b'Feature His nephew Jordan Hutch-ings had caught it on his boat using a softbait and I said that must be the winning fish.I waited while they weighed it, and it went 12.96kgthat is 28.5lb and a monster fish!25lb.His nephew Jordan Hutchings had caught it on his boat using a softbait and I said that must be the winning fish.I waited while they weighed it, and it went 12.96kgthat is 28.5lb and a monster fish!Weighing in my two snapper and the smallest was just under 6kg and the heaviest 7.08kg which managed third spot, with a 7.55kg fish to Bryan Crosbie for second place behind Jordans huge 28.5lber.The kingfish prize went to Dylan Chamberlain with a respectable 18.04kg fish and he was crowned King of the Kaipara.Overall, an enjoyable day on the water on the Kaipara and it only The massive 12.9kgmakes me more enthusiastic winning snapper on the left is nearly double theabout returning their soon.weight of the 7kg+ fish for second and third places.BELOW: To win the title of King of Kaipara you need to land the heaviest kingfish on the day.Webs struggled to lift it in thebut had no luck.We headed to boat with the net, and we all knewthe weigh in at Kellys Bay at 4pm this fish could be in the runningand there was a good turnout with for a top three spot.But I pointeda couple of hundred people.out that with so many boats outWaiting in line to weigh my two today and good fish like this in thelargest fish and Evan Paxton who Kaipara, I might not even place. was my old neighbour as a kid, was We continued fishing into thejust in front of me and said he has afternoon catching more panniesa huge snapper in the bin to show and then tried trolling for kingfishme.He opened the lid and wow! in the upper harbour near theIt was indeed an exceptionally sand banks to switch things uplarge snapper that looked well over 40FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'