Million Dollar Fish winner Keegan Payne makes shock admission after hooking ... trends now
A teenager who became an instant millionaire after winning a fishing competition has made a shock admission on live TV.
Keegan Payne made headlines around Australia on Sunday morning after hooking a barramundi worth $1 million in Katherine, 317km south of Darwin. His catch was tagged as part of a nine-year-long Million Dollar Fish angling competition.
However, his celebrations were interrupted by a harsh question from Sky News' Peter Stefanovic on Wednesday morning.
'There is a claim online that you stole a Polaris Ranger and Polaris quad that you and your friends stole and damaged from a business a few years back, first of all, is that true?' Peter Stefanovic asked.
Mr Payne responded, 'Yes'.
So, what happened?,' Stefanovic continued.
The teenager, looking upset, told Stefanovic he and his friend 'weren't thinking at the time' and he regretted his actions 'big time'.
Daily Mail Australia can now reveal that the teen got in touch with his old boss , Bob Cavanagh, from Cav's Mowing, and will pay him back for the vehicles he stole.
'Out of the blue this morning, his father rang me and said, "Keegan wants to repay you" and you could have knocked me down with a feather,' Mr Cavanagh told Daily Mail Australia.
'He said Keegan has always felt so terrible for what he did,' Mr Cavanagh said.
Keegan Payne (pictured) won $1million was hooking a 67cm barramundi in a Northern Territory fishing competition
The teenager will repay his boss after stealing two vehicles from him
He took on Mr Payne as a worker for his ground maintenance business when he was 15.
However, during the Covid lockdowns Mr Cavanagh decided he wanted to move to Queensland, leaving his equipment unsupervised. Mr Payne and a friend took the opportunity to take his quad and buggy.
'They were only 16, you know, there's not too many of us go through life without stuffing up somewhere along the line.
'If you can be given a second chance - that's what I was prepared to do for those two boys. I hope they have made the best of it.
'There's no point going through this life carrying
