Top End Barra Series, Round 2. Upper Adelaide River.

Saturday 22nd March, after a 3:00 am pickup we were on the water just after 4:00 am and heading downstream to Black Jungle Creek.
Daybreak, we arrived at Black Jungle and started casting around the mouth.

 

It looked good at the mouth, with a nice colour change and bait moving around. We had only been there for a little while when another boat arrived and headed upstream, we had been getting a few touches so continued at the mouth, slowly working our way into the creek and upstream.
After I dropped two rats and James one, another boat (Tackleworld) came past, so we decided to head up and check out the top of Black Jungle.
Eventually found both boats tied up opposite a feeder, but there being insufficient room for a third boat we headed back to the mouth and back upstream in the Adelaide.

Black Jungle Creek

 

 

To cut a long story short, what followed was unspectacular to say the least, we spent the rest of the day working our way upstream, checking any likely looking creeks from Black Jungle to the  rockbar past Manton Creek including up Scotts Creek and the top of Marrakai and despite numerous lure changes and trolling and casting did not get a single touch.

So it was that after over 12 hours on the water, covering around 210 km and using about 125 litres of fuel, we decided that the Adelaide River had defeated us and we headed home.

Round two was a failure for us, we can only hope to be more successful in the future rounds.

Round three, the Daly River, scheduled for the 7th and 8th June is next, hopefully I can get in a few trips before then.

Until next time, tight lines all.