I didn't expect that I could catch many barramundis around the city today.
I usually think as follows,
Since we are in the rainy season anglers obviously have to contend with plenty of rain.
It's very hard to find fishes, crabs and aquatic insects living inshore saltwater habitats after a big rain on the land.
Such decomposing vegetation as black leaves, dead branches and dead grass washed in with rain run-off disturb our barramundi fishing very much.
The low salinity levels and dirty water put off the bait and the predators, and drive them away from where they can be easily targeted on foot.
That means it's very hard to catch barramundi on the shore around Darwin city straight after a big rain. However, barramundi can live in both fresh and salt water.
Therefore we can catch barramundi after a big rain in purely freshwater environments.
This is because we can find bait fishes, shrimp and crayfish that live in most freshwater habitats even after rain.
It's very hard to find such a freshwater environment in the region of Darwin City.
I still fish the shore when it is rainy, but it is not the ideal time.
In my experience, the best time for catching many good-size saltwater barramundi from the shore in the rainy season is when we have had no rainy for 24 hours.
On the other hand, you can fish barramundis even in a big rain.
There should be some nice sized barramundis off the side of the road, 'Culvert'.
They're feeding on some baits lived in fresh water habitats.
And you should know whether the culvert is fresh water origin or salt water origin before fishing.
However, it, by any chance, I should catch a nice sized barramundi, what should I do?
So I chose a very strong fishing tackles today. o(*^▽^*)o
Reel: SHIMANO CURADO 300E 7kg drag-powers
Rod: SHIMANO JEWEL621 BARRA BC 6-10kg
Normally, a bait-cast reel doesn't need 7kg drag-powers for a meter barramundi.
Bait-cast reel itself has a very strong power.
The torque is much greater than the spinning reel.
It's thought that the 4kg drag-powers should be good enough for a bait-cast reel.
Surprisingly, there is a very worthy of special mention.
The above combo of reel and rod is the best tackle that I can cast the longest distance of all bait-cast tackles of mine.
Probably, I can catch and land a 130cm barramundi up! ♪～(￣。￣)
But, as a result, I only caught a rockcod after all.
No barramundi!
March 29, 2013 Rockcod #269
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia
Lure: SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL / RAINBOW FISH 90mm
Fortunately, I had a very able and reliable fishing friend today.
Mr. Shannon Holopainen has his own fishing column on NT News same as me.
Shannon's SHIMANO STELLA has a very special handle with a wooden grip.
Wooden grip is much better than soft rubber one.
Soft rubber is easily damaged by lubricant and repellent.
Shannon caught a flathead.
March 29, 2013
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia
Shannon's lure. Very nice!
Even Shannon couldn't catch a barramundi under the condition like this around the city today.
But we must not jump to conclusions.
We might catch a meter barramundi under the condition like this.
Just in case!
We'll go fishing under the condition like this again.
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Thank you very much.
