Times they are a changin’

The locations and methods of my land-based barramundi fishing haven’t changed much since 2010.

Land-based fishing legend Hiro Nakamura works a lure across a shallow rocky point for barra early in the morning

The locations and methods of my land-based barramundi fishing haven’t changed much since 2010.

I have landed 929 barramundi so far.

Barramundi landed

2010 April-December 78

2011 January-December 273

2012 January-December 375

2013 January-December 113

2014 January-December 83

2015 January 7

Total 929

I used a lot of Squidgie Fish in my barramundi fishing before 2012 and have been using Squidgy Pro Mongrel a lot since then.

I noticed that the shores of the sea, including the urban small creeks, were getting shallower in my fishing locations year by year.

So the casting distance of a lure must be increased to reach fish-holding areas.

That was why I started using Squidgy Pro Mongrel lures.

Big schools of mullet have become less common since 2011.

As a result, I haven’t used top-water lures like Lucky Craft Sammy and Gunfish very much in the past few years.

When my fishing locations were deeper, there were often hollows right below the small rocks and big rocks.

Baby barramundi, middle-sized barramundi and nice-sized barramundi tended to use these hollows as hiding places.

I called those rocks “barramundi house”.

My fishing locations don’t have anything like a barramundi house now.

There are more very wavy sea conditions in recent years than before.

Even if I go to an urban creek, it is harder to catch nice-sized barramundi because the water is very shallow.