Barramundi

There is an old adage – moon rise at night fish at night, moon rise at day fish at day.
I wish it was just that easy for barramundi fishing but of course it is not.

NSW – NEW RULES IN LINE FOR RECREATIONAL FISHERS

Friday 17 JUNE 2022 The NSW Government is introducing new recreational fishing rules for Rock Lobster and Dusky Flathead in NSW, which will see the bag limit for lobsters increase. The new rules were developed with the Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council and follow a comprehensive community consultation process, which showed strong support for changes … Read more

Will Snowy 2.0 be a white elephant?

This article builds on concerns previously published on this website: April 2022 edition of the NSW Freshwater Fisher There is continuing concern that Snowy 2.0 is a $10 billion white elephant, despite the project being well underway. From a recreational fishing point of view, it will introduce noxious and pest fish into the headwaters of … Read more

Articulated bugger fly – new colour combination

I started making soft plastics in gar fish colours about a year ago in response to identifying that a lot of the buffing of big barramundi that you hear at dusk and into the night is barra targeting garfish. I have now added gar fish inspired colouring to my articulated bugger range and have found that to be a great dawn and dusk time fishing colour combination.