The fish were biting for the more than 140 competitors in the Glenorchy fishing competition on Saturday.
Co-organiser Hayley Jones said 89 fish - a mixture of salmon and brown and rainbow trout - were caught.
The number was up on previous years, despite the varied conditions.
![Overall Junior-Child Trophy winner Seamus Hickey (11) shows off his 1.59kg brown trout. Photo / Guy Williams](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6SR53LDEO3HNFBCR6LBBDP7X7Q.jpg?auth=d3da4ee9849ef7e15c6f931f4fcd5486810c0e7b77d199c278441b95ab133c2f&width=16&height=22&quality=70&smart=true)
Former Glenorchy resident Seamus Hickey, now of Christchurch, won the overall junior-child trophy after reeling in a 1.59kg brown trout from a boat just off Kinloch.