Barramundi #1025 Squidgy Pro Mongrel It is not too much to say that the land based sea-barramundi fishing depends on the wind conditions. Mr. Darren Forsythe

My land based barramundi fishing wasn't blessed by the wind condition recently.
There were a lot windy days lately.
My very good fishing friend, Mr. Darren Forsythe caught a small barramundi on a Squidgies Slick Rig / 65mm Drop Bear at Channel island on the other day.

The wind shifted and blew harder immediately after he caught the barramundi.
The strong wind came from the rear.
I could cast lures far away but the bait fish also went away from shore.
Rightly, we couldn't catch any fish after that.

It is not too much to say that the land based sea-barramundi fishing depends on the wind conditions.

It was blowing hard while I was fishing over the weekend.
I went to Myilly Point to fish but I didn't catch any fish there.
I hit upon an interesting idea then.
I thought that there were a few barramundi left behind in a saltwater-pond after the previous big tide.
So I went to a saltwater-pond after dark.
I caught and released a small barra on a Squidgy Pro Mongrel / 90mm Aussie Herring at the second cast.
I was sure he was very hungry.

Normally, nice sized barramundi are not left behind in a saltwater-pond.

By the way, a year ago July 11, a 103cm barramundi was caught by Mr. Mitsu Satto at East Point.

This result was unmistakeable signs that we can catch a nice sized barramundi even in the dry season.

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70cm Barramundi on a live bait fish By my fishing friend, Clay

In July, the water temperature has settled down at a low temperature level.
It's chilly while driving a scooter in the morning.
I went to Channel Island to fish on 9th of July.

Today's tides as follows,

03:08am--1.38m
09:28am--6.97m
15:40pm--2.16m
21:16pm--6.09m
Not neap!
I think that it is good for my land based barramundi fishing in the dry season because the seawater becomes very clear at the neap tide in the dry season.
Barramundi become very cautious in a very clear water.

The tide was going out.
I hooked about 65cm barramundi on a Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm Aussie Herring, however, I lost the fish when the fish behaved violently near me.
On the other hand, my fishing friend, Clay caught a 70cm barramundi on a live bait.

July 9, 2016

Clay used a 80lb hand line.

Fine sized live mullet brought a 70cm barramundi to Clay.

We were also blessed with the wind condition.
It's no exaggeration to say that a lure fishing depends on the wind condition.

We enjoyed the dry season's barramundi fishing very much.

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Barramundi Houses in my usual fishing locations

That is not because of the cold water season.
That is not because I have caught many barramundi in my usual fishing locations.

Some barramundi were lurking in the cavity of the rock as above.
They don't necessarily settle in the cavity of the rock.
There were many such rocks until a few years ago.
I used to call those rocks barramundi houses.

Barramundi sometimes prey on each other.
The large fish preys on the small fish.
That's reason why those barramundi have like sizes there.
I have once seen around 10 small barramundi in the cavity of the rock.

The number of barramundi has decrease in my usual fishing locations in recent years.
Especially, barramundi houses haven't been much in evidence recently.
So I fish fickle barramundi widely moving to different waters recently.

The most commonly expressed reason for this belief was the decrease of the total number of their bait fish in my usual fishing locations.
This much is certain.

There are some background factors among actually-occurred environmental changes.
The effect from it being artificially developed is not small???
The problem is not as simple as it might seem at first sight.

Our living water with earth-badly detergents and oils basically estranges their bait fish from my usual fishing locations.
However, in actual fact, the seawater quality of my usual fishing locations might have improved.
Do you mean to say the decrease of our poos in the seawater estranges their bait fish from my usual fishing locations?
Oh, dear, dear!
What shall we do?
Can you think of any reasons?
I still can't figure out that cause.

By the way, fishing barramundi becomes hard in the shallow waters at the neap tides in the cold water season because the seawater becomes much clear.
There are, indeed, exceptions.

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61cm and 57cm Dry season's barramundi #1023-1024 Squidgy Pro Mongrel

I went to Fishing & OutdoorWorld this morning.
I bought a new braid line Sufix832 15lb for my Shimano Stella 2500FE.
On the other hand, Matt West (2010 Barra Classic Champion) chose and encouraged me a new braid line Toray Jigging PE 30lb for my Shimano Scorpion 1500XT.
And then I went to Channel Island to fish with my Shimano Scorpion 1500XT.
The flight distance of my lures surprisingly increased.

It seemed that the seawater temperature finally stopped falling.
Barramundi still didn't come to the very shallow water of 30cm-50cm deep.
I thought that barramundi might be about the water of 50cm-1m deep.
By using a Toray Jigging PE 30lb line, it became a lure reaching very far.
As a result, I caught 61cm and 57cm dry-season barramundi on Squidgy pro Mongrel 90mm / Aussie Herring.

