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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Queenfish #30 Rockcod #342 Barramundi #1155-1156

I usually specialize in fishing barramundi on lure by land based on shore.
I didn't fish as usual at Channel Island on last Saturday.
Using a new fishing reel having a digital control braking system, I wanted to try to fish other than barramundi.
On the other hand, this was a good opportunity to get to know about the usability of my new fishing reel.
After careful thought, I chose to use Berkley Gulp Minnow 95mm/chartreuse colour because it's windy and the sea water was dirty.
Normally, I use a steady retrieve when presenting soft plastics for catching barramundi.
I used a steady triple hops/ a single pause retrieve for using Berkley Gulp Minnow 95mm/chartreuse this time.
As a result, I caught and released a nice sized queenfish and estuarycod (rockcod).
I was very much delighted with the results.

Queen fish #30

Estuary cod (Rock cod) #342

Berkley Gulp Minnow 95mm/chartreuse color

I moved from Channel Island to East Point in search of the next productive fishing window.
It's windy and the sea water was dirty again.
I used Yo-zuri Super Shallow SS Minnow 70mm/chartreuse colour.
This lure has a very attractive wobbling action to barramundi.
As a result, I caught and released two barramundi.

Barramundi #1155

Barramundi #1156

Quite unfortunately, Yo-zuri SS Minnow became discontinued in Australia.
The combination of fast wobbling action and chartreuse colour is ideally perfect state for catching barramundi on lure by land based in shallow clear/dirty water.

Lure: Berkley Gulp Minnow

Size: 95mm

Colour: Chartreuse

Jighead: Owner 1/6oz #1/0

Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm deep

Water: Dirty / Outgoing & Incoming

Line: Surfix 832 30lb

Leader: Schneider 30lb

Knot: The Albright Knot

Reel: Shimano Curado 150 DC 6.2:1 Gear ratio

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: Steady triple hops/a single pause retreive

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67cm Barramundi #1041 Squidgy Pro Mongrel Queenfish #29 So-Run Heavy Minnow Creek fishing

It's a sunny day during the rainy days.
The concentration of salt in sea water is on the track to recovery on shore.
However, the state of being windless in the morning near a seashore is not good for my land based barramundi fishing.
Cautious barramundi won't come to the mud-flat at Channel Island and rock-shallow at Mindil Beach.
So I went to the creek in East Point to fish this morning.

The water current was very strong.
I tried different types of lures in accordance with the situation of the water current.

A small queenfish took a So-Run Heavy sinking minnow 75mm/Naked-Flash in white.

Meanwhile the water current became slightly slower.
The volume of water in the creek was subsiding.
I used a Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm/Rainbow-Fish in white.
Mongrel narrowly aligned with the water current.

 November 27, 2016 / 67cm Barramundi / East Point

After all, I caught a 67cm barramundi on a white lure in colour again.
A white lure is effective for the sea water of a rainy season in colour.

The fishing line was very strongly pulled repeatedly by this fish.

So-Run Heavy Minnow 75mm/Naked-Flash Sinking
Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm Rainbow-Fish


Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: Toray Jigging PE 30lb

Leader line: Schneider 45LB

Knot: The FG Knot

Reel: Shimano Scorpion 1500XT

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

Action: Twitch, twitch and jerk for So-Run Heavy Minnow
Action: Steady retrieving for Squidgy Pro Mongrel

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Queenfish #28 Lucky Craft B'Freeze 78

The rain last night was unexpected.
The badly undernourished land water came from the city into the sea.

It looked clean but barramundi didn't like it.

Lucky Craft Pointer78mm ( B'Freeze78) is very good for the strong water current.

May 22, 2016 Queenfish
Land based in Darwin

Lucky Craft B'Freeze 78


Colour:  Black / Gold

Size: 78mm.

Where: Shallow water 50cm - 70cm

Water: Clear Outgoing

Line: Sufix 15LB braid

Leader line:  Schneider 45LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Reel: Shimano Stella 2500FE

Rod: Daiwa IM-6 Coastal Tournament 701MFS Inshore Spetial

Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2

Action: Twitch and Jerk

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Queenfish #27 Barramundi #1018 Bomber Long15A

May 14, 2016
I saw Mr. Jack Wong at Fishing Outdoor World in the morning.
He told me when I could access to the rocks in his usual fishing location.
So I went fishing there according to his instruction.
Actually, it's not an ideal tide today but still within the allowable range.

As a result, I caught a small queenfish there.

May 14, 2016 Queenfish #27
Land based in Darwin

Bomber Long15A Chartreuse Flash / Black Back / Orange Belly.
This lure is doing fine in my fishing recently.

I went to Myilly Point to fish in the evening.

