I received some e-mails as follows,
Why is the slightly wavy surface of the sea very good for catching barramundi on the shallows?
They probably believe that the flat surface should be better than the slightly wavy surface.
As it turns out, a barramundi will take baits even under the flat surface condition of the water if there is a place fitting the body size of a barramundi where a barramundi stays while watching and waiting.
In other words, barramundi prefer to make a surprise attack from structures when the sea is flat or slightly rippled. It's the same as bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush.
The above picture shows the difference of their tail fins.
Trevally, Tarpon and Queenfish often take their baits under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
Their tail fins do work.
They can hunt by stalking in any conditions.
On the other hand, barramundi is not good at hunting by stalking.
They are good at hunting by ambushing.
However, they can hunt by stalking under the conditions as follows,
- Rippled, slightly wavy and wavy surface of the sea
- Water quality without good visibility
Sea Barramundi
There are not many places where a good sized barramundi can stay while watching and waiting on our shallows on shore.
There aren't very many places like that on the shallows around Darwin.
There are some places where small sized barramundis can stay while watching and waiting on our shallows.
Therefore, we sometimes catch small barramundis under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
Those small barramundis should be dark in colour because it depends on the their living environments.
The small and dark-colour barramundis stay in horizontal hollows fitting their body sizes of oyster-rocks in intertidal zone.
Normally, they make 2 small round trips between the shallow water and the deep water every day.
They hunt by ambushing even under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
They take lures at its meeting passing with each other.
In contrast, a nice sized barramundi wanders wide water and the body becomes bright sliver in colour.
They won't come to our shallows under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
However, we will have a very good season for catching a barramundi from now on.
We can catch a nice sized barramundi with a top-water lure under the condition of the flat-surface water.
It's a good timing to catch a nice sized barramundi just before dusk.
River Barramundi and Billabong Barramundi
There are many places where a good sized barramundi can stay while watching and waiting in a river or billabong as follows,
- Water quality without good visibility
- Mud drains into the river
A nice sized barramundi can hunt by ambushing even under the condition of the flat surface of the water in a river or billabong.
Barramundi will take lures in the shade of a tree on the shallow water in a river or billabong.
You can lure barramundi out of the shade of a tree with your experienced technique.
Please click on the " Fishing of Ranking" link.
Thank you very much.
