Barramundi #938 Sebile Swingtail minnow

The tides on April 4 as follows
00:29am 1.94m
06:33am 6.79m
12:41pm 1.97m
18:34pm 7:00m

The tides were not bad.
There were some productive fishing windows,
Each window has about 30minutes or 1hour.
It depends on the fishing location.
Ideally, the difference of 2.5m - 4m between high and low tide should be the best in my fishing locations.
Today's tides were not ideally though.

I went to Myilly Point rocks to fish this morning.

The sea surface was slightly wavy.
It's the best sea surface condition to fish.
The water was very clear.
I could see a barramundi's striking.
That means that it is very difficult to hook the fish completely.
Barramundi will strike the lure shortly under the condition like this.
Barramundi is very cautious in a very clear water.
After all, I couldn't catch any fish at this point.
Using a live bait, it will be the best way to fish under the condition like this.

I went to Old-man's rocks next.
The sea surface was calmly flat.
It's not a good condition for catching a nice sized barramundi.
The water was murky.
I caught a small barramundi.

April 4, 2015 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Sebile Swingtail minnow

Colour: Silver Shiner

Size: 70mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: Sufix 832 15LB Braid

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

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

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


By the way, I went to Lee Point rocks to fish this afternoon also.
The productive fishing window was wide enough for my land based fishing.
The sea surface was slightly wavy.
The water was murky.
The conditions were good.
But I had any fish bites there.

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60cm sea barramundi #920 At a 3-6m deep water SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL

The monsoon showered benefits upon us this early morning.
The heavy rain caused the sea surface to be covered with much freshwater in my usual fishing locations.
It's not easy for us to fish.
I thought that the water condition in some places would clear up in the late afternoon because of the heavy rain for the first time in a while.
I went to a 3-6m deep water in the Darwin harbor to fish.
I cast and retrieved my lures along by the rock wall.
The water was murky in colour.
The sea surface was slightly rippled.
There were concerns that the deepness of this 6m deep water, which was located near the town, provided a situation for capturing barramundi to which capturing target barramundi were less likely to be cautious about in spite of the flat sea surface.
I hopped my lure up and down near the bottom first and then retrieved steadily.
As a result, I caught a 60cm urban saltwater barramundi there.

60cm sea barramundi
December 21, 2014
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL


Colour: AUSSIE HERRING

Size: 90mm

Where: Deep water 600cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: POWER PRO 30LB

Leader: JINKAI 40LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Hook: SQUIDGIES PRO RANGE 8.5grm #2/0 Slick rig jighead

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT 
Water Planet Custom Handle 1415

Rod: ST. CROIX 6' MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 
10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz USA

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Hopping up and down, and then retrieving steadily

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Certainly, we had considerable amount of rainfall which we had hoped for and a fishing probability should go on increasing, but it depends on some sea conditions. Barramundi #912-913 SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL Reidy's RUBBERS

Certainly, we had considerable amount of rainfall which we had hoped for and a fishing probability should go on increasing, but it depends on some sea conditions in our wet season.

The tide:
Too fast or too slow water current should be avoided.
The best tide shifts with the best fishing.
The big tide has many chances to catch a sea barramundi but each chance has a very short fishing window.

The rainfall:

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.

The water quality:
It's easier to catch a sea barramundi in murky water than in clear water but in my experience, the sea barramundi won't take lures under the water condition of becoming murky because of the spawning of the coral.

The sea surface:
The sea barramundi comparatively won't take lures in a deadly calm water.
The sea barramundi comparatively will take lures in a slightly wavy water.
The sea barramundi comparatively won't take lures in a very wavy water.

My very good friend, Mr. Takahiro Nakamura caught two keeper-sized barramundi under the water condition of becoming slightly wavy with BOMBER LONG 14A Fire Tiger at the rocks on an urban shore when he stayed in Darwin before.
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A fishing probability will increase rapidly when these above conditions are satisfied.

As a result, I couldn't catch any nice sized sea barramundi on Saturday and Sunday because these above conditions weren't satisfied..

