Last week, I was on a bit of an assignment, covering a day’s heli-fishing with the company called that very name: Helifish. It involved...

If you’re up to date with the Darwin barra fishing scene, you might be wondering whether you should be targeting a big fish or a Million...

The neap tides this weekend offer some interesting estuary barra fishing options. Today is a three-tide day and, if you’re reading the...

There were close on 100 nice barra caught in last weekend’s final round of the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) held on and around the lower ...

It’s no surprise that Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s announcement last week that the Government intends to legislate for a blood...

With so much happening on the Top End angling scene, I just wonder if I can get it all in and give it justice this week. Firstly, and...

Talk about a trail of improbable coincidences. Thursday morning last week I was chatting fish with Alice Burton on 104.9 and she asked ...

There are three great reasons to be fishing next weekend: Palmerston Game Fishing Club will be holding its 30th Anniversary Corroboree...

The starter’s gun is cocked and ready to fire at midnight when season three of Million Dollar Fish gets under way. Originally devised to...

The fishing was tough but the camaraderie was strong – that pretty well sums up the 11th annual Secret Women’s Business Barra Challenge ...

The Top End Barra Series (TEBS) continues to go from strength to strength, and the recent round four in Darwin Harbour was certainly ...

It’s been a long time coming but finally there will be proper boat ramp access to the Mary River at Shady Camp. Tomorrow or early next...

The Top End fishing competition scene comes to life again in a couple of weeks when the annual Spotters Secret Women’s Business Barra ...

We’ve had a fair bit of windy weather so far this dry season; not enough to stop the bigger trailer boats from heading offshore but ...

Can you imagine the result if a billfish tournament had been held down at Dundee at some time in the last couple of months? I stand to...

Fishing tourism in the Top End is set to get another great boost with the commencement of Million Dollar Fish season three. Registrations...

It’s a cliché, I know, but when I attend the annual Australian Fishing Trade Show on the Gold Coast I am very much the proverbial “kid ...

This year seems to be the year of phenomena in respect of the Top End fishing scene. First, we’ve experienced – and continue to...

There’s been some great billfish action wide of Dundee of late. The Dundee billfish grounds were first discovered in the early 1980s by...

It was almost 12 months ago to the day that I wrote in this column: “Four Mile Hole in Kakadu National Park will not be opened this year...

If you want to be reminded just how great the wet season was, just go fishing on any of our big rivers or freshwater lagoons. Without...

The Top End Barra Series (TEBS) continues to power across our iconic barra waters. This now well-established competition has six rounds a...

There’s no questioning that we are now well into the dry season, and it looks like being a windy one at that. The last two weekends have...

With 309 barramundi, 415 saratoga, 115 catfish and a staggering 1041 tarpon caught by 18 teams of two in last weekend’s Territory...

There’ll be a lot of swishing and swashing on Corroboree Billabong this weekend. That’s because 18 teams of two anglers will be competing...

Last weekend was yet another one of intense competition on the water with two separate events taking place: round two of the Top End...

Cameron Briscoe was one excited angler when he received a call from his old mate Shane Compain just the night before orientation day for...

It was an eye-opener to fish Corroboree Billabong for a couple of days early this week. Water levels along the iconic lagoon were as...

There’s no doubt that we’ve had a much better runoff than the last three years. However, I don’t think it reached its full potential...

Just how many moods does the Top End’s iconic Daly River have? I’ve been fishing the Daly since 1979, often in the early days for 10 or...

The iconic Club Marine Insurance Barra Nationals gets under way on tomorrow when 62 teams of three hit the water for the official ...

Last week’s annual Aurora Kakadu Klash surprised a few competitors with the sheer number and size of barra in the river. There were six...

We are about to find out exactly how good the fishing is at the South Alligator River. The reason is that the annual Aurora Kakadu Klash...

It didn’t surprise me that the majority of anglers did it tough during the first round of the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) held last ...

I can’t tell you if these were the biggest barra caught in the Top End during the last week or so of 2016, but 109cm, 114cm, 117cm and ...