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Hey guys and gals just a quick blog to tell you what’s been happening in the last few days and with the spring tides just coming on later this week the big metre plus Queenfish have started to make a show with conditions being perfect with the high tides coming in the evening with the lows in the morning suitable for flicking the soft plastics in the creek systems.

 Thursady afternoon I had Dave Smith from Melbourne and Paul Roberts from Perth out for the half day shift where we had the rising spring tides and decided to make the trip to our  big Queenfish spot, these guys begin to turn up in May and get more prolific has the month rolls on. We crossed the harbour and after a few drifts which had both the boys working the high speed Daiwa Certate 3000 reels hard on the Samaki Zecton 10-17lb rods Dave cast uot and was working the Torpedo slug hard across the Surface when a resounding “WHOSSH” saw the water boil and the Samaki rod loaded up as the big Queenfish struck with venom.  The Certate’s drag screamed as the big fish stripped the line from the spool and got air borne much to the delight of all on board, after a few blistering runs and lots of exclamations on board to the fish’s antics we eventually got the big slab of silver alongside to fall to the net and the happy snaps were taken. Back into it again and the boys continued to work the lures in earnest now as they knew what they were up for, Dave had another fish come out of left field to have it miss the lure by the smallest of margins before Paul also had 2 big follows with one fish repeatedly smash at the lure 3 to 4 times all the way to the boat but again just missing the 6 by strong treble hook. Then a few casts later saw another fish smash and smash at the lure before getting a spectacular take just beside the boat and the rod loaded up and the battle began, after some screaming runs and a good 10 minute battle we had the fish in the boat and smiles all around as it came in at 108cms, a few happy snaps and we swam the fish till it kicked away to freedom. Dave had another couple of good follows and another hook up but this time as the fish got some height in the air it shook and spat the lure to freedom, We then crossed the harbour with the boys well and truly looking forward to a cold beer or two upon their return dock-side.

 Friday Morning saw us on the water with Harry Brokate from Echuca, VIC and Mark Carlyle from Bacchus March, VIC where we had a windy morning seeing us stay close to one of the feeder creek systems flicking the soft plastics around the run out drains and edges of the mangrove systems. Harry was 1st to hook up on a Javelin Fish followed shortly after with a good sized Catfish which gave him the runaround on the 4lb gear. Harry then bagged another Javelin fish and a slid sized Bream for the session while Mark worked hard for a no show on the morning I’m afraid.

  Saturday morning I had Conor Wilson and Matt Mcleod from Perth, WA out for the 4 hour stint where we crossed the harbour to one of the feeder creek systems, 1st cast saw us hook up on a big Threadfin which peeled the line from the Daiwa Sol 2000 reel. Conor hung on as the rod buckled up and the fish ran straight down the middle of the drain towards the main channel where someone had stuck a Crocodile trap and the fish just managed to ping the securing line that gave the tarp it’s mooring, the line grated against the securing rope and after we realise it had dug into it on the way through and as the fish continued it’s run for freedom the line pinged and the game was over.  Conor then bagged a Catfish and a Estuary Cod for the remainder of the session.  Matt bagged a Javelin Fish and then the water broke as a Barra took to the air with the little 3″ soft plastic  secured in it’s jaw. after a brief battle we had it alongside and just as we were about to net it once again it shook it’s head and spat the little TT jighead back at us as it swam away seeing us drop the boys back to the small boat landing to get their flight to Perth.

 That’s all until the next report everyone, stay tuned until next time, Brian from Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 in Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Darwin Harbour in The Northern Territory And Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Tight Line and Screaming Reels To You All!

Hey everyone, what a windy week we had here in Darwin this week which is quite unusual bringing some nasty conditions to the main harbour and after one crossing of the harbour which had the bilge pumps working overtime we had to stick to one of the closer and sheltered feeder creeks for the week. The winds have since abated and with some good tides coming up later this week the action should heat up.

 Tuesday afternoon we had Shane Gibbons and Luke Mcmanus from Lithgow, NSW out with us where we trekked across the harbour into the feeder creek systems flicking the Soft Plastics around on the lb Bream gear which saw Luke hook up on the 1st cast just beside the boat as the slab of silver shot in out of left field nailing the 3″ Soft Plastic tail and the Daiwa Sol 200 sprang to life as the Samaki c12 rod loaded up and the culprit in the shape of a tarpon took to the air shaking it’s head in desperation to trying to loosen itself from the little TT Jig Head and after several runs for freedom fell to the net for the happy snap. Shane was straight back in on the next cast but this time in the shape of the much benigned Catfish. Shane also produced 2 Bream for the session while Luke bagged 2 Catfish and a nice Golden Snapper for the afternoon.