61cm barramundi #1023 and 57cm barramundi #1024
June 25, 2016
Land based in Darwin

Toray Jigging PE 30lb is very useful for improving the flight distance of my lures with my Shimano Scorpion 1500XT bait caster reel.
This technique calls for a high degree of skill.

 By the way, Boga-grip is really handy, sturdy and rust-free.


Squidgy Pro Mongrel


Colour:  Aussie Herring

Size: 90mm.

Where: Shallow water 50cm - 1m

Water: Clear-Murky Outgoing

Line: Toray Jigging PE 30lb

Leader line:  Schneider 45LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Jighead: Owner Nitro Jigheads 1/4oz #1/0

Reel: Shimano Scorpion 1500XT

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: Steady retrieving

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Effective lure-colours in the cold water season

As the lowering seawater temperature is ongoing, barramundi and their bait fish are not coming forward to the shallow waters in my usual fishing locations.
That is not an exception this year too.
Once the seawater temperature becomes stable, they will come forward to the shallows even in a very cold seawater in my usual fishing locations.
So I'm looking forward to July to come.
I analyzed the past data of that I caught many barramundi in July in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

●Very clear water/Day time/70cm-1.5m deep/Rocky water
        Lure: Gold
●Very clear water/Day time/30cm-50cm deep/Rocky water
        Lure: Green
●Very clear water/Day time/30cm-50cm deep/Rocky-sandy water
        Lure: Silver
●Clear-murky water/Day time/30cm-50cm deep/Sandy water
        Lure: Green
●Clear-murky water/Day time/30cm-50cm deep/Rocky-sandy water
        Lure: White
●Very clear water/Night time/30cm-50cm deep/Sandy water
        Lure: Gold
●Clear-murky water/Night time/30cm-50cm deep/Sandy water
        Lure: Silver
●Clear-murky water/Night time/30cm-50cm deep/Rocky-sandy water
        Lure: Green

Hard body lures were relatively effective for barramundi in the day time.
Small soft plastic shads were relatively effective for barramundi in the night time.
Probably, the result was a surprise to you.
Don't worry about that!
Barramundi can take small lures even at night times or on poor visibility conditions very well.
Barramundi seem to be endowed with a peculiar capacity for sensing to danger and wave motion in the water.
Therefore, they cannot sense the presence of lures in the water when the noise of the waves is loudly.
A Squidgies Fish/70mm-80mm/Silver Fox made the biggest impact in July's barramundi fishing in my usual fishing locations.

Taking into consideration the various factors overall, perhaps, it is reasonable to suppose that "Kryptonite"in colour of Reidy's lures will be applicable under any condition.
The sensibility to colours of barramundi is probably different from our one.
This article is just written on the basis of my experience.
There are exceptions to it, however.

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Barramundi #1021 -1022 Squidgies Fish and Squidgy Pro Mongrel The seawater temperature suddenly became cold.

It has gotten noticeably cooler lately.
The sea water temperature has been decreasing.

So I'm faced with a difficult situation now.

• The seawater temperature suddenly becomes cold.  As a result, barramundi won't come to the shallow water.
• The seawater is super clear.  As a result, barramundi become very cautious.
• The wind is very noisy.  As a result, barramundi won't notice lures.
• The wind blows from the land toward the sea for many hours.  As a result, baits are being swept further out from the shallow water.

I still wanted to fish barramundi.
I need a hint.
I only have a limited knowledge of barramundi as follows. 

• They are fish.  
• They must eat to live.
• They also live to eat but this does not include all of them.
• They don't need to prepare themselves for hibernation.
• They don't have a routine in which they fast.
• They eat during the incoming tide and they also eat during the outgoing tide.
• They eat during the warm-water season.
• They eat during the cold-water season.
• They like a stable water temperature.
• They cannot exist without the hunted.
• They are not as quick as queenfish is.
• They attack their baits from a place where they have hidden and waited.
• They never pity the weak.
• The stronger prey on the weaker in their world.
• The bigger prey on the smaller in their world.

I think that barramundi just cannot cope with sudden changes in the water temperature.  So they don't come to the shallow water temporarily.  It is also true for their baits.
However, even under the condition of a very cold water, they will start taking lures in shallow water once the water temperature became stable again.
After all, I can only let this situation take its own course.

Even so, I somehow still caught small capricious barramundi in my usual fishing locations.
The best tide shifts with the best fishing point every hour.
My choices were not wrong in fishing location.

June 10, 2016
Barramundi #1021 on Squidgies Fish 70mm / Mint Jelly / 1/6oz jighead
Land based at Ludmilla Creek.

June 12, 2016
Barramundi #1022 on Squidgy Pro Mongrel 90mm / Aussie Herring / 1/4oz jighead
Land based at Myilly Point

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