Fisherman reels in monster 82kg fish as big as himself after 30-minute battle

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told the NZ Herald: "It's a pretty special fish. For me, it's the bass of a lifetime. "Nothing's going to waste, there's plenty to go around."Friends and neighbours have come to get a cut.

And friends, they've given some to their friends."Despite the fish being almost as big as Aaron himself, he says it isn't his biggest ever catch and claims he once caught a 213kg blue marlin in 2002.But the bass is by the far the largest he's caught of its type and only the third of its size caught on a Coastal Fishing Charters' outing in 15 years.Even the head and carcass have gone to use, with Aaron cashing in by selling it to one of his real estate clients who is using it for a feed.The dad has removed balance bones from the brain of the fish in the.