 Wednesday I awoke to the wind stirring in the Palm trees and although the Seabreeze forecast had predicted a 15knt wind for the afternoon the wind was up to 20kns plus as we crossed the harbour with Trevor Greene from Brisbane and Glen Messer from Landsborough who were out for the full day session joined by Kevin also from Brisbane. We crossed the harbour in search of the metre plus Queenfish which will just now be turning up on the high spring tides but after a few casts in the howling south easterlies I knew it was to no avail and we trekked back across the harbour in a nasty swell with white caps topping the waves with the howling wind. As we got back to the sheltered side of the harbour we worked one spot with the Light Tackle spin outfits thrashing the surface with the high speed Samaki bait fish slugs. After some miniature Queeenfish were landed and on one such retrieve the water broke with a whitewash as Kevin’s Daiwa Steeze 2500 screamed to life with a Queenfish in the 80 to 90cm bracket getting air borne but after a few solid runs it shook the hook and escaped to the depths from where it came. After returning Kevin to the boat landing we then pushed into the feeder creeks for shelter on the run out tide flicking the Soft plastics around the mangrove lined banks and mouths of the subsiding drains which saw a solid Barramundi smash at Trevor’s lure in a resounding “Buff” just as he was taking in from the water. Trevor then bagged a Catfish for the session which saw Glen fair a bit better with2 Catfish, a Threadfin Salmon which gave him the runaround on the light gear and then also bag a solid 56cm prized Barramundi for the day.

  Thursday were were out again for a full day session with Bart Murphy from Wheatsheaf, VIC and David Stewart and Daniel from Mildura, VIC and as the wind howled across the harbour we pushed into on of the closer creeks for shelter again working the drains and banks with the Soft Plastics, After a slow start on the high tide and as the water dropped the system came to life with the skittish bait fish getting nervous as they ran out of hiding places.  David was 1st to hook up on a solid 47cm Javelin fish across the mouth of one such drain. Daniel was next to follow with a beefy Brown Mowong which screamed the drag off the Daiwa Sol 2000 as it tried to get amongst the snags in it’s run for freedom but Daniel turned it just in time and after a solid fight it came boat side for the Kodak moment! Bart was next in nearly a repeat performance which had him smiling behind a similar fish on board. Dave also bagged a Catfish for the session joined by Bart with another Catfish and Daniel bagged a golden Snapper and late in the day had a good strike from a Barra but it got air borne early and spat the hook straight back at us before we bounced our way out of the creek and back to dry land.

 Friday we had Michel O’ Callaghan and John Bode from Adelaide along with Mel Olding from Darwin for the half day morning session where the plan was to get amongst the Queenfish in the harbours bays but again the wind restricted us to the feeder creek system but with the high tide working against us the guys struggled for the morning and the conditions were just coming to good when we had the drop the guys back to dry land with nothing but ducks all around!

 Monday I had Tom Cruise ( no-not the actor! ) from Singapore out for a half day afternoon session where we crossed the harbour as the winds ad now abated but on the neap tides we twitched the Soft plastics about to be rewarded with some small Golden Snapper catching 5 all up along with 2 Javelin Fish and a Batfish for good measure.

 That’s All Until Next Time Guys And Gals, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 in Soft Plastics And Light tackle Sports Fishing Covering Darwin in the Northern Territory And Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Hey everyone, Just a few charters to report on for you since the last blog, weather is turning it on up here in Darwin and with a few showers coming at night time the feeder creeks have been firing in the last week.

 Sunday April 8th we had Will Butcher from Melbourne out with us for a full day joined by Ben Jolly and Finlay Ball with both the boys being from Perth where we struggled in the morning session before fishing the drains in the feeder creeks on the run out tide  to see Finlay bag the only Barra for the session coming in at 48cms along with a Quuenfish and a Catfish for the session, Ben bagged 2 Catfish and a Ramoray of all things on a Soft Plastic, Will bagged just the one Flathead in what proved to be one of those days where whatever we tried the fish just weren’t interested.

