Hey, gotta believe this; mate was fishing for tailor at 'our' beach north of rotto (has great reef structure) and was having fun catching some monsters on fresh herring fillet. it was well and truly dark when he felt a few surges which he put down to a big squid, whatever it was held on as he walked it towards the shore. All he could see was two massive eyes staring at his head torch and after a few seconds of disbelief he realized it was the biggest crayfish he had ever seen! top effort i reckon, never even heard of someone catching one on a rod let alone that bloody big!