Sampan Sunday – that’s what they are calling it, the day that at least 30 meterys were landed at the mouth of the flooded Mary River in the NT. This Barra bonanza happened on the neap tides when the clearer waters allow barra to see lures. From then on Shady Camp became a frenzy of boat traffic on a scale…
Category: Top End Adventures
Hitting the ‘bong
It’s the dry season. The tidal rivers have shut down due to low water temps and the blue water is subject to the relentless south easterlies that blow hard enough to wash mud crabs up the beach. The billabongs are one of the only options left and luckily we have plenty to choose from. Hitting the ‘bongs is a seasonal…
Cleaning up on the NT bluewater scene
It’s been a long time between post for me, partly due to the dry season ‘cold snap’ where the barra shut down when the water gets below a chilly 26 degrees, and a hectic work schedule. Last weekend made up for my lack of fishing action though. I don’t know if it was the mega full moon, big tides or the remoteness of…
Runoff report – floods and failure
It happens every year. It rains and I can’t help myself. The rivers are still rising, the clouds are angry and the roads are submerged. Most fishos stay at home to avoid the tempest. I just pack a bigger tarp, upsize my bilge pump and accept the inevitable drenching. This year has been no different. I’m up to my third runoff…
Lee’s on the wireless! – Tales from the Tinny (ABC)
Following the shenanigans from the blog’s trip to Dundee and the beer transfer video, Lee was a guest on ABC’s popular ‘Tales from the Tinny’ radio show this week. News of the extraordinary lengths us ‘southerners’ will go to for a cold tin have spread… Check out the podcast here The whole show is a great mix of laughs, fishing…
South Alligator River
I was looking through some photos the other day and it reminded me of a fun little trip the boys from Flick and Fly Journal had on the South Alligator River. I’d almost forgotten how much fun we had. We had spent the last week battling it out on the Daly. We had caught over 100 fish and spent a…
Dundee Beach Boat Hire – Fishing trip saved!
It had been a tough trip. The sort that makes you wonder why you don’t drop the addiction, seek therapy and take up knitting instead. I mean what’s all the excitment about being on the water anyway? It’s likely to leave you sunburnt, or with varying degrees of hypothermia, even both. It will certainly bring you closer to the poverty line and…
NT Adventures part two: One perfect day.
Hamish has given a good account of the trials and tribulations experienced during the four-day epic adventure on the Daly. Once we’d made it to safety, which was an effort in itself, we had a difficult decision to make. Where to fish next? Despite not discussing it explicitly at the time, we knew that if we didn’t find any fish,…
NT adventures part one: Cursed on the Daly.
Liam, Lee, Graz and myself spent most of Thursday running around town getting ready for the next days adventures. We had arrived in Darwin earlier in the morning, got a coffee, a case of beer and got to work. The day was spent shopping, doing last minute alterations to Danny’s boat, having a few beers, tying leaders and talking about…
An encounter with sawfish
As this one slid over my head I couldn’t help but think there is something especially intriguing about Sawfish. What is the go with the saw? Do they need it in case they encounter an underwater forest or was it a simply a hiccup in evolution that resulted in them having to carry around this cumbersome appendage? When you look…
Northern adventures: run off trip is set to go for 2013, March 28th -April 7th
Last year, the blog got together and made the trek to the the Daly river to fish the run off. This year we are doing it all again- this time bigger and better. Last year we launched on the Daly and travelled down to the river mouth and up the coast a bit. This year we area adding some (extra)…
Video – Daly River Runoff Metery
Video – Daly River Runoff Metery A runoff reunion is on the cards for the authors of this here blog. Last trip was an ideal adventure and the stories that came out of it are here. The fish turned it on, we had a good crew and the landscape produced an impressive backdrop for an extended time on the water.…