 Tuesday we had a full day session again with Shannon Walsh and his two Sons Callum and Oliver from Perth, WA where we fished the top of the run out tide early on seeing the boys get some Queenfish action where Callum nabbed 4 Queenfish and Brother Oliver fared a bit better with 5. We then pushed into the Feeder Creek systems seeing Dad Shannon flick the Soft plastics around nabbing A mangrove Jack, 2 Queenfish, 2 Catfish and while he flicked off one of the drain mouths the water erupted as  Barra of some 70 to 80cms got air borne and while Shannon had the better of him fot a minute or the the wily fish spat the hook before we could get it boat side!

 Wednesday the 11th we were out again with Jason Mungear and his son Tyler from Timboon, VIC for a full day session where we fished one of the rock points chasing the Queenfish on the light tackle spin outfits where the boys had some good fun seeing Jason nab 4 Queenfish while Tyler nabbed 2 fish on the spin outfit before I changed him over to a lighter Soft Plastic outfit which got nailed and the Sol 2000 reel screamed in pain as a nice sized Queenfish took to the air in several maneuvers which had me turning the boat this way and that with the electric Minn Kota motor before falling to the net for the happy snap coming in at 82cms. We then pushed into the creek systems seeing Jason bag a nice  Brown Mowong on the Soft Plastic gear, Jason also bagged a Trevally, Javelin Fish and Catfish while Tyler also bagged a Catfish on the last cast of the day.

 Sunday 15th we had Clive and Mandy Barnard from the UK where we did a half day session for them in the morning targeting one of the feeder creeks where Mandy flicked the little Soft Plastic lures about one of the drains seeing the water erupt as a angry Barramundi got air borne trying to shake the foreign object in the shape of a TT jig head and Soft Plastic from his jaw but to no avail as the fish eventually tired after some hot runs and good maneuvering falling to the net for the happy snap coming in at 66cms. Mandy then had a hot bite on the Javelin Fish nabbing 12 of them along with 2 Flathead and a Estuary Cod for good measure. Clive battled hard but couldn’t keep up nabbing 6 Javelin Fish and Catfish for the morning.

 Wednesday April 18th had us out again for a half day session with Brett Johnson from Maroochydore, QLD where we targeted the drain mouths on one of the creeks targeting the wiley Barramundi seeing Brett’s lure getting nailed by one such fish and being just a little late on the strike the fish spat the hook before we nabbed another one just 2 minutes later coming in at 60cms, Brett then bagged just the one Flathead for the morning before we had to head back to the boat landing.

 Saturday the 22nd we had the 2 Dans out for a full day on the harbour, Daniel Thew from the central Coast, NSW and Danny Mott from Byron Bay, QLD where we targeted the Queenfish early on seeing Danny get stuck in straight up nabbing 6 Queenfish while Danny nabbed two of the species before we pushed into the feeder creek systems flicking the Soft Plastics about seeing the boys get into the Golden Snapper with Danny bagging 5 and Daniel bagging 3 before we started on the drain mouths seeing Danny bag a Trevally, Flathead, Javelin Fish, Toadfish and a Barramundi for good measure. Fishing in one of the narrower drains on a run in tide saw both the boys drop good fish with Daniel hooking on a screamer which shot under the boat once just narrowly avoiding a bust of as we turner quickly in the small creek mouth before shooting under again and this time Daniel wasn’t quite quick enough as the fish pinged the line on the electric motor, Daniel then bagged a Catfish and a javelin Fish on the last cast of the day to finish off the session.

  That’s All Until Next Time Guys and Gals, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters…..Number 1 in Personalised Fishing Tours Specialising In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Darin In the Northern Territory And Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Hey Guys and Gals…..Well the season has started to kick off here in Darwin and the wet is well and truly gone with the temperature sitting around 33 most days and with little or no wind the fishing conditions up here are excellent, the fresh is now cleansed from the systems and after a slow start the fishing action is hotting up with the Golden Snapper just beginning to appear in the systems and some good Threadfin activity also.

 Sunday 1st of April we were out on the water for a half day morning session with Dale Armstrong and James Robinson from Melbourne where we fished the run out tide in the morning flicking the Soft Plastic lures along the banks of the exposed mangroves where James had a solid hit from a good Barra estimated in the 70-80cm range but after a few good runs and some aerial manoeuvres the solid fish threw the hook close to the net. Dale bagged 2 Catfish and a javelin fish in the feeder creek systems before we pushed out into one of the bays for some Queenfish action on the spin outfits seeing Dale bag 4 Queenfish for the session while James bagged 2 before we dropped the boys back to the jetty for their flight back to Melbourne.

