It's like one of those tall tales you tell your fishing buddies at the pub: So I caught this 140lb boar off the Coromandel coast the other day…

But that's exactly what happened to two fishermen taking part in the Bounty hunter Fishing Tournament held off the Coromandel coastline over last weekend.

The 140lb (63kg) black boar caught in the water off the Coromandel coast over the weekend. Photo: Whitiangler/Facebook

Posting to the Whitiangler Facebook page, host Gene Denton says the 140lb (63.5kg) black boar was snagged by his buddy Glen Dobbs and another friend a few kilometres from land.

'They were cruising along on their way to a fishing spot when they noticed a black shape bobbing up and down right in front of them,” the post says. 'It was the pig swimming way out in the ocean!

'Lucky they had a solid hull because they hit the pig doing about 15-20 knots and nailed it.”

The fishermen then dragged it up on the boat and 'stuck it”, writes Glenn.

So the next time you hear one of your friend boasting about the ‘one that got away' you never know, they may just be telling the truth.