The Northland mudfish has completed a remarkable victory in Fish of the Year 2026, having first taken the lead with less than ...

Ron Kyls' plastic worm had just settled gracefully between two clumps of reeds growing on an Orange Lake bank when he suddenly tensed and forcefully set the hook. A split-second later, his graphite ...

It's the smallest winner to date, the first freshwater fish to take out the title, and so obscure it was only discovered in 1998.