Million Dollar Fish returns to the Northern Territory for its eighth season, with the search for Australia’s Most Wanted Fish starting tomorrow. Anglers from all over will soon start hitting Top End waters to take part in Australia’s richest fishing competition, which is underwritten by SportsBet and runs until 31 March 2023.
Million Dollar Fish is free to enter, and gives anglers the chance to become a millionaire by simply wetting a line and catching a tagged fish. Fish have been released across the Top End’s five fishing regions – Darwin, Tiwi Islands, Katherine, Kakadu and Arnhem Land.
A total of nine barramundi worth $1 million have now been released (at least one in each region), including the Season 8 Million Dollar Fish, plus those from previous seasons. All are still eligible to be caught. Once one of the nine is caught, the value of the remaining eight changes to $10,000 each.
An additional one hundred $10,000 barra have also been released for Season 8. Every time a $10,000 fish is caught, the fisho can donate an additional $1,000 to an official Million Dollar Fish Charity Partner.
The latest instalment of Million Dollar Fish follows a record-breaking Season 7, which saw local and interstate anglers share $160,000 of prize money. It was the largest sum ever paid out in the competition’s history.
