Land-based numbers

MY land-based fish catch on lure since 2010.

A 16lb sweetlip is one of the more unusual catches the author has encountered while chasing land-based barra.

MY land-based fish catch on lure since 2010.

Locations: Mindil Beach, Fannie Bay, East Point and other urban locations near Darwin.

Fish landed

Barracuda 15

Blue bone 1

Bream 1

Blue salmon 5

Catfish 46

Flat head 51

Golden cownose ray 1

Golden snapper 16

Lady fish 6

Long tom 6

Mangrove jack 42

Moses perch 1

Mullet 1

Puffer fish 3

Queen fish 22

Red barracuda 1

Reef cod 3

Rock cod 323

Spanish flag 1

Stingray 4

Stone fish 1

Sucking fish 1

Sweetlip 1

Tarpon 15

Trevally 44

Whiting 2

Barramundi 933

Total fish caught: 1546

Actually, however, I have caught slightly more fish than the above recorded results.

I probably caught about 50 more in rock cod, but I couldn’t be bothered to take pictures of every one.

In addition, I couldn’t count back my results when I mistakenly deleted some pictures.

Worse, I sometimes forgot to count results.

My results should be a surprise to you, particularly the prominence of the barramundi in my catch.

This is the result I had hoped for though.

I basically released the majority of the above fish.

I take a 55-79cm-sized sea barramundi home for cooking when I want to eat fish.