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 initially thought it was a barracuda but quickly knew it was something a lot larger.