Tide timing for land based barramundi fishing

 I've received several inquiries regarding the best tidal timing for land-based barramundi fishing, so I'd like to share my insights on the matter.

[THE BEST TIDE for the land based barramundi fishing]

Too fast or too slow water current or very wavy water should be avoided. The best tide shifts with the best fishing point every hour. But of course, barramundi are living creatures, so exceptions do occur. In my experience, as long as the tide is moving and the fishing spot is along the barramundi’s pathway, you might get lucky and catch one. In my experience, barramundi tended to bite my lures most often when the water level was about the same height as the rocks. When the sea was too shallow, sharks drove out the small fish, preventing barramundi from entering the shallows. Since I was casting my lures while standing in the water up to my knees, it was more dangerous than boat fishing. Especially during the rainy season when the seawater was murky, fishing meant being constantly exposed to the dangers of crocodiles, stingrays, sea snakes, and stonefish. I always fished using gloves, diving boots, knee pads, elbow pads, and a walking stick. These are merely impressions based on my own experience.

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Tips for tying a neat Albright knot

 I also think that the FG knot is overall superior to the Albright knot.

On the other hand, when I'm land-based barramundi fishing, I usually wade in up to my knees while continuously casting lures. I've been fishing at Mindil Beach, East Point, and Channel Island, but there's no guarantee that I won't encounter a crocodile there. I always had to stay vigilant of my surroundings while fishing. When I'm fishing, it's often windy. In those conditions, while keeping an eye out for crocodiles, I found the Albright knot more practical than the FG knot for reconnecting my leader line to my braid line. If the wraps in an Albright knot aren't neatly tied, its strength and reliability decrease. From my experience, the key to tying a clean Albright knot is to apply tension while pulling the lines, as shown in the image below. By performing this motion, you can quickly tie a neat and compact Albright knot. When fishing for barramundi from shore while wading up to my knees, there's a chance—like in my case—that I might get stung by a stingray through my diving boots. That's why I was fishing for barramundi alone from shore. My approach wasn't safe.

I have caught 1241 barramundi on lures by land based so far.

 I've been documenting the number of barramundi I've caught myself since March 2010 on my blog, along with photos.  All those barramundi were caught from land using lures.

2010: 78 barramundi

2011: 272 barramundi

2012: 374 barramundi

2013: 113 barramundi

2014: 83 barramundi

2015: 73 barramundi

2016: 52 barramundi

2017: 61 barramundi

2018: 75 barramundi

2019: 32 barramundi

2020: 21 barramundi

I have caught 1241 barramundi so far.

In 2010, I didn't know much about how to fish for barramundi yet.

In 2011, I started using a soft plastic bait called ‘Squidgie Fish’ and my fishing results improved dramatically.

Since 2012, I've been finding out which tide timings work best for the land based barramundi fishing.

The Larrakeyah outfall (poo shooter), which pumps macerated sewage into Darwin Harbour, closed at the end of May in 2012.

In 2019 and 2020, there was less rainfall than usual during the wet season.

Barramundi #1217-1220

This is the first time in a while that I update this blog.
My fishing frequency itself was reduced.
The traffic accident deprived me of my ligaments on my left knee in 2019.
In addition, the very hot days have been continuing.
My activities have been centered on those of a contributor to edit a movie about the land based barramundi fishing rather than being a writer to edit a blog recently.
I'm reflecting back on things.
I should put effort into everything no matter what it is next.

September 14, 2019
59cm at Channel island

November 15, 2019

November 24, 2019

November 30, 2019

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Barramundi #1215 56cm Barramundi #1216

August 18, 2019
Channel Island

#1215 Barramundi
Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm

September 1, 2019
Fannie Bay

#1216 56cm Barramundi
Bomber

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My fishing column in Sunday Territorian comes to end.

Finally, 7-Year-Old-my fishing column comes to End.
My fishing column has stated since march 2012.
March 2012 - May 2015 in NTNews
June 2015 - July 2019 in Sunday Territorian
I cannot thank you enough for NTNews' continous support for my fishing columns for seven years.  I'm full of feelings of gratefulness.

