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NT Major Events’ Coryn Huddy says the angler who catches the longest $10k barra will get $1,000 per centimetre this month as part of the Million Dollar Fish comp · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now as we know, the steaks have been raised in
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  Speaker 1: the million dollar Fish competition this month with more cash
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  Speaker 1: up for grabs and joining me in the studio to
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  Speaker 1: explain well why size matters? Is the Northern Territory Major
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  Speaker 1: events Corn Honey, good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, Koran? I'm well mate, Explain to me
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  Speaker 1: how does this new campaign work? And well why size
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  Speaker 1: does matter in this case?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, well, I'm I'm not sure if should be talking
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  Speaker 3: about this, but size matters?
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  Speaker 2: What does it mean?
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  Speaker 3: So I suppose, in partnership with sports bit, for all
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  Speaker 3: of December, if you catch one of our beloved tagged
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  Speaker 3: barrow money during this period whatever I suppose, whatever it
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  Speaker 3: measures and centimeters multiply five thousand and that's what you're getting.
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  Speaker 3: So if you catch a seventy centimeter fish, you're going
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  Speaker 3: to be collecting seventy k's with this.
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  Speaker 2: Period, Koran.
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  Speaker 1: Is this for everybody that catches one of those tag
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  Speaker 1: fish or only.
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  Speaker 3: For the biggest, just for the longest the space of
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  Speaker 3: the period of December. So catch you fish, register it
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  Speaker 3: straight away, because we will if there is a tie
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  Speaker 3: for arguments take it will be on the first fish
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  Speaker 3: that's caught, comes in, it all gets measured officially, gets
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  Speaker 3: stored away as such in terms of that measurement. And
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  Speaker 3: like I said, if you're fortunate enough to be getting
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  Speaker 3: to the end of December and you've got the biggest
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  Speaker 3: fish there, well, the longest fish, you'll be paid out
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  Speaker 3: percent a minute.
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  Speaker 1: This is awesome, Like I reckon, it's a fantastic thing
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  Speaker 1: to do, and no doubt it's going to mean that
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  Speaker 1: we've got even more people getting out there and wanting
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  Speaker 1: to fish.
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  Speaker 3: Well, this season's been the biggest by far and away ever.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we've had sixteen fish court today, so one
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  Speaker 3: hundred and seventy thousand already paid out, which is remarkable.
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  Speaker 3: So thanks to Sports Better Partners for that. But more importantly,
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  Speaker 3: you've got to be out there having a go, and
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  Speaker 3: our numbers are up, the registrations are up, and what
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  Speaker 3: we do know at the moment is once again for December,
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  Speaker 3: you've got to have a line out in the water
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  Speaker 3: to catch them.
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  Speaker 2: So please register and get out there and do your best.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what's the biggest catch so far? Just to set
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a benchmark for fish ice.
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  Speaker 3: First, first fish off the ranks, send the meters.
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  Speaker 1: It was ninety centimeters yep.
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  Speaker 2: So that would be ninety k payout.
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  Speaker 1: Geez, that's good going.
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  Speaker 2: Is a lovely start to twenty twelve.
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  Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be incredible? It'd be absolutely incredible. I think
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  Speaker 1: people are going to go berserk for this. Are you
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  Speaker 1: guys sort of just as keen to give the cash
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  Speaker 1: away as what people are to win.
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  Speaker 3: It, considering it's not our money. So yeah, absolutely, And
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  Speaker 3: I said, we're just fortunate we've got a good, good
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  Speaker 3: partner on board with sports Bet. So it's it's a
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  Speaker 3: fantastic opportunity. You know that the season's been fantastic to date,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, but there's nothing better for it. We
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  Speaker 3: love this storm the year because we get people coming
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  Speaker 3: to the office, we get the mirror of fish, heavy yarn,
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  Speaker 3: and more importantly, there's some cash getting stacked in some
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  Speaker 3: pockets leading into a pretty cool time of the year
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  Speaker 3: being Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: It's sure is Hey, what are some of the key
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  Speaker 1: spots where people have been, you know, catching those winning.
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  Speaker 3: Fish across all of the I suppose the fishing regions
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  Speaker 3: we've got fish out there, but to date we've seen
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  Speaker 3: fish court down the Mary daily's going pretty.
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  Speaker 2: Good at the moment as well.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's all across the territory in general, this
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  Speaker 3: fish throughout the entire entire region.
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  Speaker 2: So just get out there and have a crack.
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  Speaker 1: So how many of the ten k fish have gone
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  Speaker 1: so far?
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  Speaker 2: Sixteen sixteen so far?
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  Speaker 3: And we had one fish which was in another part
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  Speaker 3: of another competition which was double the dough. So one
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  Speaker 3: hundred and seventy k has already gone out the door.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic and so many how many of the ten k
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  Speaker 1: fish we got out there?
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  Speaker 3: There was one hundred in total so on my masts,
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  Speaker 3: not that flash, but it will.
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  Speaker 1: Be still plenty left over.
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  Speaker 2: Eighty Just get the big one.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that good either? Now do you reckon? This season
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  Speaker 1: has been one of the best.
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  Speaker 3: It has by far and away. So it's been the
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  Speaker 3: biggest start for the first couple of months. I think
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  Speaker 3: we're seven or eight fish up on previous years today.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it says a lot about this.
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  Speaker 3: People are out there in a crack, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: we're fortunate that people are catching them.
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  Speaker 1: It's great, good stuff. I mean, it's been a fantastic
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  Speaker 1: season so far. We know that it's going to heat up.
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  Speaker 1: I guess for one of a better word over this
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  Speaker 1: Christmas break period as well, because probably people have a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more time on their hands if they get
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  Speaker 1: a bit of time off work to get out there
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  Speaker 1: and get amongst it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we see it like it's like everyone we're all
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  Speaker 3: keen for a bit of a break as well. But
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  Speaker 3: you know, I've got it. Enjoys me coming in from
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  Speaker 3: a holiday to see someone and verifirefish and you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, put like I said, put some money in someone's pocket. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Australia's richest fish and competition. It's we're so lucky.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is fantastic made. It's been a massive year
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  Speaker 1: for NT major events, hasn't it? Do you guys? Do
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  Speaker 1: you get to wind down at all towards the end
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  Speaker 1: of the year or not?
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  Speaker 3: Really we do a little bit, to be honest, but
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  Speaker 3: it's been awesome. Like our six main events this year,
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  Speaker 3: we've head over one hundred and thirty five thousand people
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  Speaker 3: through over seventy sorry, over seventy five thousand people through,
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  Speaker 3: driving about one hundred and thirty five million of economic impacts.
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  Speaker 3: So we clean those events up now, to be honest,
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  Speaker 3: and we reset and push really hard. So based in
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  Speaker 3: the grasses, in the market, Supercars NRL. All of those
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  Speaker 3: events are selling nicely, so you know, we prep for
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  Speaker 3: them now and we move forward for twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: It will be a massive year, no doubt next year,
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  Speaker 1: and it's always plenty of fun, always wonderful to catch
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  Speaker 1: up with you guys and hear more about the fantastic
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  Speaker 1: things that NTA major events have got underway each and
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  Speaker 1: every time.
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  Speaker 2: As you're talking to you and working for everyone, it's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, good on you.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Car