MAKO SHARK JUMPING WITH PIERCEY ISLAND IN BACKGROUND 



iO. i^ew ZealanJ 



NEW ZEALAND is a grand country with marvelous 

 natural and hospitable people. Both the North and 

 South islands are exceptionally fine. The population is very 

 sporting and outside of Chile you will find the very best trout 

 fishing in the world here. There must be something magical 

 about the climate of these two countries, for the New Zea- 

 land rainbows and browns run to enormous size. 



Until Peru and Chile were opened up, New Zealand 

 ranked at the top for black and striped marlin and is still the 

 fourth best place in the world to take the former. The orig- 

 inal record was set in 1926 by Laurie Mitchell. His fish 

 weighed 976 pounds and this record remained unbroken 

 until April 7, 1952, when Glassell boated the 1025-pounder 

 at Cabo Blanco. Five other fish have been taken weighing over 

 900 pounds. Striped marUn are on the average larger in these 



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