Darwin Barra Fishing Tours

OUTFITTER:

John Dagan has operated Darwin Barra Fishing tours since 1989. He is an accredited NT Fishing Tour Operator, licensed fishing tour operator and licensed Kakadu National Park Tour Operator. There are few waters that he has not fished around Darwin and he has also fished extensively in Queensland, the Gulf country and the Kimberlys. ‘We pride ourselves on offering a quality product and service to our clients’

FISHING AREA:

After a scenic 50 minute flight from Darwin along the coast, your aircraft will land on an island only 5 minutes from camp

Usually Barramundi is the prime target and we consider this a big Barra hotspot, but the blue
water scene here has a fantastic variety of fishing options. Cast lures to feeding schools of Trevally and Queenfish. Threadfin salmon patrol mangrove channels and drains. Estuary cod and Groper lurk in holes and rock ledges to pounce on passing lure with savage strikes and bulldogging fights. Reefs in front of the islands can produce just about anything and often do. Golden snapper here grow big and mean, they way they eat lures we are not sure if they love them or hate them. Black Jewfish here are not uncommon on lures while trolling for barra. Regular fishing writer Phill Heitmann who had never taken a Jew by lure caught 4 in 4 trolls over one snag here.

All our safari boats are 5.5 metre to 6 metres in length and run 4-stroke environmentally friendly outboards. Our professional guides are fully accredited with many years of experience fishing the tropical waterways of the Northern Territory - no one knows this area better.

ACCOMMODATION:

Situated on a shell grit beach under shady trees are several permanent tropical friendly tents. These are designed to catch the sea breezes and are fitted with comfortable bedding and fans that will ensure a good night’s sleep after a hard days fishing and a meal of Barra and mud crabs. A welcome luxury is an ablution block with fresh water showers and flush toilets, if it were any better we would have to stop calling it a remote camp and just call it remote!