Twelve kingfish, a snapper and a marlin have made it to the scales from the first day of the Tauranga Game Fishing Club's One Base competition.
The four day contest began at 7.30am on Wednesday and continues until Saturday afternoon.

Snapper.

The marlin was just over the 90kg qualifying weight at 91.1kg. The biggest kingfish was 28.7kg and the snapper 7.34kg. There is a qualifying weight of 5kg for snapper.
The snapper was caught at the Astrolabe reef, the kingfish at White Island and Mayor Island, says game fishing club manager Grant Holley.
About 500 game fishers on board 150 boats taking part in the annual contest.