Catfish #49 52cm Barramundi #1188 Queenfish #31

Sunday on December 23,
Location: Fannie Bay rocks
Fish: Catfish
Lure: Zerek Flat Shad 110mm
Lure colour: White mainly
The sea was slightly wavy.
The water was dirty with the coral spawn.
It rained heavily on the previous day.
The sea barramundi don't like this water condition on shore.
By contrast, the catfish will take lures in this water condition.
As expected, I caught a catfish.
The hook was bent and broken by this catfish.

Monday on December 24,
Location: Channel Island
Fish: Barramundi
Lure: Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm
Lure colour: Dark blue mainly
There was a dirty water with the coral spawn in a very shallow water side.
There was a clean water across the dirty water.
I cast the lure to the clean water side.
I used Squidgies S-Factor as a fish-feeding stimulant.
As a result, I caught a 52cm barramundi after 3 weeks.

Tuesday on December 25,
Location: Channel Island
Fish: Queenfish
Lure: Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm
Lure colour: White mainly
The water was very dirty with the fresh water as a result of the heavy rain on the previous day.
I had to cast the lure to a clean water across the dirty water.
I caught a queenfish.

I thought it would be best to concentrate on improving casting distance for the land based fishing on lure.

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Sunny and windy December

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On the other hand, I have never experienced such a sunny and windy December as this.
I found it difficult to fish barramundi in my usual fishing locations at the beginning of December.
The conditions haven't necessarily become better in spite of the steady sunny weather.
This steady sunny weather in December might have trouble fishing barramundi.
There exists no firm evidence.
Actually, this problem is unexpectedly serious to me.
The shallow sea is too wavy to fish barramundi every day.

I think that there are more windy days in December than in the average year.
In addition, the sea water was excessively turbid on shore.
I saw the mass coral spawn slicked on the sea surface.
The sea barramundi love the murky water.
I think that the sea barramundi don't like the dirty water.
The coral spawn on the sea surface itself doesn't negatively effect the barramundi fishing.
While there might be some exceptions, the sea barramundi wouldn't come to the shallow water when the sea water was clouded as with the coral spawn, especially in the wavy sea.

Washed up coral spawn at Mindil Beach.
There was a crocodile sighting along the Nightcliff to Casuarina Beach recently.
It's might be a healthy sign in the environment, however.
And yet I'm not convinced of it.
That's why I want to go fishing at Barramundi Adventures Darwin in these days.
Barramundi Adventures Darwin is a land-based, catch and release barramundi fishing farm.

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Unfavorable conditions

As a result, I haven't been able to catch any barramundi for a week.
There are some complex elements that are considered to be the cause of that.
As I wrote this last week as follows, a strong wind from the sea blows in the afternoon at this time of year in my usual fishing locations.
However, a strong wind from the sea blew in the morning too this last weekend.
It's not good condition for the land based barramundi fishing.
Saturday morning on December 8, I could traveled through many traffic signals without stopping to the Channel Island.
Strictly speaking, I stopped only one traffic signal on the way to the Channel Island.
I thought "I'm lucky today."
Arriving at the Channel Island, I found the shallow water was very dirty.
Normally, sea-barramundi won't come to the shallow water with many fallen leaves etc. floating at the sea surface.
There were many fallen leaves on the water.
In addition, I saw the floating spawns of the coral at sea in profuse amounts.
As a result, I couldn't catch any fish there.
It's very windy in the afternoon as expected.
Sunday morning on December 9, I went fishing at Mindil Beach rocks.
Unfortunately, the strong wind had already started blowing.
The seawater was very dirty.
I saw the floating spawns of the coral there.

As a result, I couldn't catch any barramundi there.
It's windy in the evening on Monday and Tuesday.
9 am on Thursday is the deadline for my fishing column in Sunday Territorian.
It's windy in the evening on Wednesday too.
Even so, I had to go fishing.

I didn't had any fish bites on my lures at all.
The rumble of distant thunder was a signal that a lightning storm was approaching.
The rain came down in buckets as expected.
I'm more afraid of the stroke of lightning than of the crocodile attack.
I couldn't catch any barramundi this last week after all.

Unfavorable conditions

• Very windy 
• Floating fallen leaves 
• Floating spawns of the coral

It cannot be helped.
Including this, such is the land based barramundi fishing.

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Barramundi #1186-1187 54cm Barramundi #1188 Zerek Live Shad Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow Zerek Live Cherabin

Do you think it will be sunny all day?
It is often heavy rain with thunder in this season.
Even if it is clear, it is hard to fish in the heat in the afternoon.
Also, a strong wind from the sea blows in the afternoon at this time of year in my usual fishing locations.
That's why I went fishing in the morning.
Saturday on December 1, I went fishing at Myilly Point rocks.
The seawater was very muddy in colour.
The tide was coming into the shallow.
Firstly, I used Zerek Live Shad 110mm having a white colour.
I believe that a white colour works for the milky water in the rainy season in lure.
As a result, I caught and released a small barramundi.