December 6, 2014 Barramundi #912
Lure: SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL 90mm BOOF MULLET

December 7, 2014 Barramundi #913
Lure: Reidy's RUBBERS 3" SHAD YELLOW BELLY

Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Reidy's RUBBERS 3" SHAD


Colour: YELLOW BELLY

Size: 85mm

Where: Shallow water 50cm -70m

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: Sufix 832 15LB Braid

Leader: JINKAI 40LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

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

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #3

Action: Steady retrieving with twitching

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Tuesday Incoming tide Barramundi #911 MARIA AMNIS 1

I caught a small barramundi on the outgoing-tide before sundown.
And I went home once.
And then I returned here.  What a joke!
I didn't want to miss tonight incoming-tide in deadly earnest.

The sea surface was wavy.
It already reached its limits.
Normally, I can't catch any barramundi in a very wavy condition.

I waded in shallow water in search of good fishing points.
The water came up to my knees and was very murky.
I felt slightly anxious in the dark and thought about unfortunate things that might happen.
I was worried about crocodile, shark, stingray, stonefish and boxjellyfish.

There were so many rocks covered with oysters under the water.

It's very windy.
I needed a heavy lure for extending flying distance.
I chose a Maria Amnis 1 120mm 18grm.
It moves just beneath the sea surface with a very lively head-shaking action and is a very good for really shallow, rocky ground.

As a result, I caught a small urban barramundi.

December 2, 2014 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

MARIA AMNIS 1


Colour: CG

Size: 120mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Murky Incoming

Line: Sufix 832 15LB Braid

Leader: JINKAI 40LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Reel: SHIMANO STELLA 2500FE

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

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #3

Action: Steady retrieving with twitching

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Tuesday Outgoing tide Barramundi #910 SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL

I went fishing to an urban beach after work before sundown.
The tide was going out.
The sea surface was wavy but not very wavy.
There were so many rocks covered with oysters under the water here.

I used a bait-cast rod with 6'6" length.
I needed to extend flying distance of lures.

As a result, I caught a small urban saltwater barramundi.

December 2, 2014 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Wavy condition.
It already reached its limits.


SQUIDGY PRO MONGREL


Colour: AUSSIE HERRING

Size: 90mm

Where: Shallow water 30 - 50 cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: POWER PRO 30LB

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

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot


Hook: OWNER 1/4oz. #1/0 jighead

Reel: SHIMANO CURAD 300E

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 #3

Action: Steady retrieving and twitching

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Monday night Winter Barramundi #892 SQUIDGY FISH

The water was very cold and very clear.
The sea surface was slightly wavy which means very good for catching sea barramundi.
In addition, the moon phase was as follows,

The moon was growing.
There should be more slightly wavy sea surfaces in this period.

The right bait pattern should be a very young mullet.
I chose a Squidgy Fish 70mm Black-Gold as a bait.
Jig-head was very light.

As a result,

July 8, 2014 Barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

SQUIDGY FISH


Colour: BLACK GOLD

Size: 70mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Very clear Incoming

Line: SUFIX 10LB

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

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Hook: OWNER Jig-head 1/8oz. #1/0

Reel: SHIMANO SUSTAIN 1000FG

Rod: ST.CROIX  AVID/AVS66LF2 4-8LB 1/16-1/4oz. Fast action

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving

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I haven't caught any barramundis since December 1. Fresh waters in the lee of Darwin harbour.

We had much more rains in November than we had expected.
And we have had very good monsoon rains continuously.

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.
I think that there are much more fresh waters on the surface of the sea in Darwin harbour than we had expected.

I haven't caught any barramundis since December 1.
Normally, the layer of the fresh water is lighter than the layer of the salt water.
It was thought that many fresh waters on the surface of the sea were blown by the winds to our shallows.

Red line is my home ground of the land based barramundi fishing.
We had the winds marked in green last week as above.

I believed that the windward creeks were good for catching a barramundi in Darwin harbour last week.
I have no car.
I have no boat.

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Secret of the barramundi? Secret of the tide? Secret of the water? Why can't you catch a barramundi at your favorite timing of the tide?

I have caught more than 820 sea barramundis on lure by land based on our urban shallows since 2010 as of December 2013.
It takes 3 - 20 minutes to get to my fishing spots from my place by my scooter.
I fish the sea barramundi at the same places every time.
Therefore, my fishing results are very good data for searching the behavior of a sea barramundi on our urban shallows.