May 14, 2016 Barramundi #1018
Land based in Darwin

Bomber Long15A
In the case of Barramundi #1018

Colour: Chartreuse Flash / Black Back / Orange Belly

Size: 120mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm - 50cm

Water: Murky Incoming

Line: Fins 30LB Braid

Leader: Schneider 45LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Reel: Shimano Scorpion 1500XT

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

Clip: Force Ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2

Action: 2 twitches and 1 jerk

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54cm Barramundi #966 on Sebile Swingtail Queenfish #26 on Lucky Craft Babyshad Flathead #55 on Lucky Craft Beefreeze

Today's tides were very big.
It's very difficult to catch a barramundi by land based because the productive fishing windows were very short.
My good friend, Chonga took me to the Channel Island to fish by his car this morning.
First I caught a queenfish on a suspending Lucky Craft Babyshad with a fine adjustment.
Second I caught a flathead on a suspending Lucky Craft Beefreeze with a fine adjustment. Finally I caught a 54cm urban saltwater barramundi on Sebile Swingtail.

August 3, 2015 Queenfish #26
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Lucky Craft Babyshad 75mm Black/Gold

The factory made suspending lures will rise slowly or sink slowly.
I need a true suspending lure for our cold waterfishing.
What's a true suspending lure?
When you stop reeling, the lure stops at the depth that the lure was at that point.
The lure just hovers in place.

The buoyancy of sea water is different from the buoyancy of fresh water.
Using a saltwater having a salt concentration of sea water, after several experiments, I finally succeeded in making an effective suspending lure for our cold water fishing.

This lure was originally a suspending lure for fresh water.
I added or reduced the sprit rings.
I changed the sizes of the treble hooks.

Flathead #55

Lucky Craft Beefreeze 78mm Black/Gold

This lure was originally a suspending lure for fresh water.
I added or reduced the sprit rings.
I changed the sizes of the treble hooks.

54cm Barramundi #966

Sebile Swingtail Minnow 83mm
This lure is already like a standard lure for the mud flat.


Where: Shallow water 30cm -50cm

Water: Clear - Murky Outgoing

Line: Sufix 832 15LB Braid

Leader: TRIUMPH SUPER SHOCK LEADER 30LB Fluorocarbon
 
Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

Rod: ECODA Black Hawk BH-702SML7'0" Fast Action 1/4-3/4oz 3-5kg

Clip: No clip

Action: Steady retrieving

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Barramundi #950 Queenfish #25 Rockcod #327 Maria MS-1 90F Very clear and cold water.

The tides of May 17 as follows,

05:34am 7.04m
11:34am 2.27m
17:16pm 6.87m
00:00am 0.84m

Today's tides were not so good for my land based fishing.
The water was very clear.
The water becomes colder day by day.

Barramundi are getting bewildered in sudden change of the environment.
The stable water temperature is ideal for my land based fishing.
Even under the condition of a very cold water, they start biting lures once the water temperature became stable again.

There is an exception to this theory.
A small barramundi will sometimes take lures under the condition like this.

I went to Mindil Beach to fish around 8:00am this morning.
Many young people were listening to loud music on the beach.
I went to the rocks near Darwin High School.
Luckily, I caught a barramundi.

And then I went to East Point to fish.
The water was very clear and cold.
I caught a queenfish and two rockcod.
The colour of my lure was selected to be similar to the environment with the very clear water conditions.

May 17, 2015 Barramundi at Mindil Beach
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

The rocks near the Darwin High School

Super effective lure for the very clear water

Queenfish at East Point

Rockcod at East Point

Maria MJ-1 90F

Colour: AYP

Size: 90mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50cm

Water: Very clear Outgoing

Line: Fins 30LB Braid

Leader: JINKAI 40LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT

Rod: 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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Video movie Queenfish #24 Squidgy Pro Mongrel With Mr. Raymond J. JKasjan

The tides on April 5 as follows,
00:55am 2.48m
07:04am 7.03m
13:06pm 1.91m
18:57pm 7.11m

The differences between high and low tides as follows,
4.55m
5.12m
5.20m

Ideally, I can catch more barramundi in the difference of 2.5m - 4m between high and low tides on lures by land based in my fishing locations.

Seeing that we haven't had any chances to fish on shore until just few days ago because of too much freshwater and very wavy sea condition, today's conditions were not so bad for me.
The sea surface was nicely slightly wavy.

I went to the Myilly Point rocks this morning.
The sea water was very clear.
Barramundi preferably would chase live baits under the condition like this.
Even if they chase a lure, they wouldn't suck it rapidly.
I didn't catch any fish there after all.

I went to the old-man's rocks when the tide just started coming to the shallow.
The sea surface was nicely slightly wavy.
The sea water was murky.
I caught a queenfish on Squidgy Pro Mongrel.
Mr. Raymond J. Kasjan (NSW) hooked and lost his first barramundi on a soft plastic shad with 5grm/#1/0 jighead.
Having a strong pulling of the fish at the beginning, I mistook it to be a big barramundi in the movie.

Video photography was taken by Mr. Aaron Burton of NT News.

April 5, 2015 Queenfish
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Squidgy Pro Mongrel

Colour: Aussie Herring

Size: 90mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50cm

Water: Murky Incoming

Line: Sufix 832 15LB Braid

Leader: TRIUMPH SUPER SHOCK LEADER 30LB (Very nice for the shallows)

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Jighead: Squidgies 5grm/#1/0

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

Rod: Wilson LIVE FIBRE Sport fishing SERIES BLADE 'N' TAILS

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving

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