On the other hand, I started to record the results of my fishing on lures by land based from March 2010 as follows.
Barramundi #1214
Barracuda #17
Bluesalmon #12
Catfish #53
Flathead #59
Goldensnapper #23
Queenfish #34
Rockcod #253+???
Tarpon #16
Trevally #46
Only shown with #10 and above

My fishing locations as follows.
Mindil beach rocks
Myilly point rocks
Fannie bay rocks
East point rocks
Channel Island
Lee point rocks

I will become 59 in September.
I'm still keen on barramundi fishing on lures.
I have great admiration for the readers' generosity even though I'm a foreigner.
Thank you for reading my fishing columns for many years.

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Barramundi #1213 Rapala X-rap XR08 55cm Barramundi #1214 Squidgies Fish

Saturday, July 20, it's a windy day.
I went fishing at Channel Island.
The water was cold and clear.
I chose the Rapala X-rap XR08 Glass Ghost after using several kinds of lures.
As a result, I caught and released a small barramundi.

Barramundi

Rapala X-rap XR08 Glass Ghost

Sunday, July 21, it's a windy day again.
I went fishing at Channel Island again.
I normally use 4 or 5 types of hard-body lures and 3 or 4 types of soft plastic baits every time.
I normally use 4 or 5 types of colours in rotation.
You don't have to use them in any particular order, nor do you need to use all of them.
In addition, increased the degree of clarity of the water of sea may require that lures be changed frequently in my land based barramundi fishing because barramundi are very cautious.
There were six people for fishing including me there.
I chose the Squidgies Fish 80mm Black Gold slightly applying the wariness to barramundi in water.
In addition, I used the Halco Catch Scent.
The Halco Catch Scent is bait additive that uses real fish pheromones to attract fish to soft plastic baits.
Barramundi don't dislike the Halco Catch Scent on approaching it to them.
That is for sure.
As a result, I caught a 55.5cm barramundi.
But I released that fish.
I don't keep barramundi which measures less than 55.5cm and more than 80cm in overall length.

55.5cm barramundi

Squidgies Fish 80mm Glass Ghost

Lure: Squidgies Fish 80mm Glass Ghost

Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm deep

Water: Outgoing

Line: Surfix 832 30lb

Leader: Black Magic 50lb

Knot: The Albright Knot

Reel: Shimano Curado DC

Rod: ST.CROIX
6'6" Medium power, First action, 10-17lb, 1/4-5/8oz.
Customized by Mr. Matt West (Barra Classic 2010 Champion).

Clip: Force Ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2

Lure action: Twitch, twitch and jerk

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Barramundi #1212 Bluesalmon #9 Squidgies Fish 70mm

July 14, Sunday.
The 2019 Darwin Lions Beer Can Regatta was held at the Mindil beach.
I had fun fishing at the Myilly point rocks in the bustle and noisy atmosphere of an annual festival event.
The wind was blowing strongly.
Still, the sea surface wasn't very wavy.
It generally blows hard but the sea surface isn't very wavy in the Mindil area at this time of year.
The water was cold.
The difference between high and low tide was small.
The tides were moving slowly.
The water was clear.
Normally, barramundi have the trait of being cautious and watchful in a very clear and calm water.
Luckily, the water was partly murky with strong wind in the shallow water.
This situation was effectual.
Someone caught a big barramundi.
I caught a 48cm barramundi and a bluesalmon.
I spread a Halco Catch Scent on a soft plastic bait every 15 minutes.
That might work.
I released a barramundi into the water.
I wanted to take the bluesalmon home and put that fish in a small tide pool.
The bluesalmon might be taken by a big bird when I was working on casting a soft plastic bait.

