April - May

This post was done in May but unfortunately it seems I forgot to publish it when I was done, so here it is now.

Thought it was time to update the blog.

On the home front things have been reasonably quiet. Chrissi and family have settled back into Darwin life and Daniel is once again living with us.

Highlights for this period were a sunset cruise on Darwin Harbour and dinner at the Golden Dragon for Mothers Day.

Sunset on the Harbour

FISHING

APRIL 13TH .. Elizabeth River

Quiet but most enjoyable morning, only managed a small blue salmon.

Hard to believe but spent about half an hour casting this snag from both sides without a single touch.

April 26th .. Shady Camp

Mighty Powertail or Bloody catfish ??

Had James as deckie, only managed a few salmon and what could be my biggest catfish..

5th - 6th May ... Daly River

Took Daniel to the Daly for an overnighter to see if we could get Daniel's first barra.

Stayed at the Barra Resort as usual, recomend this as the place to stay on the Daly, so after some tips from Stu we hit the water.

Finally ended up trolling Clear Creek where Daniel succeeded in landing his first barra which was unfortunately under size ( 50cm ), but was followed soon after with his first legal barra of 56cm.

First barra .. 50cm

First legal barra .. 56cm

Finished the day with five barra, the best being 69cm, then it was back to the Barra Resort for a steak and salad dinner and an early night.

Up with the sun next morning and back to Clear Creek for most of the day for eight barra to 63cm, before heading back for the night.

Stopped at a few spots for some trolling and Daniel scored his personal best with a nice chrome 67cm barra to finish off the trip.

Daniel's PB .. 67cm

20th May .. Coroborree Billabong

Spur of the moment decision to head out to Coroborree for a quiet days fishing by myself.

As usual it was a beautiful morning to be out on the water.

Ended up being a pretty successful day with 5 barra, 1 saratoga, 1 sleepy cod, 1 longtom and three tarpon and had the boat out of the water and heading home by 1:00 pm.

Well thats it for now, going by the reports of the Classic & National Competitions I think I should be heading back to the Daly very soon, will let you know how things are going next time..