29 Sept 2013

Total of 800 Barramundis by land based since 2010.
Barramundi #800
SQUIDGY FISH

In September 29 of 2013, it has counted a total of 800 barramundis I caught by land based on the urban shallows at Mindil Beach, Fannie Bay and East Point since 2010.

It's a very windy day today.
The surface of the sea was wavy.

There were not big water movements through today's tides.
But it was thought that a strong west wind and wavy surface made some comfortable water movements for barramundi again just like yesterday.




September 29, 2013 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia




SQUIDGY FISH

Colour: BLACK GOLD

Size: 80mm

Where: Shallow water 70cm -100m

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: FIRELINE 14LBORIGINAL

Leader line: SUNLINE PE 50LB

Leader line: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

Knot: The Kaneit Knot

Jig-head:  OWNER Berkley SALT WATER PRO Nitro 1/4oz #1/0

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

Rod: WILSON LIVE FIBRE Sportfishing SERIES BLADE 'N' TAILS LIGHT
Very nice and reliable Australian rod v(*'-^*)-☆

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Stop and Go






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28 Sept 2013

Unlikely slow tides
58cm urban barramundi #799
SQUIDGY FISH

The tides were slow today.
Normally, I can't expect to catch a nice sized barramundi under the condition like this.
But a strong west wind and wavy surface of the sea made some little comfortable water movements for barramundi on the shallows.

There were many sharp oyster-rocks under the water.
Barramundi is very good at weaving their way through a crowd of oyster-rocks.
But the course a barramundi should follow could be the narrow waterway between oyster-rocks and oyster-rocks under the wavy surface.

So I didn't use a steady retrieving action of lure.




'STOP and GO' is a very effective action for a very tough situation.

As a result,

I caught a 58cm very fat barramundi.
The barramundi tried to escape through many sharp oyster-rocks again and again.

I used a new line system as follows,

Main line: FIRE LINE 14lb braid

Soft knot leader line: SUNLINE 50lb braid

Hard knot leader line: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

The above line system was very smooth for the line guides of the fishing rod.
In addition, it's strong enough for a 58cm strong barramundi and sharp oyster-rocks.

And
Normally, I use a 1/8oz jig-head for a 80mm Squidgy Fish.
But I needed a heavy 1/4oz jig-head today.




58cm very fat Barramundi
September 28, 2013
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia




SQUIDGY FISH

Colour: BLACK GOLD

Size: 80mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Very murky Incoming

Line: FIRELINE 14LBORIGINAL

Leader line: SUNLINE PE 50LB

Leader line: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

Knot: The Kaneit Knot

Jig-head:  OWNER Berkley SALT WATER PRO Nitro 1/4oz #1/0

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

Rod: WILSON LIVE FIBRE Sportfishing SERIES BLADE 'N' TAILS LIGHT
Very nice and reliable Australian rod v(*'-^*)-☆

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Stop and Go






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27 Sept 2013

Smelled bad!
Mud and water were green in colour.
Rockcod #302-303
YO-ZURI SS MINNOW

The tides were good today..
The surface of the sea was wavy. (Not very wavy)
It's the best timing for catching a barramundi.

But,

It smelled bad.
I saw mad and water were green in colour.

After all,




September 26, 2013 Rockcod
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia




SS MINNOW is a very good lure.
I don't need any difficult techniques.



One more...
I didn't want it.
Sorry fish.

YO-ZURI SS-MINNOW

Colour: GREEN

Size: 70mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Very murky Incoming

Line: FIRELINE 14LB CRYSTAL

Leader line: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

Knot: The Kaneit Knot

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

Rod: WILSON LIVE FIBRE Sportfishing SERIES BLADE 'N' TAILS LIGHT

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving






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25 Sept 2013

Urban small creek
Barramundi #798
LIBERTY LURES PITTY 75F

Today's high tide was very good for fishing at our small urban creeks. 

I knew that our small urban creeks lost the proper depth because the bottoms were covered with or as if with sand.

But I wanted to catch a barramundi.

PITTY 75F / FIRE TIGER is very good lure for the night fishing.
This lure has a long bib but is very effective for the shallows.
Twitching actions is always better than pumping actions for this lure.




September 25, 2013 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia




LIBERTY LURES PITTY 75F

Colour: FIRE TIGER

Size: 75mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: FINS 30LB Braid

Leader Line: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

Knot: The Kaneit Knot

Reel: ABU INSHORE

Rod: ST. CROIX Triumph TRC60MF 6'

MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Twitching






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22 Sept 2013

Darren's soft knot line system.
To protect line guides.

The line-guide gets broken when it is overpowered.
One of the line-guides of my fishing rod was broken again.

Normally, we used a heavy leader line for catching a barramundi.
40lb - 60lb sized leader lines are very popular.

I use the Kaneit knot.
I trust it very much.
Many anglers use the Slim Beauty knot and the Albright knot for catching a barramundi.

Every knot have the hard connection part.
These hard connection parts sometimes brake line-guides.

FG knot of the Blackbass fishing has a very smooth connection part.
But their leader lines should be lighter than our ones.
Moreover, it takes long time for knotting at the scene of the fishing.

I saw an interesting knot made by Darren near Brett's secret point today.
He uses a very heavy PE line for a heavy leader line so that the knot of his line system has no a hard connection part to compare with our ones.
Improving Darren's soft knot line system, I could have a safer line system for the line-guides of my fishing rod.




The above image of Darren's soft knot line system has already improved.

  ☆⌒(*^-゚)v Thanks!! Darren.






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70cm Urban Barramundi
Mr. Jack Wong

I received an e-mail from Mr. Jack Wong when I arrived at my place after fishing with Brett.

Hello Hiro,

Hope you are well. I christened my new Megabass SXX-85L with this 70.5 cm chrome specimen yesterday. It was surprising energetic and feisty. Like you said in your blog, lots of bait around.

Rod: Megabass SXX-85L (seabass rod)
Reel: Sustain 2500FG
Line: Sunline Super PE 15 lb
Leader: Sunline Rockfish FC 16 lb
Lure: Weightless Gulp Prawn 3" on 3/0 worm hook

Good fishing.

Regards,

Jack

☆⌒(*^-゚)v Thanks!! Jack. Very nice result!




70cm urban barramundi was caught by Mr. Jack Wong.
September 21, 2013
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia






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