Rob Parker of Houhora won the 2005 Snapper Classic with this 7.6-kilogram catch. He also won the 2000 competition, and admitted to spending 200 days a year fishing. Started in 1981, the event, held at Ninety Mile Beach, has become a Northland institution.
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The Northland Age
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1 March 2005
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