Tag Archives: Barra Fishing Tips
Best inshore fishing lures
People often ask me what are the best inshore fishing lures to take travelling or bring on a fishing charter to northern Australia. As a charter guide for three decades, I have trialled innumerable lures with mixed success. There are seven main categories of inshore fishing lures I use to maximise my chances to catch…
3 hour barra session on my new lures
With all this wind we’ve been unable to go offshore so we headed to Hinchinbrook for a barra session. Hinchinbrook is an amazing barra fishery and where I caught my 2000th metre plus barra! The mud as it is only allows access to the boat ramp at certain times, so on this day we only…
Fishing the Fitzroy for Barramundi
Fishing the Fitzroy net free zones for Barramundi and King Threadfin is certainly a ton of fun! The addition of a net free zone in Rockhampton has protected fish stocks from netting and created a recreational anglers paradise. They are dubbing it the Barra Capital of Australia! We headed down to Rocky intending on Fishing…
Smashed by Proserpine Dam Barramundi
On our way back from Rockhampton last month we decided to try for some Proserpine Dam Barramundi. Prossie Dam is notorious for big barra and where we filmed most of our Impoundment Module for Barra Basics. Back then, Karen had to jump in to untangle a big 120 cm fish from the weeds. And in…
Hinchinbrook Island Circumnavigation
Hinchinbrook Island can be described as Jurassic Park meets Blue Lagoon. It is a prominent feature of the seascape off Cardwell and to say it is spectacular is an understatement. Covered by TWO world heritage areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics, it abounds in natural beauty. Despite being pretty much de-leafed (is…
Barra Competition Duel with son Col.
Well the barra season in Queensland has ended for another year, but not before I had a father son barra competition with my son Col. Running a business and travelling a lot means I don’t get to spend as much time with my kids as I’d like. Seems only yesterday we took this pic. Now…
Finding new fishing spots reconnaissance
Finding new fishing spots is my favourite pastime. For land-based and inshore anglers, the best time to do reconnaissance is low tide. I know that sounds self-evident, but few people actually do this. I rarely go fishing without sussing out an area first. Be it in my boat with a sounder for offshore trips. Or…
Living with Crocodiles
Living with crocodiles in Northern Australia and other places they’re found, can be dangerous. But like tigers in India and lions in Africa, we can’t just go around killing everything that threatens us. Last year Karen went to Jim Corbett National Park in India to see a Tiger and was rewarded with this amazing experience:…
Fishing as a hobby has amazing benefits
Fishing as a hobby has some amazing benefits, which is why I have always encouraged my kids to come fishing with me! Hoping they will get as addicted to it as I have been. Fishing as a hobby (or in my case a lifestyle) can benefit humans in so many ways… • Great exercise. Walking…
Fishing for barra in Darwin
I have been asked many times in recent years if fishing for Barra in Darwin is the same as on the east coast. In my experience, I have found them to have pretty much exactly the same habits everywhere. The only difference is you get a smaller window to have a crack at them aggregating…