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This Boarfish was shot
at Ohinau Island, located just outside Mercury Bay. A known place
to find these worm eating fish. Not initialy noticing the strange obstruction around
it's head I was neeling at 20 metres on the sand bottom looking
for some action. Just as I started to acend, looking across to my
left, when I noticed a profile just behind a piece of seaweed. As
much as I could figure the boar notice me at the same time. So dropping
back down in order to hide behind the weed then moving in to take
the shot. It wasn't until ikeeing the fish did I notice the
noose around it's head. It seems to be a kind of noose that would
be used to catch crayfish. In the second photo it's clear where the noose originaly cut through.
The top of the noose is pretty much the way I found it, but the
bottom was originaly rentering the body just above the bottom of
the wound at the base of the fish. Judging by the growth of forigen sealife on the noose
& the way the bottom of the fish had actually growen over the
noose I would say the this Boar fish has sufferd this mono for a
long time. But I'm no expert on the matter. Despite What this fish had to put up with, it was
in very good condition. Story:Ron Bakker Photo's: Calum Bruce
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