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Luring big run-off barra in the Northern Territory.
We explore trolling baits for deep water species at North Stradbroke Island with Troy Dixon, before we chase some shallow water rock bar barramundi with paddletail soft plastics.
The AFN Fishing Show travels to Qld where the team targets huge and fussy impoundment barramundi. Down south, Bill Classon shows us how to catch Murray cod in the middle of Melbourne.
The AFN Fishing Show catches up with Troy Dixon, and fishes soft plastic prawn imitations for wild barra in the Fitzroy river, before heading offshore to jig hard fighting tuna out on the coral sea.
Fooling Awoonga’s huge and deep water barramundi.
We chase a couple of our iconic Aussie sport fish. We head offshore to learn the art of fishing small soft plastics for snapper before hitting the floodplains of the Northern Territory in search of barra.
Bill and Lenny pull out deep diving lures and chase perch in Victoria, before Kane Dysart joins the team trolling for barra at Dundee Beach.
Barra over a metre long are hard to catch and are a benchmark for all keen barra anglers. Even many ‘local’ and knowledgeable fishers are yet to catch a metre barra. So the last thing you want to do is lose the trophy of a lifetime when you get it on the line. Mark and Kane can stack the odds in your favour! Mark Parkinson, a keen angler and barra guide who has specialised in chasing big barra, and Kane Dysart, who has fished for barra all his life and has been involved in the industry as a guide, retailer and a professional fisherman, have the knowledge and experience to make you a better barra fisher. Together they will take you through their ideas, experiences and explain tactics and approaches to catch big barra. This DVD is essential if you want to know where, when and how to hook and land that Big Wild Barra of a lifetime!
Filmed on location at Hinchinbrook Island, Jason Medcalf outlines all the tactics required to catch a myriad of sport fish in our northern estuaries. Jason clearly explains the technique of using a lure then takes you out on the water and demonstrates his explained technique with that particular lure to catch fish. Along the way he catches a huge variety of tropical species including barra, mangrove jack, trevally, tarpon, grunter, flathead, bream and tells exactly which lures and what techniques are best for each fish. Plus he explains all you need to know on rods, reels, accessories, boats and more when chasing these species.
Join Jason Medcalf and friends on a kayak fishing adventure of a lifetime. The boys are flown into the remote Herbert River Gorge in far North Queensland by helicopter with ‘yaks in tow; the plan is to make their’ own way out and do a little fishing on the way. The gorge is home to an abundance of wildlife and the river is filled with sooty grunter, barramundi and is also home to the North’s apex predator: the crocodile. The venture is fully filmed by Jason and the kayak crew and shows us how to enjoy and survive that trip we have all dreamed of.
Join fishing journalists and barramundi tournament anglers, Nigel Webster and Jason Medcalf in one of AFN’s most striking DVDs yet as they outline the latest soft plastics techniques for our huge impoundment barra. Enjoy some of the most eye opening, metre plus barramundi action ever, combined with a detailed explanation of some of the hottest tactics currently being used to catch these ever more lure-wary trophies. Both Jason and Nigel have fished Lake Awoonga for years, they have watched and experienced the fishery explode and have been at the forefront in developing techniques that produce the fish. Get set for action – Get set for Barra Tactics 2!
Nige Webster heads south to the Snowy Mountains to catch trout on hardbody lures. Then, Kane Dysart shows Bill Classon the secrets to catching Northern Territory pelagic barra.
Estuary fishing in the Northern Territory, Cape York Peninsula and Princess Charlotte Bay, QLD, with well known fishing identities.
Concentrations of fish, once found, offer the chance of some great fishing. The AFN crew head to the Northern Territory in search of stacked up run-off barramundi before heading south to chase schooling black bream.
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