Joshua was out fishing on the lake with his dad on Saturday afternoon when he landed the 26.70kg monster barra, which he brought in after a half hour battle.

“I’m over the moon,” Joshua said.

“It’s my first ever barra.”

Joshua was taken to the stage on the shoulders of supporters and aptly presented with his award by “Barra” Bill Rigby from the Fish Restocking Group

The fish smashed the previous lake record of 26.17kg set 10 years ago in 2007.

Fish Restocking Group president George Fortune said it showed the quality of the barra in the lake.

“I’m sure there are bigger ones out there,” he said.

Also still out there is the tagged barra worth $50,000, a prize that yet again went unclaimed.

Mr Fortune said they would perhaps look at dividing the $50,000 up into smaller portions in future years to make sure someone got some money from the event.

In another successful event there were 297 competitors, 21 junior female, 44 junior male, 50 senior women and 182 senior men.

Between them they caught over 300 fish - 15 sleepy cod, 22 barra, 29 sooty grunters, 75 longtoms and 177 catfish.

In the dragon boat racing on Saturday Floorworks set the best time of the day of 1.37 in the final to beat Clancy Corp (1.40) and North West Canoe Club (1.45).

Fishing classic winners were

Senior champion angler male Nick Thinee

Senior champion angler female Michelle Ball

Junior champion angler Coby Grofton

Senior heaviest barra Joshua Moren

Junior heaviest barra Mitch Thinee

Heaviest sooty grunter Jessica Knight

Senior heaviest sooty grunter Daniel Pratt

Junior heaviest sooty grunter Jessica Knight

Senior heaviest sleepy cod Val and Peter Bacon 

Junior heaviest sleepy cod Miranda Oitvanji

Senior heaviest longtom John Kirkos

Junior heaviest longtom Jordan Frost

Senior heaviest catfish John Davies

Junior heaviest catfish Emily Wallace

Senior heaviest archerfish Nick Thinee

Junior heaviest archerfish Archie Maatta