I NEED A HIRO

Land-based sensei HIROAKI NAKAMURA shares his hard-won knowledge on catching the mighty barramundi without a boat

THERE has been a lot of rain recently.

A good rainy season shower benefits us greatly.

It will bring about a very productive Dry season for fishing.

Recently, a friend of mine caught some nice sized barramundi near Cullen Bay.

However, an area of water that is very shallow is not very fishing productive now.

Nevertheless, I could catch some barramundi on lures by land based methods in my usual fishing locations. But, those sizes were very small.

■ On November 13 I landed barramundi 1099 using Squidgies Fish 70mm Lime Lighting on Mindil Beach.

■ November 15 on barramundi 1100 — Squidgies Fish 70mm Lime Lighting on Mindil Beach.

■ November 18 on barramundi 1101 — HRT Lures Mad Minnow 70mm Fire Engine on East Point.

■ November 19 on barramundi 1102 — Squidgies Fish 80mm Drop Bear at Fannie Bay.

From, these results, it can be inferred that nice sized barramundi are possibly moving about in search of their baits while swimming in the slightly deeper, mid-zone instead of the very shallow area. I want to catch one more $10,000 fish. I normally fish barramundi on lures by land based at a water depth of 30cm - 50cm.

I should probably fish barramundi at a water depth of 1m - 1.5m during this season.

By the way, I got 24 bottles of beer as a supplementary prize from my $10,000 fish. The doctor has ordered me to abstain from beer.

However, I love food that goes well with beer.

I made gyoza dumplings with pork, cabbage and spring onion. Very delicious! Here’s cheers to Million Dollar Fish Season three!