48cm Barramundi

Bluesalmon

Lure: Squidgies Fish 70mm Drop Bear
Jighead: 1/6oz #1/0
Where: Shallow water 30cm deep
Water: Murky / Incoming
Line: Surfix 832 20lb
Leader:  Black Magic 50lb
Knot: The Albright Knot
Reel: Shimano Stella 2500FE
Rod: Shimano Raider Kayak 601 Spin 1-3kg 2-8gm
Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2
Lure action: Steady retrieve/stop and go

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58cm Barramundi #1210 52cm Barramundi #1211 Threadfinsalmon #1-2 Goldensnapper #23

I had fan fishing for the first time in four months in Channel Island.
I caught in a traffic accident in March.
I had been in bed for three weeks because of that.
I went to Japan after that.
I resumed my land based fishing starting from May 8 in Darwin.
During the next two months, it was very difficult to access to the fishing spot in Channel Island in the day time depending on the tidal level.
A land based fishing for the first time in a while at Channel Island was good.
The water was cold.
It was windy.
I fished at the lee of small island because the winds were contrary.
Saturday's results:
58cm Barramundi
Threadfin salmon
Sunday's results:
Golden snapper
52cm Barramundi
Threadfin salmon
I used a Halco Catch Scent as a fish-attracting.
I could confirm that it has the result.
Barramundi would take lures even at a low water temperature.
I have caught several blue salmon for many years but this was first time I caught threadfin salmon on lure in this shallow water.

58cm Barramundi and Threadfin salmon

Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm Drop Bear

Golden snapper

Zerek Flat Shad 85mm

52cm Barramundi

Threadfin salmon

Squidgies Fish 70mm

Halco Catch Scent

Lure: Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm
Lure: Zerek Flat Shad 85mm
Lure: Squidgies Fish 70mm
Where: Shallow water 50cm - 70cm deep
Water: Clear - Murky / Outgoing
Line: Surfix 832 30lb
Line: Toray Super Strong PE Nage F4 11kg
Leader: Black Magic 50lb
Knot: The Albright Knot
Reel: Shiman Stella 4000XG
Reel: Shimano Antares DC MDXG
Rod: Samurai fishing rods Refraction RFB351-266 6'6" Very Fast 10-17lb
Rod: Redington Model CPX868C2 8'6" Medium Action 1/4-3/4oz 3-5kg
Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2
Lure action: Steady retrieve/a single pause

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52cm Barramundi #1209 Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90F

The seawater was very cold on June 29.
Still, the sea-barramundi returned to the shallow water again.
The shallow water was colder than the deep water a week ago.
Therefore, they wouldn't come into the shallow water at that time.
Now, not only the shallow water, but also the deep water was very cold.
There is no temperature difference between the shallow water and the deep water.
They must eat to live even when it gets very cold.
That's why they will take lures in a very cold water in our dry season.
The tide times on June 29 as follows.
03:31 - 5.47m
09:13 - 3.40m
15:02 - 5.39m
22:01 - 2.09m
When I considered the above tide times, the seawater wouldn't move very much.
I thought that barramundi wouldn't come into the shallow water at Myilly point rocks.
A slightly wavy water is at least better than a very calm water is in my land based barramundi fishing.
I decided to go fishing at East point rocks.
According to my expectation, the seawater was slightly wavy there.
I chose a Yo-zuri Min's Minnow 90F.
The white-silver has been in good result lately.
The Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm Floating can produce a tight wiggling action that attracts a barramundi to strike.
I use this lure when barramundi are up feeding in the shallows.
As a result, I caught and released a 52cm barramundi.

