3 Sep 2019

Big fish: Confirmed world record spearfish caught near Gisborne

From Morning Report, 8:58 am on 3 September 2019

Want to catch a world-record-sized fish? Then it looks like Gisborne is the place to drop your lines.

Yesterday we brought you a story about a possible world record southern bluefin tuna which was reeled in near Tolaga Bay.

Today we can speak to Hamish Carmichael who has just received confirmation from the International Game Fishing Association that he's been awarded a world record for a 38kg short-billed spearfish he caught in January.