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NZ Records. 

Currently there are records for 30 New Zealand game fishes presented in this records area. For species not listed here, check out NZ Angling & Castings Website as they cover the fish the NZSF hasn't listed

Click here to view a PDF of the NZACA NZ record species.(319Kb) 43 Pages.

NZSF wishes to thank Scott Tindale of New Zealand Angling and Casting for his assistance in producing the amalgamated records in conjunction with Pete Saul, NZSF Records Officer.

Note:  Wreckfish is the international name but in NZ they are called Seabass by some. The records are listed under Bass/Seabass (NZ)

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Shark - Mako
Shark - Mako
Normal Records
Class Line Class
[kg]		 Weight
[kg]		 Angler Location Date WR*
[kg]
Men All Tackle 481.26   J Penwarden Mayor Island 17-02-1970 555.84
Men 1 159.60   Guy Jacobsen Poor Knights Rise 15-05-2016 159.60
Women 1 44.20   Oksana Kahlenberg Opotiki 13-01-2013 44.20
Men 2 156.20   Mako Shark Bay of Islands 14-02-2017 156.20
Women 2 28.00   O Kahlenberg Off Opotiki 13-01-2010 57.49
Men 11 through 16 2 55.00   Bailey Beaufill Motu 16-02-2013 n/a
Women 11 through 16 2 37.40   Sarah Beaufill White Island 20-12-2011 n/a
Men 3 76.00   G Jacobsen North Cape 06-04-2009 155.13
Women 3 51.20   Eryn Jacobsen Houhora 18-02-2012 52.16
Men 11 through 16 3 54.00   Nathan Saul Tutukaka 15-01-2012 n/a
Women 11 through 16 3 78.80   Sarah Beaufill White Island 16-02-2013 n/a
Men 4 115.50   B Firman Hawkes Bay 22-02-2002 126.30
Women 4 108.60   E JACOBSEN Three Kings 24-02-2010 108.60
Men up to 11 4 48.80   Bailey Beaufill White Island 08-01-2011 n/a
Men 11 through 16 4 50.6   D Cushing Hawkes Bay 22-02-1996 *
Women 11 through 16 4 48.9   T Henderson Hawkes Bay 18-02-1997 *
Men 6 175.40   Guy Jacobsen Off Stephenson Island 20-03-2011 296.00
Women 6 70.00   R Hall Bay of Islands 04-04-1992 144.00
Men up to 11 6 53.80   Bailey Beaufill Off Whale Island 26-12-2010 n/a
Women up to 11 6 40.60   Sarah Beaufill Whale Island 09-01-2010 n/a
Men 11 through 16 6 51.4   L Sosich Te Kaha 27-02-1998 n/a
Women 11 through 16 6 44.60   Sophie Macmillan Whale Island 17-03-2012 n/a
Men 8 175   H Lewis Kaikoura 23-02-2000 317.5
Women 8 147.10   T Batson Astrolabe Reef 29-01-2005 150.50
Men up to 11 8 51.50   Baily McIntyre Off Whangaroa 02-04-2011 n/a
Women up to 11 8 42.80   Sarah Beaufill White Island 10-04-2010 n/a
Men 11 through 16 8 115.40   C Lambert Whakatane 28-03-2005 n/a
Women 11 through 16 8 76.00   Sarah Beaufill off Whale Island 12-01-2014 n/a
Men 10 324.40   Dean Pollock Bay of Islands 05-02-2011 329.00
Women 10 173.00   P Davis Te Awhiti 23-02-2005 181.00
Men up to 11 10 72.30   Baily McIntyre Whangaroa 01-03-2010 n/a
Women up to 11 10 47.60   Sarah Beaufill Whale Island 12-01-2010 n/a
Men 11 through 16 10 100   S Collings Kaikoura 24-02-2000 N/A *
Women 11 through 16 10 49.60   Sarah Beaufill off Whale Island 04-04-2011 n/a
Men 15 385   G Flett Hawkes Bay 25-02-1985 443.5
Women 15 197.30   L Whitford Aldermen Island 01-03-2003 288.00
Men up to 11 15 103.40   Baily McIntyre Whangaroa 04-12-2010 n/a
Men 11 through 16 15 110.40   S Pottinger Castle Point 10-03-2002 n/a
Women 11 through 16 15 141.40   Miah Dixon Bay of Islands 17-01-2010 n/a
Men 24 462   R Deans Whakatane 23-02-1984 489.88
Women 24 316.2   J Clements Tutukaka 02-02-1986 316.2
Women up to 11 24 110.40   H Brasting Hen & Chicks 07-01-2001 n/a
Men 11 through 16 24 231.2   T Merry Whakatane 10-01-2000 N/A *
Women 11 through 16 24 230.60   M Mansel Mayor Island 01-02-2003 n/a
Men 37 463.8   M Shanahan Hawkes Bay 17-02-1990 488
Women 37 338.40   P Davis Ngawi 17-02-2001 399.16
Men 11 through 16 37 281.60   A Anderson Hawkes Bay 05-02-2004 n/a
Women 11 through 16 37 239.80   A Rowe Bay of Islands 06-01-2002 n/a
Men 60 481.26   J Penwarden Mayor Island 17-02-1970 553.84
Women 60 389.18   R Beaver Whangaroa 14-04-1951 413.56

Fly Records
Class Line Class
[kg]		 Weight
[kg]		 Angler Location Date WR*
[kg]
Men 1 38.80   David Kahlenberg Whale Island 22-02-2014 38.80
Men 2 48.60   David Kahlenberg Whale Island 06-02-2011 48.60
Men 3 46.20   David Kahlenberg Whale Island 19-11-2011 46.20
Men 4 27.60   David Kahlenberg Whale Island 26-11-2011 27.60
Men 6 29.80   Sam Mossman Hawkes Bay 11-03-1990 49.50
Men 8 46.40   Graham Beaufill Whakatane 09-04-2011 46.40
Men 10 67.60   Kydd Pollock Whakatane 05-12-1998 101.70
Women 10 29.00   Tracy Beaufill Motu 20-02-2014 29.00

* NB: If a particular lineweight is not displayed, the record is vacant for this section.
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