 Tuesday we wre out agin for a half day morning session with John Farrell from Sydney and Roger Mctaggart from Denman, NSW. We fished the feeder creek systems early on but to a slow start seeing Roger bag 2 Catfish and a small Cod with John also bagging a small cod before we fished a rocky Promontry seeing John lose a nice Threadfin as it got air borne. Roger then bagged 2 Queenfish on the spin outfits before we called it for the morning.

Wednesday we had Bill Gunn from Maryborough, QLD out for an all day session where again the feeder creek system was a slow start seeing Bill bag 2 Catfish, 2 small Cod and a Bream before nabbing a solid 60cm Queenfish on the 4lb Soft Plastic gear, as the tide rose we tried in vain to locate the bigger Queenfish in our usual spots though we had about 3 follows the metre plus Queenfish along with the rest of the species were reluctant to play on the day.

 Thursday morning saw us out again for a half day session in the morning with Tom Cambridge and his son Ben from Perth, WA where we had the perfect tidal flow on the early springs and we crossed the harbour into the feeder creek systems flicking the little Soft Plastic lures around the mouths of the drains and bays seeing the boys have some solid bite action with schools of Golden snapper with 7 of them coming boat side. Off the mouth of one such drain Ben worked the small Soft Plastic twitching it slowly until there was a solid hook up and a resounding screaming drag from the Daiwa Sol 2000 reel as the fish ran from the drain mouth trying to find freedom in the deeper water as we followed it out into the system the fish gave run after run but Ben and the gear did their job well to see a solid 67cm Threadfin Salmon fall to the net!

 Friday morning saw us out with Brett and his son Josh Hatchley from Perth and again with perfect tidal conditions and weather we crossed the harbour and worked the drain mouths and bays with the Plastics seeing Josh hook up 1st on a Catfish of all things before then bagging a Javelin Fish and followed shortly after with a golden Snapper, After Dad Brett took a bit of a ribbing his reel screamed to life with a solid hook up and fight before eventually boating a beautiful and solid 56cm 4kg Brown Mowong on the 4lb gear. Brett then nabbed 2 Golden Snapper and a Flathead for the session before Josh bagged another Ctafish in the very last cast of the day!

 That’s all for the time being everyone but stay tuned as the weather will stay fine I’m sure there’ll be lot’s to report in the coming weeks, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Darwin In The Northern Territory And Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Hey everyone just a quick blog after the rain has finally cleared up here in the Top End we had our first full day on the water on Friday with Greg Beatty from Darwin along with Matt and Richard from Melbourne where we had the spring tides bringing all the fresh down through the systems where we crossed the harbour to our feeder creek systems and as the tide slowed the boys worked the Soft Plastics hard where Matt had a solid hook up on a Brown Mowong that tried in vain to pull him into the snags seeing Matt get the better of the solid fish getting him boat side for the obligatory happy snap. We fished the drains on the low tides seeing a Threadfin Salmon, Javelin Fish, Silver Bream and a Toadfish come on board where Matt also lost a Threadfin as it got air borne spitting the hook in the process. After a couple of other missed strikes we came out of the feeder creek sytems in search of some metre plus Queenfish on the rising tides but after the boys had worked hard all day we called it an early one and headed back dockside to call it a day!

 That’s all for now everyone but stay tuned as the dry hopefully settle in and the spring tides cleanse the systems the action will heat up here in the Top End…Until Next Time, Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Darwin In The NT and Queenslands Sunshine Coast.

Hey everyone welcome to the Darwin segment of our fishing charters where we’ve just made the road trip from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast arriving yesterday to the rain and a Cyclone alert! As i pen this out the rain is coming down in sheets but it will only add to the Fishing action as it is much needed in the top end, the normally wet season is running late this year but this downpour will clear and as we head into the dry season the action will heat up and I’m sure we’ll have lot’s to report from Darwin’s Feeder creeks where we’ll be targeting the much sought after Barramundi on Light Tackle and Soft plastics along with Threadfin Salmon, Golden Snapper, Brown Mowong, Queenfish, Javelin Fish and the many other species that inhabit these abundant waterways, Hope to see you on the water and check into our Gallery and weekly fishing reports in the Darwin section to stay abreast of what’s going on in the Top End, Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing.

