19-year-old Keegan Payne is celebrating upcoming a late-night solid of the rod netted him a groovy $1 million bucks.
The Katherine teen has taken house the overall prize of the Million Greenback Fish, an annual fishing pageant run within the Northern Field, designed to trap vacationers to the Govern Finish within the off season.
Tagged barrumundi virtue numerous prizes are exempt into the range’s waterways, however just one brings house the million bucks.
Payne’s win is the primary life the govern prize has been awarded.
{The teenager} was once boating at the Katherine River along with his tiny sister when he nabbed the elusive fish.
“We weren’t actually expecting a tagged barra at the time, until my little sister actually asked what it was in the fish,” Mr Payne advised the ABC.
“We nearly crashed the boat getting back to the boat ramp.”
Arriving in taste by the use of helicopter to an award rite in Darwin, Mr Payne stated he supposed to significance his winnings to assistance his crowd and experience some luxuries as neatly.
“The whole family was shocked – they’re all proud of me,” he stated.
“We’re from Katherine, Mum’s from Kakadu.
“It’s lovely dehydrated going for us on the occasion with cash, however now with 1,000,000 bucks, don’t need to bitch about it.
“It means a lot, we’ve got money, we can go places.
“We’re in truth making plans a go back and forth to The united states.”