52cm Barramundi

Lure: Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90F 
Where: Shallow water 50cm deep
Water: Murky / Incoming
Line: Sufix 832 20lb
Leader: Black Magic 50lb
Knot: The Albright Knot
Reel: Shimano Stella 2500FE
Rod: Shimano Raider Kayak 601 Spin 1-3kg 2-8gm
Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2
Lure action: Steady triple twitches/a single pause retrieve

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How to slice the sea-barramundi's fillets

It got cold in Darwin recently.
The tides were very slow around that time.
That suddenly lowered the seawater temperature in shallow waters around Mindil beach.
As a result, sea-barramundi would't dare to come into the shallow water.
That is, it resulted in a phenomenon that the shallow water is colder than the deep water.
If the water-temperature difference between the shallow-water temperature and the deep-water temperature is moderated, sea-barramundi will come into the shallow water again.
Regardless of the cold-water temperature, however, they will come into the shallow water again.
That is the reason why I couldn't catch any barramundi on the week end.
I think, it is a good opportunity to let Darwin people know how to slice the sea-barramundi's fillets for the sashimi.
I sometimes eat a sea-barramundi which measures 55cm-79cn in overall length.
The 55cm-79cm sized sea-barramundi normally have no parasite in their bodies.
The fish fillets must be hygienically processed.
However, you shouldn't wash the filleted fish with water as much as possible.
It will spoil the taste.
Please chill the fillet in the refrigerator before slicing.
These are how I do it.

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58cm Barramundi #1207 55cm Barramundi 55cm #1208Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90F

When I'll decide where and when to go fishing, I determine the direction of the wind at different tides and then drive my scooter in the direction I want to go.
I think that barramundi aren't active in the chill of early morning in our dry season.
After all, I came to Myilly point rocks on Saturday of June 15 again.
The water was slightly murky.
The water was so shallow 30cm deep.
There were many rocks covered with many small oysters.
I decided to use the lures in my lure box in rotation.
I used several lures but had no fish bite.
Last Saturday, I caught a 61cm barramundi after sunset on Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm Floating having a white-silver colour.
By effectively using a fishing-line slack, I used my fishing rod.
That's why it's important to know in how the fishing rod is selected.
As a result, the same lure did work this time again.
I caught 58cm and 55cm barramundi.
I decided to take a 58cm one home and release a 55cm one into the water.
There is a certain time when a certain lure is popular among barramundi.
That is like to last for about three weeks.
There are, indeed, exceptions.
After all, barramundi fishing is a game that has an element of chance.

58cm Barramundi

58cm Barramundi

55cm Barramundi

Lure box on June 15

Lure: Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90F
Where: Shallow water 30cm deep
Water: Murky / Incoming
Line: Surfix 832 20lb
Leader:  Black Magic 50lb
Knot: The Albright Knot
Reel: Shimano Stella 2500FE
Rod: Shimano Raider Kayak 601 Spin 1-3kg 2-8gm
Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2
Lure action: Steady triple twitches/a single pause retrieve

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61cm Barramundi #1206 Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm

Saturday June 9, I went fishing at Myilly point rocks.
Small baits are on the alert for the enemy in the very shallow water in the daytime when the water is very clear in slow tides.
I'm sure you're thinking to yourself, 'Why is this guy making such a big deal of this?'
But make no mistake.
This is essential.
Therefore, sea-barramundi dare to approach the very shallow water in the daytime under this condition.
However, they must eat to live.
As a result, I caught a 61cm barramundi on Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow 90mm after sunset.

This is an approximate trend with a lot of exceptions.
By the way, I normally use a 20mm X 1m PVC pressure pipe to lean on as a walking stick because this pipe is light and durable.
I thought that a light weight walking stick was better for walking.
That cannot be said as a rule on the rocks.
I learned that from Kelly Davies of Moment For Life Physiotherapy.
My left knee has been wobbling because of a painful injury to my left knee joint by a rapture or tear of its ligaments due to traffic accident three months ago.

Thus, the PVC walking stick with a water in it can be supported my body, the subtle balance is maintained at the foot even in the case of losing a balance in rugged easy-to-slip place like a craggy place, and falling is prevented.

Lure: Yo-zuri Pin's Minnow F90
Size: 90mm
Colour: Silver white
Where: Shallow water 30cm-50cm deep
Water: Murky / Incoming
Line: Surfix 832 30lb
Leader: Black Magic 50lb
Knot: The Albright Knot
Reel: Shimano Antares DCMD XG
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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