After a long spell fishing off Kapiti Island, Lee and Reece Claxton were about to call it a day, when one of their fishing rods "went off".
Something had taken a liking to the live jack mackerel attached to an 80lb braid.
Reece handed the rod to Lee who would begin a very physical battle to land a whopping 28.38kg kingfish late on Wednesday afternoon on their boat called Fish n Chips.
![Lee Claxton and her kingfish.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ICNZ3UEAM76AUIFJFUSEUSFCLU.jpg?auth=614671436d03a8e5e2a9ec4758d4791430a0fac274233dde5e1d8776b8523011&width=16&height=33&quality=70&smart=true)
Lee initially thought it was a barracuda but quickly knew it was something a lot larger.