Saturday night Barramundi #866 SHIMANO BORDERLESS 420M-T SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL

It was a dark night.
The surface of the sea was wavy.
I was feeling the presence of some crocodiles.
It's very hard to see and hear that under the condition like this..
I hesitated to wade through our shallows.

Shimano Borderless 420M-T is a 420cm long fishing rod.

• It carries a state-of-the -art free style and high spec rod.

• All titanium frame Sic guide

• CI4 reel seat

• Separate grip

• Spiral X construction

• It weighs only 132g.

It provided the nice flown distance of a cast lure.
As a result, I caught a barramundi without wading through our shallows.

However,that had a different method than usual, so it felt strange.
It's very easy to keep hooking the fish.
The new technology absorbed shocks that barramundi snatched a lure with changing direction.

I understood that it's a very high spec rod very well.
But.............

April 26, 2014 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL

Colour: BOOF MULLET

Size: 90mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Clear Outgoing

Line: FIRELINE 14LB

Leader: SHIMANO OCEA Fluorocarbon 30LB

Knot: The Slim Straight Knot

Jighead: OWNER 1/4oz. #1/0

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

Rod: SHIMANO BORDERLESS 420M-T

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving

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But after all, I love "Barramundi fishing". Barramundi #865 Catfish #46 Rockcod #315 MARIA MJ-1 S110F YO-ZURI SSMINNOW

I didn't go fishing recently.
An aggressive 3m saltwater crocodile was seen lying at the water's edge at a popular beach in Darwin on April 22.
Indeed, the 3m saltwater crocodile was too dangerous for me to wade through our shallows.

The weather today was good for doing my fishing.

I needed another good lure to replace REBEL MINNOW 115mm.
Finally I found it.
MARIA MJ-1 S110F is very good for twitching and jerking on our shallows..

I caught catfish, rockcod and barramundi by using MARIA MJ-1 S110F today.
Using a very high-performance lure, I reaffirmed the importance of baitcaster.
Baitcaster was definitely fun and exciting.

In addition, I thought casting and hooking with baitcaster should be a little more fun, it takes a bit more skill. 

I did many different kinds of lures, but of course the hard-body twitchbait and jerkbait lures were the best of all to enjoy the lure-fishing on our shallows.

I twitched MARIA MJ-1 S110F.
The dragging force of catfish and rockcod was simply very heavy.
Barramundi snatched the lure with changing the direction.
I love that moment very much.
But after all, I love "Barramundi fishing" the best.

Catfish

April 25, 2014 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

MARIA MJ-1 S110F

Finally, I caught four rockcods with MARIA MJ-1 S110F.


MARIA JERKBAIT MJ-1 S110F SHALLOW

Colour: AYU GOLD (AYG)

Size: 110mm

Where: Shallow water 50cm - 70cm

Water: Clear Outgoing

Line: FINS 30LB braid

Leader: SHIMANO OCEA Fluorocarbon 30LB

Knot: The Slim Straight Knot

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT
Water Planet Custom Handle 1415

Rod: ST. CROIX 6' MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 
10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz USA

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Twitching

Rockcod #315 with YO-ZURI SS-MINNOW

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104cm Fresh water barramundi At the barrage of Shady Camp Mr. Jason Deigan

I heard that Jason caught a metery barramundi by land based and sent him a message that I wanted to use some pictures of the fish he caught for my blog.
In addition, I would like him to join to our "Land based metery barramundi club".

I received a message from Mr. Jason Deigan. 

G'day Hiro

's caught him today off the shady camp barrage using a kokoda 7inch plastic in red head and white body using a daiwa zillion bait cast reel and a daiwa generation black rod.

☆⌒(*＾-ﾟ)v Thanks!! Jason.

Jason's tackle as follows,

Lure: Kokoda Flash Shad XTM 18cm RW

Reel: Daiwa Zillion Type R7.3:1

Rod: Daiwa Generation Black Rod

Line: Suffix 832 30lb

Leader: Jinkai 60lb

Knot: The Albright Knot

Knot: The Loop Knot to lure

104cm Fresh water barramundi at the barrage of Shady Camp.
April 15, 2014
Land based, NT, Australia

Jason explained to me that he retrieved a  kokoda 7inch plastic in red head and white body with shaking.
Thank you very much for your teaching a very special technique to me.

KOKODA FLASH SHAD XTM 18cm RW

DAIWA ZILLION TYPE R 7.3:1

You can ask him more information at Fishing & Outdoor World.