The level of the seawater was rising little by little.
Secondly, I used Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm having a silver colour.
It's a very reliable lure in the shallow water.
As a result, I caught and released a small barramundi.

When the seawater level increased further, I used Zerek Live Cherabin 100mm having a white colour.
I hooked a barramundi but missed that fish.
Soon, I hooked a better barramundi in size.
It's a 54cm barramundi.
As you know, 55cm is the minimum overall length in our barramundi fishing.
I released that fish.

Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm deep

Water: Murky / Incoming

Line: Surfix 832 30lb

Leader: Jinkai 40lb

Knot: The Albright Knot

Reel: Shimano Curado 150 DC

Rod: Redington Model CPX868C2 8'6" Medium Action 8-15lb 1/8-1/2oz

Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2

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Barramundi #1185 Catfish #48 Golden Snapper #21 Rockcod #343 Blue Salmon #8 Trevally #49

Though it's Wednesday, the Channel Island was very crowded with fishing people.
I should avoid fishing locations where people crowd.
Thursday on November 22, I went fishing at Fannie Bay rocks.
There wasn't anyone at this place but me.
I used a 6'6" medium-action fishing rod.
Usually, a medium-action fishing rod is cheaper than a fast-action fishing rod.
I think a medium-action fishing rod useful for beginners.
You can enjoy lure fishing at reasonable price.
The result will be better than you expected.
As a result, I caught a catfish, golden snapper, rockcod and barramundi on Zerek Live Cherabin 100mm having a white colour.

Catfish

Golden Snapper

Rockcod

Barramundi

Zerek Live Cherabin 100mm

Thursday on November 23, I went fishing at Mindil Beach rocks.
The weather of the wet season is unstable.
The thunder was rolling in the distance.
I used Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm having a gold colour.
I used a 8'6" long-sized medium-action fishing rod.
As a result, I caught a 50cm blue salmon.
This fish was a good fighter.

50cm Blue Salmon

Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm

Soon, the thunderstorm broke.
I didn't want to be struck by lightning.

Sunday on November 25,
I went fishing at a place near my place.
As was to be expected, there were not many people there.
I used Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm and 8'6" long-sized medium-action fishing rod again.
As a result, I caught a 50cm GT.
This fish was very tenacious.

50cm Giant Trevally

Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm

I made sushi with GT.
I had normal sushi and zuke-sushi for a late lunch.
The flesh in fish that was marinated in soy sauce and mirin seasoning with a little ginger.

 When making sushi, forming of bite sized sweet-vinegar rice is the highlight for sushi chef to show his technique.

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Barramundi #1183-1184 Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm 81cm Barramundi by Mr. Matt Cook

My favorite tide is often asked if there are spring tide and neap tide.
My favorite tide is often asked if there are high tide and low tide.
I basically don't have my likes and dislikes in tide.
I think that, if the tide-water is moving, the barramundi will take lures when conditions are right.
After all, the best tide shifts with the best fishing point every hour.
Saturday on November 17, I went back to a shallow water near town after a nearly 4 year absence.
It's very neap tide.
The water current was going out very slowly.
I hooked two barramundi while I was wading nearly knee-deep in water.
As a result, I could catch and release one barramundi on Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm.

Tuesday on November 20, I went fishing at Channel Island with my very good fishing friend, Matt Cook (Cookie).
Cookie is really good at fishing barramundi.
There was a moderately fast water current.
He was using Zerek Live Cherabin 100mm.
His retrieval speed of the lure is basically faster than you expected.
Unfortunately, the midges were bothering us.
If you are bitten by a midge, the bite itches badly, aches slightly and continuously.
The midges are worse than the sand flies in damage.
In addition, Cookie's knee hurt and my lower-back also hurt.
In such a situation, he caught a 81cm nice barramundi.

My efforts didn't pay off.
It started thundering.
Cookie and I gave up fishing.
There was a very short rain too.
I heard that someone caught a 71cm barramundi after we left there.
A short shower brings us a big chance to catch barramundi on a sunny day.

Wednesday on November 21, I went fishing at East Point rocks during the incoming tide.
I caught and released a small barramundi on Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm.

Lure: Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow Floating

Size: 90mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm deep

Water: Murky / Outgoing and Incoming

Line: Surfix 832 30lb

Leader: Jinkai 40lb

Knot: The Albright Knot

Reel: Shimano Curado 150 DC

Rod: Samurai fishing rods Refraction RFB351-266 6'6" Very Fast 10-17lb

Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2

Lure action: Steady triple twitches/a single pause retrieve

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