I won't say that the tropical cyclone is good.
The cyclone itself is dangerous.
We really need many good monsoon rains for our barramundi fishing in the wet season.
But we don't fish on the shore during a big rain.
Much fresh water stays at the surface of the sea.
It's not good for catching a sea barramundi.
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, frogs, 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.
You can fish barramundi 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.
You should know whether the culvert is fresh water origin or salt water origin before fishing.
By the way, I didn't catch any fishes this weekend because of the tropical cyclone.
And so I cooked a grilled barramundi for my own dinner.
Salt, pepper and thyme made me happy.
I'm going on a diet.
A very nice white wine was given by a friend of mine.
☆⌒(*＾-ﾟ)v Thanks!!
These many good monsoon rains will bring out the high fish activity.
I'm very sure that we will have a very nice dry season (March - October except for September) for catching barramundi.
I caught a very nice shaped urban barramundi at the mouth of the urban small creek in the dry season because we had had a very good rainy season (2010-2011).
Lure: SQUIDGY FISH
Colour: SILVER FOX
Size: 70mm
Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm
Water: Murky Incoming Windy
Tuning: OWNER/Berkley NITRO 1/12oz #1/0
Tuning: Glued jighead to SQUIDGY FISH
Line: 20lb braid line + Leader line 0.50mm Dia. SCHNEIDER
Knot: The Kaneit Knot
Reel: SHIMANO TWINPOWER 2500FB
Rod: SHIMANO T-CURVE FLIGHT 4kg 1-9g
Clip: No clip
Action: Retreiving as slow as possible without snagging rocks
18th. July 2011
74cm very nice shaped urban barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia
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Thank you very much.
