This year’s 15 week Waterfowl Hunting Season has a daily bag limit of seven magpie geese and 10 ducks per person. All waterfowl hunters...

Unbelievably, Darwin’s four brand-new artificial reefs are already producing fish. I’ve heard reports of big bait balls hanging around...

n what is wonderful news for the Top End angling community, it’s now official that the iconic Kakadu Klash barra tournament will be on...

t was a sad loss to the Northern Territory and in particular the Top End angling community last week with the passing of Garry Simpson....

Today is a three-tide day and, as always seems to be the case on these occasions, there are two low tides and one high tide, and there’s...

It seems weird to be writing that I just returned from a barra fishing trip in PNG. I mean, why would you fly to Cairns, then fly to...

I do fancy the tides this weekend for a shot at a quality saltwater barra or two. For starters, you could certainly do worse than plan a...

We’re now into Season 5 of Million Dollar Fish (MDF), and it’s interesting that there have only been two tagged barra caught that were ...

It was one of those special Top End October days when waters offshore were so smooth you could ski across them. Plus you couldn’t pick a...

Last week’s NT Billfish Classic produced mixed results for the 14 teams that competed. Given how regularly the Dundee billfish grounds...

It’s always great to catch a metrey, but to do it in an iconic fishing competition is real icing on the cake. That’s exactly what Lucas...

There were certainly a couple of surprises in last weekend’s Corroboree Park Challenge. This 32-year-old Palmerston Game Fishing Club...

It seems the legacy of a poor wet season has continued to haunt competitors in this year’s Top End Barra Series (TEBS). This wonderful...

When you are thinking about memorable barra sessions, you are usually thinking about the Runoff. However, at more remote locations,...

Top End anglers and visiting fishos are getting organised for a shot at Million Dollar Fish Season 5 which gets under way after midnight...

Just when you thought the easterlies were a thing of the dry season just passed, last week, and particularly the weekend, was more than...

Last weekend was a day to remember for a whole bunch of anglers who were part of the billfish action off Dundee Beach. The number of...

The NT’s premier women-only fishing competition was another ripper for the host Palmerston Game Fishing Club last weekend. This was the...

It seems last week’s round 4 of the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) was anything but a walk in the park for most of the competitors. This was...

The old adage “he was like a kid in a candy shop” certainly applied to me last week down at the annual Australian Fishing Trade Show on...

After a dry season with favourable breezes for much of the time, we’ve had a fair bit of windy weather over the past month, and it’s only...

In Top End fishing circles, there’s been a fair bit of chat about sharks in recent times. Many believe there are more sharks around now...

Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to Four Mile Hole in Kakadu National Park. I’ll get onto the fishing later in the column but...

It’s been a while between rounds but number three round of the Top End Barra Series (TEBS) took place last weekend. The fishing grounds...

NT GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON 2019 This year’s 15 week Waterfowl Hunting Season has a daily bag limit of seven magpie...

Talk about brass monkey weather this week – by golly it’s been cold. I reckon Tuesday was the coldest, something that was quite...

We’re sliding right into the neap tides this weekend, and this will provide the ideal opportunity to target bluewater fish. Sunday is the...

I find it difficult not to buy into the discussion on whether Darwin should have its own iconic “Big Thing” and, if so, what that should...

I’m in Cairns as you read this, fishing day trips with an old mate, Kim Andersen, at Copperlode Dam. Copperlode is about 30 minutes out...

In what was widely discussed as the toughest Club Marine Insurance Barra Nationals ever, this great tournament is done and dusted for ...

I can’t tell you how the Club Marine Insurance Barra Nationals is going because I’m down on the Daly River myself, hopefully catching ...

Judging by how tough the fishing was on the Daly River for competitors in the annual NT Barra Classic last week, it’s a fair bet that...

As you read this, the NT Barra Classic will be well under way. Yesterday was the first day of competition and it will be interesting to...

You could do worse than spend Easter at Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge. It’s on the western side of Port Essington in the Garig Gunat...

Easter is here, and the Easter Bunny has brought anglers excellent fishing conditions to help us enjoy our extra-long weekend. Big spring...

The only real expectation for this year’s Aurora Kakadu Klash was that the fishing would be tough. After all, we’ve just had one of the...

With a low pressure system potentially forming over the Arafura Sea early next week, the eyes of about 120 anglers competing in the...

If you’re wondering when this year’s Amateur Fishermen’s Association NT (AFANT) annual general meeting will be held, I can tell you it...

It seems that everyone’s given up hope of getting any sort of a rain drenching before the official dry season. However, it was...

Neap tides, calm waters and a great deal of angling enthusiasm combined to ensure last weekend’s opening round of the Top End Barra ...

I was chatting with a mate the other day who had just recently undertaken a trip going right down the South Alligator River, across to ...

Unless it buckets down at some time over the next 9 days – and we are assured that it won’t – the annual Top End Barra Series (TEBS) will...

There’s no choice but to talk about the weather this week; that’s because finally we’re getting some. It’s only a weak monsoon trough,...

I’m not going to bang on about the weather – or lack of a wet season – this week, except that it’s not looking good. According to the...