66cm, 64cm, 67cm and 74cm Barramundis on lure by land based
Why did I catch four nice sized barramundis at that time?


When to fish?
The best tide?

First, Tide Table, Tide Times, Tide Chart are Tide Calendar are estimated data.
Every tide has more or less different condition on the estimated condition.
That's very, very important for catching sea barramundi on our urban shallows.

Someone said that the big tide should be very good for catching a barramundi.
But he couldn't catch a barramundi every big tide.

Someone said that the low tide should be very good for catching a barramundi.
But he couldn't catch a barramundi every low tide.

The things to remember:

• The best tide shifts with the best fishing point every hour.
• Barramundi won't take bait fish when the water current is not moving.
• Barramundi can know the true tide condition.
• Barramundi will take bait fish more lively when the currents become more active than usual.
• Barramundi won't take bait fish when the currents become slower than usual.

Barramundi will react to a sudden and unexpected change of the currents.

What causes the phenomenon?

• Changes in atmospheric pressure
• Which way the wind blows?
• How much the wind blows?

However, too much is as bad as too little.
Not all but most.


The best water condition?

• Every barramundi has a favorite quantity of light in the water.
• Every barramundi has a favorite quantity of light to take bait fish.

That is not mere quantity of light in the water.

•  Every barramundi has a favorite quantity of light to take bait fish in the water all its own in the day time.
• Every barramundi has a favorite quantity of light to take bait fish in the water all its own in the night time.

It is thought that it depends on the body size of barramundi.

What causes the phenomenon?

• The surface-condition of the water
• Increase or decrease of plankton in the water
• Inflow amount of the muddy water

However, too much is as bad as too little.
Not all but most.

I wrote this article casually for beginners of the land based barramundi fishing on our shallows.
Don't take it seriously!
Use this article at your own risk, please. ☆⌒(*＾-ﾟ)v Thanks!!

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Sunday morning 75cm Urban Barramundi #816 LUCKY CRAFT SAMMY 115

I'm very happy with the result this morning because I could catch a nice sized barramundi as everything went according to my plan.

75cm very strong urban barramundi
November 3, 2013
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

The tides were very good today.
The surface of the sea was slightly rippled.  (Not so good condition)
But the water was very cloudy with coral spawns.

I chose a top-water lure for this slightly rippled water condition.
LUCKY CRAFT SAMMY 115 is my favorite lure.
I put very special treble-hooks on it for protecting the beautiful body paint.

These DECOY T-YS21 hooks don't disturb the good actions of SAMMY 115 too.

It was thought that a nice sized barramundi followed my lure from the junction line between two sea currents.
He took my lure infront of the big rock.
Jumped many times.
It took 10 minutes to land him.

We had some nice monsoon rains recently.
I caught seven barramundis in this week.
71cm, 61cm, 75cm and 4 small ones.
The real season of our barramundi fishing has come!

And I used a new knot for tying braid and leader lines.
Shimano TV is showing how to tie this knot.

ラインシステムを作る2 | SHIMANO TV
Surprisingly, it's a very, very strong knot.
This TV program is in Japanese but you can see some nice diagrams in this program as well.

LUCKY CRAFT SAMMY 115

Colour: MS AMERICAN SHAD

Size: 115mm

Where: Shallow water 50cm -70cm

Water: Very cloudy Outgoing

Hooks: DECOY T-YS21

Line: FINS 30LB BRAID

Leader line: SURECATCH SOFTMAX SUPER SOFT 40LB

Knot: The Shimano TV knot (Very strong)

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT

Rod: ST. CROIX PREMIRE / PC60MF 
(The best bait-cast rod of mine)
MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz.

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Walk the dog

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There were some questions about the surface condition of the water.

I received some e-mails as follows,
Why is the slightly wavy surface of the sea very good for catching barramundi on the shallows?

They probably believe that the flat surface should be better than the slightly wavy surface.

As it turns out, a barramundi will take baits even under the flat surface condition of the water if there is a place fitting the body size of a barramundi where a barramundi stays while watching and waiting.

