NT GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON 2019
This year’s 15 week Waterfowl Hunting Season has a daily bag limit of seven magpie geese and 10 ducks per person. All waterfowl hunters...
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ALEX'S WEEKLY SCRIBE 2019
- Dec 26, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Column 26 December 2019
Unbelievably, Darwin’s four brand-new artificial reefs are already producing fish. I’ve heard reports of big bait balls hanging around...
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Column 19 December 2019
n what is wonderful news for the Top End angling community, it’s now official that the iconic Kakadu Klash barra tournament will be on...
- Dec 12, 2019
- 4 min
Alex's Fishing Column 12 December 2019
t was a sad loss to the Northern Territory and in particular the Top End angling community last week with the passing of Garry Simpson....
- Dec 5, 2019
- 4 min
Alex's Fishing Column 5 December 2019
Today is a three-tide day and, as always seems to be the case on these occasions, there are two low tides and one high tide, and there’s...
- Nov 28, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Column 28 November 2019
It seems weird to be writing that I just returned from a barra fishing trip in PNG. I mean, why would you fly to Cairns, then fly to...
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Column 21 November 2019
I do fancy the tides this weekend for a shot at a quality saltwater barra or two. For starters, you could certainly do worse than plan a...
- Nov 14, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Column 14 November 2019
We’re now into Season 5 of Million Dollar Fish (MDF), and it’s interesting that there have only been two tagged barra caught that were ...
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Column 7 November 2019
It was one of those special Top End October days when waters offshore were so smooth you could ski across them. Plus you couldn’t pick a...
- Oct 31, 2019
- 4 min
Alex's Fishing Column 31 October 2019
Last week’s NT Billfish Classic produced mixed results for the 14 teams that competed. Given how regularly the Dundee billfish grounds...
- Oct 22, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 22nd October 2019
It’s always great to catch a metrey, but to do it in an iconic fishing competition is real icing on the cake. That’s exactly what Lucas...
- Oct 17, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 17th October 2019
There were certainly a couple of surprises in last weekend’s Corroboree Park Challenge. This 32-year-old Palmerston Game Fishing Club...
- Oct 10, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 10th October 2019
It seems the legacy of a poor wet season has continued to haunt competitors in this year’s Top End Barra Series (TEBS). This wonderful...
- Oct 4, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 4th October 2019
When you are thinking about memorable barra sessions, you are usually thinking about the Runoff. However, at more remote locations,...
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 3rd October 2019
Top End anglers and visiting fishos are getting organised for a shot at Million Dollar Fish Season 5 which gets under way after midnight...
- Sep 19, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 19/09/19
Just when you thought the easterlies were a thing of the dry season just passed, last week, and particularly the weekend, was more than...
- Sep 5, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 5/9/19
Last weekend was a day to remember for a whole bunch of anglers who were part of the billfish action off Dundee Beach. The number of...
- Sep 3, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 2/9/19
The NT’s premier women-only fishing competition was another ripper for the host Palmerston Game Fishing Club last weekend. This was the...
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 29/08/2019
It seems last week’s round 4 of the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) was anything but a walk in the park for most of the competitors. This was...
- Aug 22, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 22/8/19
The old adage “he was like a kid in a candy shop” certainly applied to me last week down at the annual Australian Fishing Trade Show on...
- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 14/8/19
After a dry season with favourable breezes for much of the time, we’ve had a fair bit of windy weather over the past month, and it’s only...
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing with Alex Julius 8/08/2019
In Top End fishing circles, there’s been a fair bit of chat about sharks in recent times. Many believe there are more sharks around now...
- Jul 25, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 25/07/2019
Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to Four Mile Hole in Kakadu National Park. I’ll get onto the fishing later in the column but...
- Jul 11, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 11/07/19
It’s been a while between rounds but number three round of the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) took place last weekend. The fishing grounds...
- Jul 1, 2019
- 3 min
PRODUCT AWARENESS OUTDOORS -NT GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON 2019
NT GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON 2019 This year’s 15 week Waterfowl Hunting Season has a daily bag limit of seven magpie...
- Jun 27, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 27/06/19
Talk about brass monkey weather this week – by golly it’s been cold. I reckon Tuesday was the coldest, something that was quite...
- Jun 20, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 20/06/19
We’re sliding right into the neap tides this weekend, and this will provide the ideal opportunity to target bluewater fish. Sunday is the...
- Jun 13, 2019
- 4 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 13/06/19
I find it difficult not to buy into the discussion on whether Darwin should have its own iconic “Big Thing” and, if so, what that should...
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 6/6/19
I’m in Cairns as you read this, fishing day trips with an old mate, Kim Andersen, at Copperlode Dam. Copperlode is about 30 minutes out...
- May 24, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 24/05/19
In what was widely discussed as the toughest Club Marine Insurance Barra Nationals ever, this great tournament is done and dusted for ...
- May 17, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 17/05/2019
I can’t tell you how the Club Marine Insurance Barra Nationals is going because I’m down on the Daly River myself, hopefully catching ...
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 8/5/2019
Judging by how tough the fishing was on the Daly River for competitors in the annual NT Barra Classic last week, it’s a fair bet that...
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 30/04/2019
As you read this, the NT Barra Classic will be well under way. Yesterday was the first day of competition and it will be interesting to...
- Apr 26, 2019
- 4 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 26/04/19
You could do worse than spend Easter at Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge. It’s on the western side of Port Essington in the Garig Gunat...
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 19/04/19
Easter is here, and the Easter Bunny has brought anglers excellent fishing conditions to help us enjoy our extra-long weekend. Big spring...
- Apr 15, 2019
- 4 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 15/04/19
The only real expectation for this year’s Aurora Kakadu Klash was that the fishing would be tough. After all, we’ve just had one of the...
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 28/03/19
With a low pressure system potentially forming over the Arafura Sea early next week, the eyes of about 120 anglers competing in the...
- Mar 23, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 22/3/2019
If you’re wondering when this year’s Amateur Fishermen’s Association NT (AFANT) annual general meeting will be held, I can tell you it...
- Mar 14, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing with Alex Julius 14/3/19
It seems that everyone’s given up hope of getting any sort of a rain drenching before the official dry season. However, it was...
- Mar 6, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 6/03/2019
Neap tides, calm waters and a great deal of angling enthusiasm combined to ensure last weekend’s opening round of the Top End Barra ...
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing with Alex Julius 1/03/2019
I was chatting with a mate the other day who had just recently undertaken a trip going right down the South Alligator River, across to ...
- Feb 21, 2019
- 3 min
Fishing With Alex Julius 21/02/2019
Unless it buckets down at some time over the next 9 days – and we are assured that it won’t – the annual Top End Barra Series (TEBS) will...
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
Alex's Fishing Report 25/1/19
There’s no choice but to talk about the weather this week; that’s because finally we’re getting some. It’s only a weak monsoon trough,...
- Jan 16, 2019
- 4 min
FISHING With Alex Julius 16/01/19
I’m not going to bang on about the weather – or lack of a wet season – this week, except that it’s not looking good. According to the...
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