Fishing & Outdoor World

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Tuesday night Barramundi #863-864 Rockcod #314 YO-ZURI SS-MINNOW SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL

I was very lazy.
I didn't go fishing at the best timing of the tides tonight.
Watching Youtube, it made me lazy.

However, this April is very productive.
Even if I missed the best timing, I can catch some fish.

Barramundi #863

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL 90mm AUSSIE HERRING
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

Rockcod #314

Barramundi #864
April 15, 2014
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

YO-ZURI SS-MINNOW 90mm BLACK SILVER

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL
YO-ZURI SS-MINNOW

Colour: AUSSIE HERRING
Colour: BLACK SILVER

Size: 90mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Crear Outgoing

Line: FIRELINE 14LB ORIGINAL

Leader: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

Knot: The Slim Straight Knot

Reel: SHIMANO SUSTAIN 2500FG

Rod: SHIMANO TCURVE FLIGHT 1-4kg/1-9g

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving

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Sunday morning 77cm 13LB Barramundi #862 MARIA JERKBAIT MJ-1 S110F

I got up early this morning and went to urban rocks at the best timing of the today's tides.
The surface of the sea was slightly wavy.
That's an ideal condition for catching a barramundi.

I failed to hook some nice barramundis at this point in this one week.
I needed a very nice shallow-diving jerkbait.
My choice was a Maria Jerkbait MJ-1 S110F shallow type.
My very good friend, Chonga loves it very much.

The action of this lure was same as a REBEL minnow.
In addition, it should be stronger.

The early bird catches the worm.

77cm 13LB very fat urban saltwater barramundi
April 13, 2014
land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Shallow diving jerkbait is needed.

MARIA JERKBAIT MJ-1 S110F SHALLOW

Colour: BLACK SILVER

Size: 110mm

Where: Shallow water 50cm - 70cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: FINS 30LB braid

Leader: SHIMANO OCEA Fluorocarbon 30LB

Knot: The Slim Straight Knot

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT
Water Planet Custom Handle 1415

Rod: ST. CROIX 6' MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 
10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz USA

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Twitching

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Saturday 47cm Flathead #47 Queenfish #17 Rockcod #313 SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL Berkley Gulp Swimming mullet

I didn't go fishing at the best timing of the tides this morning.
Therefore, I couldn't expect to catch a barramundi.

The tide was about to stop.
But there was much quantity of water there.

2.8m low tide

April 12, 2014 Queenfish
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL 90mm RAINBOW FISH
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

47cm Darwin's nice sized flathead #47

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL 90mm AUSSIE HERRING
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

Rockcod #313

Berkley Gulp Swimming mullet Pumpkin seed


Where: Shallow water 50cm - 70cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: FINS 30LB braid

Leader: SHIMANO OCEA Fluorocarbon 30LB

Knot: The Slim Straight Knot

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT

Rod: ST. CROIX 6' MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 
10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz USA

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving

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Lures for fishing at Corroborree Billabong Fresh water Barramundi and Saratoga

At: Corroborree Billabong
These following lures did work in my case.

Fresh water golden barramundi
Berkley Gulp 4" 10cm Swimming Mullet Pumpkin seed
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

Fresh water 73cm Saratoga
Berkley Gulp 4" 10cm Swimming Mullet Pumpkin seed
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

Berkley Gulp 4" 10cm Swimming Mullet Pumpkin seed
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

Saratoga
SQUIDGY FISH 70mm JELLY MINT
1/8oz #1/0 jighead

SQUIDGY FISH 70mm JELLY MINT
1/8oz #1/0 jighead

Saratoga
SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL 90mm AUSSIE HERRING
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL 90mm AUSSIE HERRING
1/4oz #1/0 jighead

Frog and weedless hook
Steady retrieving

Reidy's Little Lucifer 65mm Deep

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Trevally on small popper Megabass Pop X Mr. Dave Krantz

The surface of the sea is flat or slightly rippled.
The above condition should be bad for catching a barramundi on the shallow water.
But the condition like this should be good for catching a trevally on a small popper.

My very good friend, Mr. Dave Krantz who organizes my fishing column of NT News caught a trevally on a small popper.

Trevally on Megabass Pop X Hot Shrimp 64mm
April 2014
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

The flat surface of the shallow water

To develop this fishing method on a very light fishing gears will be very convenient for a land based barramundi angler like me because we can enjoy a different typed lure fishing when we can't expect to catch a barramundi.

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