WINNER: TANE BRAY

Tane Bray, fishing Great Barrier Island, pulled this nice snapper from the shallows using a Shimano Thunnus 4000 and a softbait.

Norman Marsh with a great swordfish catch after losing half of his kingfish to a mako shark.

Tui Atoa caught this 16kg kingfish off a kayak while straylining.

Fred Ulberg and son Sio caught an 80cm, 20lb snapper on a ledger rig.

Over 60 years of trying finally paid off for lifelong mates Mike Rhodes and Paul Kemp when they hauled in this 13.6kg, 91cm snapper!

Mel Rogers with her 15lb snapper caught off New Plymouth.

• Shimano Show Off Your Catch is for anglers 17 years and older ( junior anglers’ photographs should be submitted for the Take A Kid Fishing competition, details of which can be found elsewhere in this edition).

• Send your images to: admin@nzfishingnews.co.nz, or upload them by scanning this QR code:

• Please include name, address, email, and a brief description of your catch.

• Images should be at least 1MB for publication.

Each month’s winner will receive a prize pack from Shimano NZ (product may vary, subject to availability of stock).