web stats


NAFA's Barra Bass & Bream Digest - Contents

Barra Bass & Bream #28

40 GETTING INTO SUSPENDERS Dave Donald evaluates some of the best suspending lures on offer, explains how best to use them, but gets a little carried away with his investigations!
46 OFFSHORE BREAM FISHING Chasing better-quality bream in offshore destinations is a worthy challenge. Roderick Walmsley explains how to go about it.
50 THE OVERNIGHTER — CLASSIC DOWNRIVER CANOE TRIPS FOR BASS What could be better than two full days of canoeing, fishing and sleeping under the stars on a wild bass river? Not much, says Starlo…so long as you get it right!
56 BLACKWATER BARRA Warren Steptoe treks to the Olive River on Cape York Peninsula where he has discovered an oasis that offers some challenging, sweetwater fishing.
60 BEGINNERS GUIDE TO CATCHING BREAM ON LURES After much nagging and bribery, Bushy, our resident bream junkie, has agreed to get back to basics to help you start catching bream on lures.
64 SPECIAL REPORT: COULD THIS BE THE BIGGEST WILD-CAUGHT BARRA OF THE 21st CENTURY? Well-known Darwin angler, Peter Dienhoff, shares his story of how he hit the jackpot with his Godzilla barra from the Roper River.
66 MOORE RIVER GOLD Historic Moore River is only an hour’s drive north from Perth CBD. Ira Leitis Fehlberg recommends that, when you visit, take your favourite outfit for the bream and a metal detector for the buried treasure.
70 300 Sol Bannura uses some unusual survey tools for developing his unconventional techniques for catching bream on surface lures.
76 BASS IN FLOOD — FINDING FISH IN TIMES OF HIGH FLOW Dave Magner reckons high water is when you should go looking for big bass in your favourite stream.
81 BARRA CLASSIC Chris Errity examines developing fishing trends from the NT Barra Classic on the Daly River.
85 LAKE PROSERPINE INVITATIONAL 09 Matt McArthur reports on the 8th annual event.
86 SEEING DOUBLE Jason Wilhelm interviews barra tournament young guns, twin brothers, Cy and Kerrin Taylor.