Xavier Lane (11) with his first kingfish measuring 62cm, which gave him a heck of a fight and was released after the photo.

Austin McElwee landed these two PB snapper on Waiheke with dad.

Jayden Woodmas (12) caught his biggest kingfish in Whitianga on a mackerel livebait.

Willem (9) and Christiaan (8) Oosthuizen got stuck into some kahawai at the Noises.

Evan Baldwin (11) caught this kingfish while livebaiting in the Tauranga Harbour.

Jack Halstead (6) with a beauty blue cod caught in the Malborough Sounds from a dinghy.

Ayden Speck (11) caught this big kingfish with grandad Wayne Trotter on an old fishing rod that was missing a few eyelets!

Hadley Jillings (8) with her first ever fish caught off the Whananaki coast on her great uncle’s boat.

Dalby Mouat (7) with a monster cray he retrieved from a pot by Bare Island, Waimarama.

Ethan McMenamin (12) caught this kahawai surfcasting at Waimarama.

Johnny Richardson (8) caught his PB snapper near Channel Island.

Jacob Simmonds (11) with his Bay of Islands Swordfish Club CMP Construction Juniors compwinning 4.05kg snapper.