Tag: Barra Fishing Tips

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How to catch barra; Anchor on the fish

September 3, 2014 Boating tips

Anchoring on the fish while live baiting for barramundi or other tropical species has never been easier than with these quick release clips. When live ...

Barra Fishing Tips; Rigging live mullet

August 25, 2014 Live Bait

When rigging live mullet it seems the most common way is to pin it through the back. In my experience, rigging live mullet by pinning ...

Barra Fishing Tips: Winter barra bait

August 5, 2014 Live Bait

People tell me it is hard to catch barra in winter, and sometimes that is true. They certainly behave differently in winter than summer, and ...

How to catch barramundi: Lure upgrades for big barra

June 17, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips

Oils ain’t oils and lures ain’t lures… or so they reckon… I personally don’t think that colour is as important as many people make out. ...

Sticky Drag, Empty bag!

April 30, 2014 Gear, Tackle, Knots

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 ...

Barra Boofing Frenzy

April 19, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips

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 ...

Land based lure casting for big barra.

April 13, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips

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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Leader size for Big Barra

March 30, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips

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 ...

Guides and Line Rollers

March 23, 2014 Gear, Tackle, Knots

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. ...

Big fish don’t move!

March 14, 2014 Barra Fishing Tips

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 ...

Brilliant tip for easy fish filleting!

February 4, 2014 Catch and Cook

With barra season upon us, now might be the time to revisit a fish filleting video we made at Easter last year. This simple trick ...

Ryan’s secret when using a sounder to find fish.

January 30, 2014 Sounders / Fish Finders

I this blog I demonstrate Ryan’s little secret when using a sounder to find fish. Because sounder skills are the secret to Ryan’s extraordinary success ...