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It was a full house at the AFANT AGM last week. Sadly, I was unable to attend but I had a great chat with AFANT CEO, David Ciaravolo. Deputy Chief Minister and Fisheries Minister Gerard Maley attended the meeting and David said that AFANT was very pleased that the Minister was so forthright about the Government’s intention to complete the closure of commercial barramundi gillnetting by the end of its current term. “He was very clear about that and made several positive statements that they...

If you fished the NT Barra Classic or the Barra Nationals in the 1990s and early 2000s, chances are you crossed paths with John “JP” Mondora. His recent passing marks the loss of a genuine giant of Australian recreational fishing — a man whose honesty, humour and straight-shooting words helped shape the sport nationwide. JP had a long love affair with the Northern Territory. He competed in the Barra Classic and later the Barra Nationals many times, not only as an angler but as a writer whose...

If you only fished the Top End Barra Series this year, you still managed to experience some of the most iconic barra locations in the Territory. From Shady and the Daly to Bynoe and Darwin Harbours, to billabongs and the Adelaide River, TEBS once again delivered six rounds of pure Top End flavour across wildly different waters. The final round of the 2025 TEBS was held on the first weekend of November at Saltwater Arm and the Adelaide River mouth, a venue famous for producing both heartbreaks...