Competition: Bayleys Invitation Only Big Game Fishing Competition Tutukaka Coast 1-4 March 2005

Date: 3 March 2005

Fish: Blue Marlin

Weight: 182.2 kg

Tackle: 37kg

Angler: Henry Schmidt

Launch: Ultimate Lady

Skipper: Tom Francis

(This is the same fish as picture 2. Standing 3rd from left in the white shirt is former All Black and New Zealand Sevens star Eric Rush. )

Venue: Whangarei Deepsea Anglers Club. Tutukaka, New Zealand.

Photograph: Courtesy of Matapouri Bamboo Photography

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