1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is Ryan? And Ryan? Well, 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: you caught one of those double tagged barra, didn't you? 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: I certainly did. 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: Made I understand you're here at the moment visiting. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 3: Your lovely family. Where were you out fishing? And what happened? 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: We were out Mary River for the weekend, having a 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: fish in. Yeah, well lucky enough to catch one of 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: the tag double tag barra, which is worth sixteen thousand dollars. 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 3: Goodness, mate, how does the double tagged one work? Do 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 3: you get the whole fifteen thousand or do one of 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:35,959 Speaker 3: your mates. 12 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: Get a share? 13 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 3: Yeah? 14 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,599 Speaker 2: That's right, you get ten thousand dollars and then you 15 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: get the choice to give it to a mate of 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 2: your choice. 17 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: Here, who are you giving me? Who are you giving 18 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: some of that money to? Who are you on the 19 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: boat with? 20 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 3: My mate? 21 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: Warren was I? Yeah, he got it, and I'll give 22 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: it to him because he added the fish for me. 23 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: So that was a bit of a team effort. 24 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: It sounds like it now. 25 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 3: Some people out there listening may know your family quite 26 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: quite a well known couple of territori Ands who obviously 27 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 3: have some pretty special lures as well. 28 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: Tell us about. 29 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: Them, Yes, Colin and Karen from Ready the Parents, and 30 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: we're actually using a Ready Ready's lower Ready. 31 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: Is that the secret? Mate? Is that what people need? 32 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: Do you reckon? 33 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: I think they better go on board and go and 34 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: bite you. 35 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: So tell us, tell us how it all happened. 36 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 3: You're obviously on the boat, you're out there fishing, having 37 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: it all unfold. 38 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're going to pull up for our last cast. 39 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: We're just about to go into tea and seen some 40 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: seen some fish on the sounder and we had a 41 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: couple of great northerns left, so we thought, I thought 42 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: we'd share them and have a bit of a cast 43 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: and yeah, that second cast bang, Yeah, it was. 44 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 3: What was your reaction when you pulled it out of 45 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: the water and and and saw that it had two 46 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 3: tags on there? 47 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: It was it was chaos. 48 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 3: What was everyone doing? Just trying to make sure that 49 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 3: you didn't accidentally let it go? 50 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a bit of that, and we were just 51 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: we really wanted to get it back in the water 52 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: as well. Because it was such a big pictures a 53 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: ninety eight centimeters. We didn't really know what to do 54 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: with the competition, so we sort of found out what 55 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: to do and then we released him, grabbed the tags 56 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 2: out of him and released him. So and he survived. 57 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: Its good Oh good stuff. 58 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: Well mate, obviously you are here visiting your wonderful family 59 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: and you hear from Mackay. 60 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: Is that right? 61 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right? Yep, mate. 62 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 3: What are you going to be saying to people when 63 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 3: you get back to Mackay. 64 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: Ah, it really is just a blur at the moment. 65 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 2: I can't believe it, to be honest, It's just amazing. 66 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: Is this like the best holiday you've ever had? 67 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: Oh? Without doubt? Yeah? 68 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, I just think that what this competition does 69 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 3: for tourism is truly amazing. And you know, to actually 70 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 3: hear from someone this morning who who is here from 71 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: Queensland and you're going to go home you'll be telling 72 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: people about this. 73 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,279 Speaker 1: It's such a wonderful story and you know so great. 74 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 3: That that you obviously caught that that Barro and you're 75 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 3: you know, you hear visiting your family and the territory. 76 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: Oh I did say, Yeah, it's fantastic thing for tourism. 77 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: And yeah, something I'll ever forget. It's once in the 78 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: loftime thing, isn't it. 79 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: It really is? Well, Ryan, really lovely to talk to 80 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: you this morning. 81 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having a quick chat with us, 82 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: and good on you. 83 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: What a lucky bloke you are. 84 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, thank you very much, appreciate your time. 85 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: Thanks Ryan, see you mate, enjoy the rest of your 86 00:03:59,080 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: time in the territory. 87 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: Weill do, thank you, thank you. 88 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: Oh how nice is that? Such a wonderful, wonderful. 89 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 3: Story to hear there from Ryan And you know he's 90 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: here visiting his lovely parents as well as many people 91 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 3: will know know them and obviously no Redi's lures. But 92 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: so nice to hear from Ryan he's here visiting his parents. 93 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 3: Wonderful for territory tourism, I reckon, And let's hope that 94 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 3: we get a few more Queenslanders across to the territory 95 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 3: spending some money in our shops and obviously taking advantage 96 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 3: of our wonderful hospitality and really putting us on the 97 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 3: map when it comes to fishing. I know that we 98 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 3: are anyway, But when you have something like this happen, 99 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: then people go back home and tell everybody about it. 100 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: It is a wonderful, wonderful thing.