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Have you had much success fishing Bynoe Harbour?

I love the place, but for some reasons don't get there so much more

It is always full of promise, but I don't get the runs on the board.

Fished it many years ago on a king tide and caught very little. Went back and fished it with someone who fishes there regularly and caught a few pan size golden snapper. Seems very similar to Darwin harbour but has had less fishing pressure so probably has more fish tucked away somewhere. Have caught five big jewfish in quick succession and golden snapper close to a meter around middle reef.

Love the place, fishes really well at times. The flats are the way to go at the moment, you can't beat sight casting for barra cruising around on the flats, same with flicking the drains just before low tide. The by-catch is alway really good as well, with goldies, jacks, trevs and threadies.

Hot and cold. Place either goes off its tits or is dead as a door nail. Cant seem to find a happy medium out of it. How ever I havent fished it for years and have learnt a trick or two since then so maybe i have to experiment in the place again. Just Seems like a long way to go to fish a harbour when I have one on my door step.

Has it's hot spots..Some very good muddies as well.

Fly fishers paradise!!

I always thought the deep water out the front of Bynoe fished a lot better than the Six Mile area in Darwin Harbour.

There were always a few snapper and jacks in the creeks for me.

It's a nice place. Looking south from Turnbull Bay you can't see any civilisation, and often no other boats - magnificent! Not many places left in the world with untouched mangroves like that, it should be a marine park.

Matt, doing a bit of are we??

hook line and stinker,,,marine park

I reckon Bynoe is a great place. In my experience it fishes way better than Darwin Harbour. I have had some amazing rock bar lure casting action all heaps of different species. As well as the deep water around the place at the right time,tide, moon etc can go off.

Cheers

Jason

Love it. Easy to get a whole range of sportsfish in one day. If one isn't playing the game target something else. Pro's fairly hammer the crabs though. Last trip their pots were tied up to the mangroves, no floats everywhere, 100s of them. Told the fisho cops at Dundee and they were going to get them.

[quote="Matt Flynn"]I always thought the deep water out the front of Bynoe fished a lot better than the Six Mile area in Darwin Harbour.quote]

If you are counting Middle Reef (have fished it thousands of times) and the Islands and fish reef as Bynoe you might as well count Charles point as Darwin harbor in my veiw.

As with every where they both have there moments i guess. Its like anything, Its what you know best.

I meant a fishing friendly marine park, to prevent it being developed by heavy industry etc in future. Because Bynoe is a very rare place indeed, unique I would say.

And CC, I meant the deep water reefs just out front of Bynoe, in and on the edges of the channel.