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Million Dollar Fish is proudly brought to you by Northern Territory Major Events Company.
With a diverse portfolio of events from the Top End right down to the Red Centre, Northern Territory Major Events Company has been delivering amazing event experiences since 1999.
History of Million Dollar Fish
Home to the famous barramundi, the Northern Territory is widely regarded as Australia’s top fishing destination for hooking one of these iconic tropical fish species.
The Million Dollar Fish competition was first introduced in 2015 to boost visitation and to give fishos the chance to reel in prize-tagged barramundi.
Renowned as Australia’s richest fishing competition, Million Dollar Fish continues to grow in size and value with more prize-tagged fish released each year. Barramundi are tagged and released right across the Territory in five main fishing regions including Arnhem Land, Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine and the Tiwi Islands.
Since the competition launched, dozens of fishos from around Australia have cashed in by reeling in tagged barramundi, and hundreds more have won epic prizes from competition partners.
Season 10 begins on 1 October 2024, meaning keen anglers have a month to register and plan their fishing trips before they can drop a line in the hope of reeling in a red-tagged barramundi. This year marks 10 years of the popular competition.
Season 10
A million reasons to cast a line!
The return of Million Dollar Fish comes after 19-year-old Keegan, from Katherine, reeled in a 67cm million-dollar barramundi in Season 9. Keegan is the first person in the history of the competition to reel in a million-dollar tagged fish. Since Million Dollar Fish began in 2015 more than 1000 red-tagged barramundi have been released and over $2 million in winnings given away.
The Top End is the only place in the country where you can go fishing and stand a chance to catch a million-dollar fish or one of many $10,000 red-tagged barra. Tagged fish are released across the five main fishing regions – Tiwi Islands, Darwin, Katherine, Kakadu, and Arnhem Land.
Register for free here.
Season 9
The Northern Territory’s prized million-dollar barra was reeled in by a lucky local fisho on Sunday, 28 April 2024, during Season 9 of Million Dollar Fish.
Season 9 ended at 11.59pm on Tuesday, 30 Apri 2024.
There are now no active red-tagged barra swimming in Top End waterways until the season starts on 1 October 2024 – 31 March 2025.
Thank you to all the anglers who registered for Australia’s richest fishing competition. We had more than 60,000 regos – the highest number ever recorded for this event.
SEASON 8
The previous season of Million Dollar Fish ran from 1 October 2022 – 31 March 2023. There were nine Red Tagged Million Dollar Fish active and 100 x $10,000 red-tagged Barra were released.
20 x $10, 000 prize-tagged barra were caught throughout the Top End. Winning fishos shared $230, 000 in prize money, including three who took home $20, 000 each after doubling their prize money!
In addition to $230,000 paid to fishos; $23,000 was donated across the 3 charity partners of Million Dollar Fish – Cancer Council NT, Shoreline and Starlight Children’s Foundation / Star Ball.
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