BUDDING fishing expert and football superstar Patrick Dangerfield has announced his greatest “catch”, a seven-pound son named George.

The star Cat formally announced his and wife Mardi’s first baby on his new fishing podcast, Reel Adventures.

The unusual announcement confirms widespread social media speculation over the past 24 hours that the Dangerfields were celebrating their happy news.

George Patrick was born on Tuesday evening.

Wife Mardi is “very, very healthy”, a delighted Dangerfield says on the podcast.

“We had a wonderful night. He weighs in at 7 pounds and 12 ounces,” he said.

“John boy (Patrick’s Dad) has been uncontrollable.

media_camera Patrick Dangerfield prepping the nursery for their baby. Source: Instagram/mardidangerfield

“I will take you inside the birthing suite. We went in Monday night at about 5.30pm because Mards was going to be induced and then the next morning at about 4.30am Mardi went into the birthing suite and went into labour and about 12 hours later little George was born.

“That all went pretty quickly, maybe not for Mards but for me.

“Mards was lying down; the nurses are telling her to push… all of a sudden the head came out and the baby is born and Michael Shembrey (the obstetrician) was very quick to put the baby onto Mardi, skin to skin and I won’t lie to you and I’ve said all along that the sex doesn’t matter but when I saw that little willy I couldn’t have been happier.

“In all seriousness it was a wonderful, wonderful night.

“Mum’s healthy. Georgie boy is healthy.

“I’ve got the fisherman and it was a great night.”

While the 2016 Brownlow medallist had previously said he wouldn’t leave a game if his wife went into labour, he was notably absent from Cats training on the Gold Coast this week.

On Sunday, Mardi posted a photo to Instagram of their car packed and ready to go with a brand new infant carrier and overnight bags.

“May still have a couple of jobs to do before I’m actually ready ... wouldn’t want to be too prepared but I’d say that’s a capsule in a car,” she posted at the weekend.

The Moggs Creek couple, who share an entertaining social media presence, recently joked about naming their first baby after Dangerfield’s favourite movie in a video for Unscriptd.

“I love Indiana Jones and I want it to be called Indiana, and, my father’s name is John, so imagine if you had a baby’s name that was Indiana John Dangerfield,” he said in the clip.

“It won’t be that,” Mardi retorted.