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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1432/
- Published: 2026-03-16T17:30:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T17:30:28.000Z
- Description: Ra hooked the winning fish on Saturday, the final day of the five-day surfcasting contest, earning him the $30,000 top prize for the heaviest snapper. He also took home $2500 for heaviest fish of the day.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Far North man Harley Ra has won one of the biggest fishing prizes in the nation after landing a 7.665 kilogram snapper in the Ninety Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza.  
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> Ra hooked the winning fish on Saturday, the final day of the five-day surfcasting contest, earning him the [$30,000 top prize for the heaviest snapper](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544204/winner-of-ninety-mile-beach-snapper-bonanza-pockets-30-000?ref=goodoil.news).  
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> He also took home $2500 for heaviest fish of the day.  
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> Ra’s last-minute catch dashed the hopes of Darin Maxwell from Ōpōtiki of becoming the first person to win the competition twice.  
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> In the end, Maxwell had to content himself with second place and cash prizes totalling $4500 for a fish weighing in at 7.25kg.  
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> RNZ

[Read More](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/589635/far-north-man-reels-in-7-point-66kg-snapper-and-wins-nation-s-biggest-fishing-prizes?ref=goodoil.news)