The million-dollar barramundi

Well, this top end teen has secured the catch of his life reeling in $1,000,000 barramundi on the Katherine River, the 19 year old becoming the first person to win the prize in the NT. And Fisherman Keegan Payne and his girlfriend Shane McCoy Join us live now from Darwin. Hey guys, how are you Keegan? What a catch. You’re $1,000,000 man now. Yeah. Yep. I bet you had. I bet you had a nice night together, you two. Hey, Carlos. Oh, yes. Pretty good day Yesterday. I went fishing. So, yeah, no, it’s the perfect, it’s the perfect day. Talk us through what happened. Take me into the into the catch itself. Because you wouldn’t have known straight away, right? Nah. So when we caught it, it was it, it was kind of fighting like a catfish. But once we got it to the bank, we videoed it and took a couple photos until my little sister noticed that had a had a red thing hanging out of it. Yeah. And what? And what? Then what happened? And then. Yeah. And then we called that up straight away telling him we got a red tag and he didn’t believe us until we actually sent him a photo and he told us to bring it home, try to keep it alive. Yeah. And everything. Yeah. And then what happened? But. And then we called the the fellow from wherever he is, tell him we got A tag bar, but he didn’t answer until 8:00 the next morning. What? Oh, mate, it’s a long time to keep that fish alive. Now, Keegan, this was a family affair, wasn’t it, ’cause it was your sister who actually spotted the little red tag. Yep. You know. Exactly. She asks. What? What? What? It was hanging out. Yeah, and. But you still had to wait 12 hours or more before you could confirm. So when you got the call, when they’d said to you how much it’s worth what, what was that conversation? It was actually when we arrived in Darwin, at the complex, wherever it was. Yeah. And they told us in in person how much it how much the barrel was. And yeah, we pretty much broke down in the in the studio. Oh, how nice. You’re incredible, Shay. You must have also broken down too when you were thinking, oh God, I’ve got the right bloke. Yeah. And. And how, how how are you going to spend some of that money? Eh, eh. Half of it’s going away into a savings account and the rest is slowly being spent. No, but I asked Shay, how’s Shay spending it? Maybe you should Lovely spend a little bit of it. Yeah. Might buy her a new car. Oh, romantic. Beautiful. You gotta spoil your loved ones, that’s for sure. Hey, congratulations, you two. You. Gee, you make a lovely couple. And you got a bit of cash to spend on a wedding, too. So good on you. Thank you. Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Thank you. Thank you. That wasn’t a no. That wasn’t a no maybe. Well done. Congratulations, you guys. Such a good story $1,000,000 Barra Barramundi’s my favorite fish as well. It’s delicious. Yeah, so good. I know it would have been tempting to eat it, that’s for sure.