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Fisherman Bill East, of Omaha Flats, pulled in a 28lb (12.7kg) snapper this month after 60 years of fishing in the area.
The 89cm long fish was caught off Little Barrier with a 10lb braid line. He took it to Warkworth Hunting and Fishing to be officially weighed.
The largest snapper ever caught in the Rodney district, according to both NZ Sport Fishing and the NZ Angling Association’s online records, was 36lb (16.5kg) caught by J. Hay in 1990, on a 15kg line.
Each year, from October to February, snapper return to the same breeding grounds to spawn and higher numbers of mature fish can typically be found during this time.
