Apart from the usual random afternoon storms, it’s looking fairly dry over Christmas and New Year, at least in terms of the absence of a...

I find it extraordinary that there have been 16 Sportsbet 10K tagged barra already recaptured in Season 10 of Million Dollar Fish. That’s...

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I’d go through a Christmas wish list for both the budding and expert angler in the...

I doubt anyone would be surprised to learn that our rainfall figures this Build-up are well above average and, according to the Bureau of...

It’s good to see some quality November rain. Over the last couple of weeks, there’ve been good Build-up storms across much of the Top...

BARRA AND GOLDEN SNAPPER ON THE MENU AT AFANT AGM Alarming news this week is that the golden snapper stocks in the greater Darwin area...

The tides this weekend are definitely at the extreme end of the springs. On Saturday in Darwin Harbour, low tide is 0.3m at 12.15pm with...

If you’re after a big barra this weekend, there are a myriad of options. The tides are in their neap phase, with Sunday actually being a...

The Top End Barra Series (TEBS) for 2024 finished last week with the completion of Round 6 on the freshwater billabongs of the Mary River...

It seems we’ve now settled into the more-typical weather pattern for late October: north to north-westerly winds at around 15-20km/h,...

Hot on the heels of last week’s column about the first two Sportsbet-tagged barra caught in Season 10 of Million Dollar Fish, I thought...

Million Dollar Fish Season 10 is underway, and already two things have been repeated from previous years: a Sportsbet-tagged barra was...

The annual Darwin Saltwater Fly Fishing Challenge has been going for more than 25 years, and has always been held in Bynoe Harbour....

Forward-facing sonar struck again less than a fortnight ago when dozens of barra in the 80s and 90s were caught on the Adelaide River by...

It’s been 10 years coming but the ever-consistent Silver Caviar team of Kelli Carroll, Anne Griffiths and Emma Harvey finally triumphed...

Some life has been breathed into the Top End fishing scene, and it’s happened both on inland freshwater and Darwin coastal waters. Some...

You may have noticed that it’s been getting hotter and a tad more sticky over the last week or two. It’s a fact that it doesn’t stay cold...

One thing I look forward to each year is attending the Australian Fishing Trade Show held on the Gold Coast. This is the industry tackle...

To recap for those who don’t know, the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) is an annual competition held over six weekends at different...

The strong winds persisted this week, and it will be gusting to 20 knots on the weekend. Once again, many Darwin anglers will be...

Notwithstanding a few brief periods of strong winds, so far this year, there hasn’t been the ferocity of easterlies that we experience...

As predicted by the Bureau of Metreology, last weekend was perfect to fish offshore from Darwin. The wind picked up again during the week...

Good news for offshore boaties is that the south-easterlies we’ve been experiencing of late will abate over the weekend as a low pressure...

The second half of the dry season is usually when our Top End billabongs start to pick up the pace. Water levels are getting lower and...

It was good to revisit Four Mile Hole in Kakadu over the last fortnight. It was finally opened on July 5th which is the latest I can...

It seems the dust is slowly settling on the historic bipartisan commitments by both major NT political parties to phase out barramundi...

The dry season winds have been quite varied over the last month, but the good news for Darwin anglers is that fairly light winds and calm...

Not for the first time, mates of mine reckon I should get a job with the Bureau of Metreology. This is based on regular reports in this...

A different sort fishing competition was held down the Daly River recently. Called “The Old School Barra Catch Up”, its purpose was to...

There’s no doubt that those anglers who have a good handle on using forward-facing-sonar are catching more bigger barra than ever before....

A most important email went out recently to members of the Amateur Fishermen’s Association NT (AFANT). It was also widely circulated to...

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind visit to the Gold Coast to attend a media day for the launch of the new Honda BF350 V8 4-stroke...

By all accounts, last week’s Big Horse Creek Barra Classic was a huge success. Held on the mighty Victoria River by the Katherine Game...

It’s been a very competitive period on the Top End fishing scene. Last week there were four fishing competitions held. The big one was...

Both the NT Barra Classic and the inaugural Barra Classic Masters are in full swing today. This 42nd Barra Classic is taking place down...

As predicted by just about everyone who can chuck a lure, one of our best Runoff seasons ever is now well under way. There are some great...

Today is the last day of the Barra Nationals and, if the first two days are anything to go by, the fishing should be extraordinary. Some...

I’ve been looking but I haven’t seen any dragon flies hovering about. Traditionally, that’s one of the best signs that the wet season is...

It seems that the wet season is finally over. Forecasts for next week are bugger all rain. That means all those heavily-flooded riverS...

I’m writing this on Tuesday this week so, unless the Million Dollar Fish has been caught late Tuesday or Wednesday this week, the...

A few years ago at one of Darwin’s major fishing competitions – I can’t remember which one – someone in our group reckoned there should...

To say that we’ve had a good wet season is to state the obvious. Although a late starter, it’s been an amazing wet season and it’s still...

There’s no doubt that the Million Dollar Fish organisers are deadly serious about someone catching a barra worth $1 million. Just last...

It’s a cliché, I know, but the Top End Barra Series just keeps on keeping on. What a fabulously successful concept TEBS has been. I...

The fairly dry weekend just passed certainly gave many anglers the opportunity and incentive to head out for a barra fish. Shady Camp and...

Am I missing something? Last year, traditional owners closed the following areas to commercial barramundi gill-netting: Mini Mini,...

There is no doubt that the golden snapper is the Top End’s iconic reef fish. In the NT, it is a schooling fish that grows to upwards of...

Before getting into the excitement of all the rain we’ve been receiving, I thought I’d touch on the unbelievable news that a further 12...

Last week, the Mary River boat ramp and car park went under at the bridge on the Arnhem Highway. Consequently, water started cascading...

Well done Huey… you’ve finally delivered. After an increasingly worrying period of absent monsoonal rainfall, and the threat of a non-wet...