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My first ever metre barra
Memories… This fish is my first ever barra over a metre long and I was 15 years old. Unfortunately we did keep this one as ...
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D.I.Y. fishing reel service
Keeping your drag smooth with this step by step D.I.Y. fishing reel service. Have you ever lost a big fish to gear failure? Getting big ...
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Big Barramundi 7 – Hinchinbrook action Autumn 2014
Bumper season so far for big barramundi despite some atrocious weather. Fishing has been outstanding with most fish in the past five weeks taken lure ...
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Stay clean and dry while throwing a cast net
Tired of getting covered in crap and jellyfish tentacles while throwing a cast net? I sure did about 25 years ago which is why I ...
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Sticky Drag, Empty bag!
While most people ask me questions about where I fish and when, very few quiz me on tackle maintenance and gear performance yet this is ...
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Barra Boofing Frenzy
A couple of days after cyclone Ita drowned north Queensland’s east coast, I decided to take the family out across the Hinchinbrook Channel for a ...
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Land based lure casting for big barra.
Many years ago I was fortunate enough to stumble across a successful method of targeting big saltwater barramundi while land based lure casting. Way back ...
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Wonky hole facts
Wonky Holes are underwater springs exiting from the sea floor. They were given the name wonky holes by the northern trawlermen who used to lose ...
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Leader size for Big Barra
They say size doesn’t matter but in today’s video on leader size I am going to tell you otherwise – because landing big barramundi consistently ...
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Guides and Line Rollers
People often ask me the secret to landing big barra on such a consistent basis. Certainly being on the water day in day out helps. ...
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Big fish don’t move!
Over my years on the water catching barra with my fishing charters, I have noticed a distinct pattern with re-captured fish. In the earlier days ...
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How to remove box jellyfish in your cast net.
With venom one of the deadliest in the world, it’s unfortunate when you get box jellyfish in your cast net. Because I know only too ...
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