Halstead, of Fiji, fishing rom a small dinghy off Sigatoka early ne morning in October, hooked - and anded —an 8-ft marlin, after a 35-minute [?]attle. The fish was only two feet horter than the dinghy. Mrs. Halstead pas using a nylon line with a 45 lb reaking strain, and a No. 6 spinner at he time. The fish weighed 140 lb—not [?]ig for a marlin, but big for a 10-ft [?]inghy. Photograph shows Mrs. Halstead [?]nd the fish.
Photo: Fiji Public Relations Office.