In other words, barramundi prefer to make a surprise attack from structures when the sea is flat or slightly rippled.  It's the same as bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush.

The above picture shows the difference of their tail fins.

Trevally, Tarpon and Queenfish often take their baits under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
Their tail fins do work.
They can hunt by stalking in any conditions.

On the other hand, barramundi is not good at hunting by stalking.
They are good at hunting by ambushing.
However, they can hunt by stalking under the conditions as follows,

• Rippled, slightly wavy and wavy surface of the sea

• Strong water current

• Water quality without good visibility

• Deep water

• Night time

Sea Barramundi

There are not many places where a good sized barramundi can stay while watching and waiting on our shallows on shore.
There aren't very many places like that on the shallows around Darwin.
There are some places where small sized barramundis can stay while watching and waiting on our shallows.
Therefore, we sometimes catch small barramundis under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
Those small barramundis should be dark in colour because it depends on the their living environments.

The small and dark-colour barramundis stay in horizontal hollows fitting their body sizes of oyster-rocks in intertidal zone.
Normally, they make 2 small round trips between the shallow water and the deep water every day.
They hunt by ambushing even under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.
They take lures at its meeting passing with each other.

In contrast, a nice sized barramundi wanders wide water and the body becomes bright sliver in colour.

They won't come to our shallows under the condition of the flat surface of the sea.

However, we will have a very good season for catching a barramundi from now on.
We can catch a nice sized barramundi with a top-water lure under the condition of the flat-surface water.
It's a good timing to catch a nice sized barramundi just before dusk.


River Barramundi and Billabong Barramundi

There are many places where a good sized barramundi can stay while watching and waiting in a river or billabong as follows,

• Shade of a tree

• Sloping terrain

• Very uneven bottom

• Dead tree

• Water plant

• Deep water

• Water quality without good visibility

• Water hole

• Water current

•  Mud drains into the river

A nice sized barramundi can hunt by ambushing even under the condition of the flat surface of the water in a river or billabong.

Barramundi will take lures in the shade of a tree on the shallow water in a river or billabong.
You can lure barramundi out of the shade of a tree with your experienced technique.

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Sunday afternoon 57cm Keeper Barramundi #762 BOMBER LONG 15A

The tides were good today.
The salt water condition here wasn't very bad at that moment.
The best tide shifts with the best fishing point every hour.
I came this point from the other rocks.

The surface of the sea was slightly rippled.
So it was thought that Barramundi wouldn't take soft plastic swimming shads here.
I chose a hard body lure (Shad minnow type).

I will talk only about Barramundi as follows,
Barramundi aren't, probably, convinced that they can catch very healthy live bait fish under the condition of 'Flat surface'.
Barramundi  are convinced that they can catch weakened or troubled live bait fish under the condition of 'Flat surface'.
Barramundi  are comparatively convinced that they can catch healthy live bait fish under the condition of 'Very rippled-Wavy surface' in the nature world.
On the other hand, Barramundi make a surprise attack from structures under the condition of 'Flat surface'.
It's same as bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush.

We use 'Soft plastic swimming shads' in place of very healthy live bait fish.
So we use 'Soft plastic swimming shads' with a steady retrieving.
We use 'Hard body minnows' in place of weakened or troubled live bait fish. 
So we use 'Hard body minnows' with some twitchings and pauses.

As a result,
Barramundi won't take 'Soft plastic swimming shads' under the condition of 'Flat surface'.

I used Gold Bomber under the condition of 'Slightly rippled'.
As a result,
I caught a 57cm very nice keeper sized Barramundi here.

Trevally and Tarpon will take 'Soft plastic swimming shads' under the condition of 'Flat surface' with quick twitchings.

57cm urban Barramundi
March 24, 2013
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

BOMBER LONG 15A

Colour: BLACK GOLD/ORANGE

Size: 120mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Murky Incoming 

Line: FINS 30LB Braid

Leader line: JINKAI 60LB

Knot: The Kaneit Knot

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500 XT

Rod: ST. CROIX Triumph TRC60MF 6' 
MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz.

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #3

Action: Twitchings and pauses

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