PAPUAN BLACK BASS – Lutjanus Goldiei They are regarded as the hardest fighting fish, pound for pound , agressive in nature and smart witted using structure to hide , strike and hide again  An absolute challenge as an angler. My comparison of these fish, is the strike of a mangrove jack , but with the…

Cousins on tour  With run off in full swing , two cuzzy bros came along for a week of Barra fishing (and other target species)  The water had settled and river turning back to its natural state, this period, over about 3 weeks the fishing was absolute fire. These fellas brought along ‘the’ box of…

Spot tail bass. To be honest I didn’t know about these creatures until stumbling my way up some remote rivers on the island of new Britain, PNG the further we explored , the more of this fish we found, in particular, one river was absolutely littered with them, at every snag, moving in big schools,…

What a time of year! The runoff. Rain in the north delivers pretty consistently year to year with some bigger fluctuations. More rain and bigger wet events over the summer made for a prolonged run off period on the west coast of Australia’s cape. A later runoff made for a fun challenge to find where…

For a newbie , the thought of catching a barramundi sometimes does not excite  , nor does one have any emotions attached to it. Jimmy was one of these blokes. No perception, little to none fishing ability, and truthfully, fuck all knowledge about barramundi. How this all changed.. Jimmy was one of the gems you…

Early season saw the two off shoots from the mighty Watson river, fish extremely well. The majority of the archer, love, Watson and ward were all still in flood. Kokkialah and .. creek were clean and visibility was to the creek floor! made for some great sight casting and clients standing tall to get a…