September 25, 2011 on 8:18 am | In Fishing Report | No Comments
With the build up here and some light winds forecast to coincide with some great tides and rising water temps the options for this weekend are endless.
The word from Darwin Harbour is that whilst the crabs are slowing down the Barra are certainly on the move, while everyone has their own preferred tides to fish the Harbour I don’t think I will cause much argument in suggesting the tides over the next few days definitely lend themself to exploring harbour estuaries in search of a Barra. The tides over this weekend will also be worth a look for those keen to chase a few pelagics both in and around the harbour and offshore, as temperatures are warming up it won’t be long till the Longtail Tuna move on so if chasing Tuna is your thing this could be the last reliable shot at them for the year.
The change in weather has seen conditions on the Billabongs on the improve and guides who are in the know are putting their clients onto some good fish, of note was 13yr old Lachlan Lewis who landed a 86cm Barra at Corroboree Billabong fishing with Chris Jones, River & Reef Fishing Charters on Monday, Lachlan and his brother Kyle enjoyed the day so much they left Dad in his hotel and went out again on Wednesday to chase some more Barra & also some Saratoga.
There have been some good report coming from Saltwater arm and the mouth of the Adelaide on the neap tides, this area is always worth a look in the build-up on the neaps.
Lachlan Lewis with an 86cm Barra fishing with River & Reef Fishing Charters
Kyle and Lachlan Lewis fishing with River & Reef Fishing Charters
Lachlan with a Billabong Saratoga fishing with River & Reef Fishing Charters
A proud Lucy with her 56cm Barra fishing with Top End Barra Fishing
Nicoles 80cm Barra fishing with Top End Barra Fishing
September 12, 2011 on 2:50 pm | In Fishing Report | No Comments
With the weather warming up it looks like the billabongs may also be turning around, Corroboree is starting to fish a better with guides reporting some quality Barra up to the mid eighties being landed, Hardies & Shady Fresh are also starting to fish better.
With the BOM forecasting that the build up is pretty much with us, now is the time to start thinking about the saltwater Barra, shoal bay has been fishing well in the last few weeks and as the weather continues to warm it will only get better, those who fish Darwin harbour regularly are also having some great sessions on the Barra with reports of up to 18 Barra in a session, now that’s good fishing. Make a mental note to visit the shoal bay rock after the first rains as this is usually the trigger for the rock to fire.
Albert (Mr Prawn) has been in Darwin over 30years and never been Barra fishing he landed 7 fishing Shady Camp fresh with Top End Barra Fishing
Anthony with a healthy 77cm barra - Top End Barra Fishing
Gary Smith 77cm - Fishing with Mark Sedman, Untamed Fishing Adventures
Gary Smith 81cm - Fishing with Mark Sedman, Untamed Fishing Adventures
Tony Hutchins 86cm - Obsession Fishing Safaris
September 4, 2011 on 1:00 am | In Fishing Report | No Comments
Reports from the Daly are that it still continues to fish well on the bigger tides with quality fish in the 80-95cm range still being landed by those in the know.
Justin Jones from Obsession fishing Safaris put his clients onto some good Barra in Bynoe harbour last week and also had a red hot sessions on the GT’s & Queenfish, wrestling them away from the sharks made for interesting fishing he said.
Guides report that you still have to work hard on Corroboree but those who persist are still landing some nice fish, I know of a couple in the 80cm being landed by clients this week.
On the Bluewater at Dundee I have heard good reports from the Sail City region with the Mackerel being thick and the reef fishing firing as well. A few free jumping Sail Fish have also been seen in the last week around sail city and some whales were also spotted, you know what they say “where there’s Whales there’s Sails”. If the winds are kind Fenton and/or Nth Gutter should be worth a look later this week for those keen on chasing a bill fish.
Darwin Harbour was also think with Tuna during teh nearp tides late last week and whilst they were picky on what lure they liked they will certainly be worth a bash on the next set of neaps.
Steve Berryman GT- Obsession Fishing Safaris
Hammerhead - Obsession Fishing Safaris
Jim Kelly 54cm Corroboree Barra - River & Reef Fishing Charters
Yours truly with a Darwin Harbour Longtail Tuna
September 3, 2011 on 3:00 pm | In Fishing Report, News | No Comments
Just spent the day on Corroboree Billabong as the Camera boat for a TV shoot for the Travel Bug who were fishing with Chris from River & Reef Fishing Charters.
Morgan the presenter for the travel bug is a bit of a jinx when it comes to fishing trips and he tells me this was the first fish he has got on film in 3 years of filming, it was also his first Barra, his biggest for the day being 61cm. Between Morgan and Chris from R&R they caught around a dozen Barra with most of this on film. The show will air sometime in 2012 so it will be interesting to see how it all comes out.
Below are a few shots from the day.
Morgan Hooked up
Morgan releasing his 61cm Barra
Morgans Barra
David Byrne & I sneaked off to chase a couple of Saratoga
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