Darwin harbour - Leaders - Shoal Bay
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:10 pm
Happy new year guys here are some photos from some trips late November through to Jan 14th 2023.
Mixture of Darwin Harbour, Leaders Creek,Shoal Bay and even local culvert reports.
The harbour has been consistent through 2022 with plenty of Barra, threadies and odd queenfish about. Fishing was done on both heaps and springs. Leaders creek for us was pretty quiet although we marked some good fish we could not convert. Did manage a nice blue salmon and jack on that particular trip. In December we checked out some local culverts around berry springs even though it's very early on but it was good to see a bit of fresh pumping and plenty of bait.
Did two trips to the bay across November and Jan. Can report main channel into buff creek has shifted substantially with a large sandbar between the last three markers catching us out in the dark. The main channel has shifted east towards micketts side of the red markers. Also noticed there was a second channel that's more convenient before the markers for those who haven't been to the bay in a while, the main channel in November was accessible between the markers end of November so shows it has changed quite a bit. No one was hurt which is good, was slow going with lures but managed a nice Barra in the 80s on a dead mullet.
Cheers
Gibbsy
Mixture of Darwin Harbour, Leaders Creek,Shoal Bay and even local culvert reports.
The harbour has been consistent through 2022 with plenty of Barra, threadies and odd queenfish about. Fishing was done on both heaps and springs. Leaders creek for us was pretty quiet although we marked some good fish we could not convert. Did manage a nice blue salmon and jack on that particular trip. In December we checked out some local culverts around berry springs even though it's very early on but it was good to see a bit of fresh pumping and plenty of bait.
Did two trips to the bay across November and Jan. Can report main channel into buff creek has shifted substantially with a large sandbar between the last three markers catching us out in the dark. The main channel has shifted east towards micketts side of the red markers. Also noticed there was a second channel that's more convenient before the markers for those who haven't been to the bay in a while, the main channel in November was accessible between the markers end of November so shows it has changed quite a bit. No one was hurt which is good, was slow going with lures but managed a nice Barra in the 80s on a dead mullet.
Cheers
Gibbsy
