<p>‘I’m just happy to catch fish,’ Matthew Maurice says after landing 80cm barramundi as part of Northern Territory competition</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A Darwin man is $1m richer after angling an 80cm, red-tagged barramundi during a night-time fishing trip with his brother.</p><p>Matthew Maurice, a 26-year-old from the Northern Territory, had finished football training and decided to take a boat out on Thursday evening with his sibling, who was visiting from overseas.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/02/million-dollar-fish-caught-by-darwin-man-just-fishing-and-talking-at-night-with-brother">Continue reading...</a>
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Million-dollar fish caught by Darwin man ‘just fishing and talking’ at night with brother
<p>‘I’m just happy to catch fish,’ Matthew Maurice says after landing 80cm barramundi as part of Northern Territory competition</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A Darwin man is $1m richer after angling an 80cm, red-tagged barramundi during a night-time fishing trip with his brother.</p><p>Matthew Maurice, a 26-year-old from the Northern Territory, had finished football training and decided to take a boat out on Thursday evening with his sibling, who was visiting from overseas.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/02/million-dollar-fish-caught-by-darwin-man-just-fishing-and-talking-at-night-with-brother">Continue reading...</a>