Australia's most sought-after fish has been caught by 19-year-old Keegan Payne from the Northern Territory, who reeled in the winning fish worth $1 million, marking the first time the full prize of the annual competition, designed to attract tourists to the Top End during the low season, has been claimed.
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00:00 It was a pretty good fight, it didn't take more than 10 seconds I guess.
00:19 Yeah we weren't actually expecting a tag barra at the time, until her little sister
00:24 actually asked what it was in the fish and yeah we told her and yeah we were freaking
00:30 out we nearly crashed the boat getting back to the boat ramp.
00:34 He turned it around and then there was a tag and it was like no way, no way and then he
00:39 was jumping around screaming.
00:42 It's pretty hard going for us at the moment with money but yeah now with a million dollars
00:47 we don't have to complain about it.
00:50 I wanted to buy me a new rod.
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