Category: Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Since 2013 we’ve created hundreds of informative fishing blogs using Ryan’s thirty years of guiding experience. From knots to fish finders, from travel adventures to fishing tips, refine your search by:

How to catch barra; Anchor on the fish

September 3, 2014 Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators) Boating tips

Anchoring on the fish while live baiting for barramundi or other tropical species has never been easier than with these quick release clips. When live ...

The changing faces of Hinchinbrook

July 22, 2014 Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators) Travelling Australia

Hinchinbrook, my home, my work, my play… Scrolling through my computer the other day I came across the Cyclone Yasi file. For those of you ...

Big Barramundi 8 May-June 2014

July 14, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Big barra action time with yet another installment of our Big Barramundi series. Winter can sometimes be a little ordinary, especially following a few sudden ...

How to catch barramundi: Lure upgrades for big barra

June 17, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Oils ain’t oils and lures ain’t lures… or so they reckon… I personally don’t think that colour is as important as many people make out. ...

Barra Fishing Tip: Braid vs Mono for barra

June 5, 2014 Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators) Gear, Tackle, Knots

Over the years I have been asked several times what I run on my rods, braid vs mono. Last month I did a short presentation ...

My first ever metre barra

May 30, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Memories… This fish is my first ever barra over a metre long and I was 15 years old. Unfortunately we did keep this one as ...

Big Barramundi 7 – Hinchinbrook action Autumn 2014

May 16, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Bumper season so far for big barramundi despite some atrocious weather. Fishing has been outstanding with most fish in the past five weeks taken lure ...

Barra Boofing Frenzy

April 19, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

A couple of days after cyclone Ita drowned north Queensland’s east coast, I decided to take the family out across the Hinchinbrook Channel for a ...

Land based lure casting for big barra.

April 13, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Many years ago I was fortunate enough to stumble across a successful method of targeting big saltwater barramundi while land based lure casting. Way back ...

leaders-for-feature-blog-1024x683-600x300

Leader size for Big Barra

March 30, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

They say size doesn’t matter but in today’s video on leader size I am going to tell you otherwise – because landing big barramundi consistently ...

Big fish don’t move!

March 14, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

Over my years on the water catching barra with my fishing charters, I have noticed a distinct pattern with re-captured fish. In the earlier days ...

Hinchinbrook Fishing: How to catch a 125cm barra!

December 20, 2013 Barra Fishing Tips Barramundi or King Threadfin (Estuary predators)

A 125cm barramundi is a trophy fish and a fish of lifetime. Graham Phillips is the angler and James Pascoe the rather excited fellow in ...