BENALLA local and amateur angler, Bridie Willan, pulled this monster from the deep last month and won herself a whopping $5000 voucher as part of the Compleat Angler Metre Long Club competition.
The yearly draw received 94 entries for the 2020 season, made up of Murray Cod, Barramundi, Mulloway, Flathead and Kingfish. Bridie, 23, was the lucky entrant.
Fishing at Cobrawonga, downstream from Yarrawonga, Bridie had just hooked a personal-best 61cm cod before following it up 40 minutes later with this 120cm beauty.
“It was so exciting! I didn’t really know what to think. It wasn’t fighting too hard because they’re not exactly athletic fish when they’re that big, so they just stay as close to the bottom as possible,” she said.
“It got me snagged and I thought I’d lost it, but it came back which was really exciting. It was in the boat within 10 minutes.”
For her trouble, she now has a $5000 Compleat Angler voucher to spend.
“All I want is a camp chair. A really good camp chair,” she said.
“But then I’ve got the rest of it which needs to be used.”