Hey everyone we’re now finishing up for the dry season here in Darwin and I’m heading South to Queensland’s Sunshine’s Coast waterways while the wet season does it’s bit in the Top End. We be fishing the usual haunts of the Noosa, Maroochydore, Mooloolah estuarine systems along with the Pumicestone Passage targeting the usual suspects of Flathead, Bream, Trevally, Jewfish, Cod, Mangrove Jacks and the offshore bays chasing the Tuna and Mackerel schools. Hope to see you on board…Tight Lines And Screaming Reels to You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And light Tackle Sports Fishing.

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We had Christian from Canberra out with us last Wednesday where we targeted the bays early on on the early run out tide getting stuck into the Queenfish straight away with some good hits and air borne tactics these pelagic species gave us good fun before we crossed the harbour and into the feeder creeks fishing the drains and creek mouths seeing Christian bag 8 species for the day consisting of  3 Queenfish, 4 Catfish, A Brown Mowong., Flathead, Bream, Estuary Cod, a Tarpon that did some spectacular jumps and 2 Barramundi with the largest coming in at 66cms.

 Like I say that’s it on the fishing reports in the top end until next March everyone, stay tuned with me on the Sunshine Coast reports and hope to see you on board down there or in Darwin again in 2012, Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You ll, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Charters cover Queensland’s Sunshine Coast And Darwin In the Northern Territory.

Hey everyone, well the build up may be well and truly here and the tourism trade is backing off but the fishing is well and truly hotting up, particularly in the feeder creeks wand with the spring tides the Barra have been making themselves heard by their resounding buffing of the schools of spooked bait fish!

 Friday the 7th we had Rowan and Kate Moore out with us for the full day where the tides wern’t the most favorable as we targeted the creek systems with the Soft Plastic gear where Kate was happy to watch as Rowan worked the creek systems hard flicking the little 1/8oz jig heads around the mouths to be rewarded with some Golden Snapper before the Daiwa Luvias 200 reel screamed to life as a very solid Brown Mowong did some resounding runs for freedom all to no avail eventually falling to the net to come in at a very respectful 6kgs! Rowan ended up with 3 Golden Snapper, 1 Golded Trevally and a Catfish to add to the Mowong as well as dropping a Queenfish.

 On Monday we were out for a half day with Jonathan Sweet from Melbourne, Henry Sweet from Adelaide and Alan O’ Neill from Sydnaey, we crossed the harbour to the feeder creek systems where on the run out tide the boys flicked the Soft Plastics around the drain mouths where the Golden Snapper were firing seeing the boys get a good mixed bag of species as well. Jonathan took 4 Golden Snapper, a solid Brown Mowong and a Cod for the 4 hour session, Henry did well bagging a thumping Brown Mowong, a nice Golden Trevally alond with a GT, a Cod and 3 Golden Snapper. Alan also bagged a Brown Mowong and a Javelin Fish for the session.

 On Tuesday we were out on the harbour again for a half day session with Wes and Stacey from Melbourne where Stacey was straight up on the 1st cats nabbing a Golden Snapper, Stacey then proceeded with her hook ups nabbing 4 Golden Snapper, and a nice Brown Mowong which gave her some hard work to get to the net on the 4lb gear along with a nice Golden Trevally. Wes worked hard to try nd keep up seeing him bag 1 Golden Snapper, 2 Catfish and a Trevally for his efforts.

 Thursday we had Mark and his wife Michelle Sullivan along with their on Andrew out with us for  half day session where gain we crossed the harbour to the feeder creek systems and with the spring tides the systems drained nicely for us as we searched hard for the much sought after Barramundi. Michelle hooked up on 2 Flathead,a Catfish and a Cod while Andrew took out the species catching 3 Flathead, a Queenfish, a Mangove Jack, a Blue Threadfin Salmon and a Barra but catch of the day went to mark who persevered flicking and working the Soft Plastic around the drain mouths to be eventually rewarded with a solid hook up and have the Daiwa Caldia 2000 reel scream to life as the water exploded as a mighty Barramundi shook it’s whole body into the air and after several heart in mouth moments as the fish hit the air again and again and actually head butted the boat at one stage she eventually fell to the net to jeers of joy for the much sought after happy snap coming in at a very respectful 73cms on the 4lb gear before being released to fight another day. Well done all around guys!

