I have lived in the Territory for most of my life and I remember fishing Rapid Creek after school with my mates in the 70's. Later, when I was at the Darwin Community College in 1981 I caught plenty of small barra on pink vibrotails down in a hole near the mouth, my first fish on plastics. However, nothing could have prepared me for the fish that I caught there yesterday.
There is a section of Rapid Creek that I regularly fish for tarpon , trevally and small Queenfish. I had caught 4 or 5 trevally on small curl tails when I decided to change my plastic to a 3 inch stickbait. (A berkley Powerbait minnow in Watermelon colour). I cast it to the edge of the hole and began a slow hopping retrieve. I was shocked when a real heavy hit registered up the 6 pound braid. After a great fight, I managed to land a 51cm jack, my largest creek jack to date. Has anyone caught a bigger jack out of Rapid Creek?
