Wet season culvert escapades : Landbased Fishing Trip Reports

geolid · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:16 pm Post subject: Wet season culvert escapades

Our first post back in October last year was about our first dry season up here. This is about our wet season escapades – specifically culverts.

After reading FFF posts and researching Google Earth, we headed off to see if we could satisfy our (hmmm George’s) barra urges.

During March, we travelled around the place and tried our luck at places like Hicks, Girraween, Pioneer, Elizabeth Valley, Alverly, Hopewell, Tumbling Waters, Darwin River, Scott’s Creek, Marrakai Road and anything in between that had running water.

Water levels varied a lot and we found when water was just over the road or just under, it fished better than when flooded.

Interestingly we only fished during the daylight hours as mozzies just love me at night! We used a variety of hard bodies and soft plastics but found soft plastics under 4” in length the best. KO lures in white, clear, green and white/brown colours did the damage.

In the end we caught 26 barra ranging from 32cm to 79cm. Pretty amazing we thought. Most were rats however we did get 6 in the fifties, 1 in the sixties and 4 in the seventies. I caught the biggest at 79cm (my PB) and George got a 78. As they were all freshies and G is such a catch and release sort of guy!, back in the drink they went.

Here are a few pics.

cheers

Lidia

Mez100 · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Great write up and pics Geolid!
I've got the bug even more now. hoping to get out over the next few days and try my luck.
Nice work on the PB, cracker fish!!

smarty · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Well done on the p.b an great report...

Thai · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Good work. Nice photos

Dreamrider- · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:41 am Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Nice photos mate, sounds like you had a blast

takinapunt · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Good post, well done....Wish there was still that amount of water around now.

nikoniko · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

very enjoyable read and great pics

got-none · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

great post!
is that second to last pic roper bar?

geolid · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

No, it’s not Roper Bar, never been there.

We’re slack, as we have only ventured no more than an hour’s drive from Darwin.

That place is the creek that feeds into the Hopewell culvert.

It’s such a pity that the water levels have dropped so much, 2 weeks ago it was a trickle.

cheers

liam.mcintosh · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

great read guys makes me more keen to get out and finally catch my first barra

sthauzzie · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Nice fish

Lumborghini · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Awesome post and great fishing well done

happy slave · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Nice work Geolid, great post

happy slave · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Wet season culvert escapades

Nice work Geolid, great post

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