Ms Pascoe, who began fishing in 2007, told Daily Mail Australia that judges of the awards were impressed by the rough sea conditions in which the fish was caught.

She says her mammoth catch, the largest to be caught by a woman in New Zealand, is proof that women are just as skilled as men at fishing.

'Many people don't think women can fish but this just shows that we are just as capable and we can also beat men at it too,' she said.