Regan Gotch is Mypolonga Carp Mania’s first champion fisher
Hundreds of fishers, families and friends have participated in what may become the first in an annual series of events at Woodlane.
There are a few hundred less carp in the River Murray this week, thanks to the fishers who took part in the inaugural Mypolonga Carp Mania.
Several hundred people congregated at Woodlane on Sunday for the judging of the event, a first for the Lower Murray in many years.
Local cricketer Regan Gotch took home the day’s biggest honour by reeling in the heaviest fish: a 6.072-kilogram whopper.
He caught it while on a boat near the Toora pump station, using nothing more unusual than corn for bait.
Not a bad way to make $500.
“It was a bit of fun,” he said with a shrug.
Other winners on the day included:
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