4 January 2007
New Plymouth fisherman Warren Davis and his mate Noel Bishop are still laughing over the 7.2 kilo snapper they made sure would not get away - by both hooking it simultaneously.
And they are still wondering how to divvy up the prize they won in the Urenui Boat Club fishing competition - a tool box packed full of tools.
Mr Davis says they thought it was rather strange when both their lines began screaming out at the same time.
At first they thought one of them had caught a shark and it had become tangled in the second line.
It took a while to realise they had both hooked the same large fish.
Warren Davis says the snapper had taken both baits cleanly.
New Plymouth fisherman Warren Davis and his mate Noel Bishop are still laughing over the 7.2 kilo snapper they made sure would not get away - by both hooking it simultaneously.
And they are still wondering how to divvy up the prize they won in the Urenui Boat Club fishing competition - a tool box packed full of tools.
Mr Davis says they thought it was rather strange when both their lines began screaming out at the same time.
At first they thought one of them had caught a shark and it had become tangled in the second line.
It took a while to realise they had both hooked the same large fish.
Warren Davis says the snapper had taken both baits cleanly.