On Friday we again had Wes out with us along with his friend Bolo where we searched the drain mouths with both the boys fishing hard to try and bag a Barra on the Soft Plastics with plenty of activity among the spooked bait fish the boys kept flicking seeing Boro nab 2 Catfish and a Trevally for the session and with Wes also bagging a Catfish and a Javelin Fish before once again the water exploded with a mighty Barramundi being the culprit, Wes fought the fish well keeping it under control before it fell to the net to come in at 66cms.

Saturday we had a half day session with Danielle Young and Chris Gale from Adelaide along with Mitch Lynch from Darwin and again with the spring tides the guys flicked the lures throughout the systems seeing Danielle hook up on a Queenfish, a Mangrove Jack, a Flathead,a Javelin Fish and a Ray for good measure. Mitch bagged a Mangrove Jack and was unlucky to hook up on 2 Barramundi seeing both of them drop the hook on their air borne antics. Chris persevered seeing him bag an Ox Eye Herring,a Catfish,a much maligned Stonefish and a much sought after Barramundi seeing Chris also drop another Barra.

 That’s all ntil next time everyone, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All. Brian From Anglers Advantage fishing Charters, Number 1 In Soft Plastics And Light Tackle Sports Fishing Covering Darwin In the Northern Territory And Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Hey everyone, another week gone and the temperatures are slowly creeping up into the mid thirties and the humidity is building here in the top end but as it does so the action is also warming up with some good schools of Queenfish targeting the bait-fish on the high tides and when the creek systems drain the Golden Snapper are firing along with the buffing Barra!

Last Wednesday we had Lindsay Hatelel from Melbourne out for an afternoon session with the low springs where we targeted the drains to nab a Golden Snapper, Catfish and 2 Barra for the session.

Thursday saw us on the water for a full day session with Allan Ainsworth From Tamworth, NSW where we fished the bays in the morning on the high tides seeing Allan produce 6 Queenfish and 6 Trevally before we moved into the feeder creek systems on the run out seeing Allan bag a Catfish and a Javelin fish but dropping both a nice Mangrove Jack and a Barramundi for the afternoon session.

Sunday morning we were out with Alison Todd and Sean Behan from Glebe in NSW where again we fished the bays on the mornings high tide to see both Alison and Sean have some good action on the Queenfish on the Light Tackle Soft Plastic’s outfit’s before we tried one of the closer creeks to mix things up a bit. The resulting tally saw Alison catch 3 Queenfish while Sean caught 2 Queenfish and a Catfsh  with sean getting pulled in onto a snag by a very solid Brown Mowong.

 Monday saw Sean and Alison out with us again for a full day session, again we targeted the bays early on in the morning seeing Sean catch 5 Queenfish and 2 Trevally and Alison bag 4 Queenfish and 1 Trevally before the tide started racing out putting the Queenfish down and we crossed the harbour to the feeder creek systems and has the tide dropped flicked the small Soft plastics around the mouths of the drains and across the creeks, As Sean flicked across one such drain the little Daiwa Luvias 2000 reel screamed in pain as the 4lb Fireline stripped off the drag and across the guides of the 4-8lb spin stick with the culprit showing itself some 30mts away in the shape of a prized Barramundi, The next 10 minutes had everybody’s hearts in their mouths as the mighty fish did some screaming runs and head shaking airborne tactics trying to shake the jig head loose but all in vain as the 79cm Barra fell to the net to high fives and whoops of joy before getting the moment captured on camera. Sean also managed another Barra along with 2 Golden Snapper and a very solid Brown Mowong. Alison also worked hard for the afternoon bagging 2 Flathead, a Catfish and a very toxic Stonefish on the Soft Plastics.

On the Tuesday we had Christian Willett from Perth out with us for a full day where in the Morning Christian bagged 2 Queenfish with the larger one coming in at 80cms on the 4lb gear, Christian also bagged 2 Golden Snapper, 2 Javelin Fish, a Trevally, a Catfish and a hard fighting aerial bourne Blue Threadfin Salmon.

 That’s about all until next time everybody, Until Then Tight Lines And Screaming Reels To You All, Brian From Anglers Advantage Fishing Charters…..Number 1 In Soft Plastics and Light Tackle Sports Fishing Charters covering Darwin In the Northern Territory And Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.