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Chris Killen has been a keen fisherman since his younger days growing up in Wellington's Island Bay and he realises he landed the big one when he signed a three-year deal with Scottish giants Celtic on Friday.
In his youth, he and a friend used to catch and
then sell fish on the streets of Wellington as a way of making some extra pocket money. These days, Killen could buy an entire fish shop, and a fishing boat.
"I will be making a very good living," Killen didn't mind admitting without going into specifics, although some estimates have him earning a great deal more than the originally reported NZ$1m per year.
"The bonuses are unbelievable - they're worth more than your regular wage. This is massive for me."
It's not merely the money that lured the 25-year-old striker to Celtic Park. There was the attraction of joining one of British football's glamour clubs as well as the chance to play in the Champions League.
It's why he had no qualms about upsetting English Championship side Cardiff City, whom he was on the verge of joining before the Scottish champions stepped in.
"Let's just say I'm not happy with the lad," was Cardiff boss Dave Jones' assessment of Killen's decision to leave them at the altar.
He had earlier left Oldham on bad terms and then expressed his disappointment at being offered only a one-year contract extension by Hibernian.
"At the end of the day, you have to look after No 1 in this game," insisted Killen, who also said his move to Hibernian was a stepping stone to move on to bigger and better things - and Celtic are bigger and better.
It's the forthright opinion of someone who knows what he wants and doesn't mind upsetting people to get it. But football is a business.
Killen's business is scoring goals, lots of them. He enjoyed moderate success at Manchester City, Wrexham, Port Vale and Oldham - but his move to Hibernian in January 2006 signalled his greatest success.
He scored 16 goals in 25 league games, including a double in a 2-1 defeat of Rangers, before a serious Achilles tendon injury sidelined him for the rest of the 2006-07 season.
This strike-rate perked the interest of Cardiff and Italian Serie B side Genoa among others and Killen had been aware of rumours linking him with Celtic as early as January.
Although a Liverpool fan, Killen has long had a soft spot for The Bhoys. And he can't wait to play in an Old Firm derby against Glasgow rivals Rangers.
"It's one of the best derbies in world football," he says. "To play against an Old Firm team is massive. They get more than 50,000 every week, so to experience that on the odd occasion is brilliant. But to do it week in, week out is going to be really special. To have 53,000 people cheering you on is going to be brilliant."
With as many as seven strikers on the books at Celtic, Killen has a fight on his hands just to make the side each week but his burly frame and uncomplicated and aggressive game suit Scotland's direct style of football.
Celtic boss Gordon Strachan obviously saw something exciting in Killen that prompted him to offer the All White a three-year deal.
It means Killen will have plenty of time to discover the best fishing spots around Glasgow.
He heads out every now and then with his fly-fishing rod, while his team-mates prefer to hook onto a cheeky pint down at the pub.
But he's not likely to chuck his line out from the docks at Gorbals.
"The only thing you're likely to catch there is a dead body," he jokes.
As he's about to find out, playing for Celtic is deadly serious.
