Fishing in Darwin is a top class fishing experience.
The northern coast of Australia has some of the country's best coastal and estuary in a wild and unspoiled outback environment with a great number of native wildlife. The pollution free, warm tropical waters and little commercial fishing pressure provide for extremely diverse and productive fishing.
Darwin is Australia's most notherly town and today she has evolved into a sophisticated but still character full tropical capitol populated with over 100 000 population. The town is located on a little cape encircled by the enormous area of Darwin harbor and a number of attractive ocean beaches and reefs.
Seasons
There are just a couple of ideal times of the year to be fishing in Darwin and the surrounding regions The "build up" is early October to the end of the year and at this time we see increasing air and watertemperatures and ever increasing humidity as we build up to the start of the rainy season This pushes the fish into a frenzy of feeding as we approach the monsoon season. The "run off" period that will usually be at the end of March, give or take a month. The monsoon season rains run off the sodden flood plains into the streams and estuaries and the barramundi and other estuary species go on a feeding hysteria in the food filled waters.
Estuary Fishing
The prime months of year to be barramundi fishing and fishing for other estuary species around Darwin and the Top End is March to May and early October to December. Barramundi are routinely found in the murkier waters of estuaries any where over Kimberley, Top End and North Queensland. They're going to travel between salt and freshwater and will normally be found close to submerged structure like overhangs, timber and rocks. Common catches are generally around 50-70cm but monsters over 1 meter are not uncommon.
The Top End coastal region is in general quite flat and consequently the estuaries that snake across these flooded plains are slow and winding. Over the wet season the streams break their banks and spread over the flood flats. As the waters recede after the wet, many pools and inland waterways are made and become full of freshwater. These are home to Barramundi, Saratoga and Threadfin Salmon.
Reef Fishing
In and around Darwin and the Top End reef fishing is best from April to around December. There are hundreds of reefs both artificial and in the seas around Darwin. A bunch of wrecks of all types were sunk in and around Darwin coastal regions by severe tropical weather and WW2 air raids. These will produce good catches of the sort after black jewfish as well as golden snapper, cod, trevally and coral trout just just to mention a few. A number of Darwin fishing charters accessing these areas.
Safety
In a word crocodiles!!
Our reptilian chums are everywhere across the top of Australia. We will not see them but they're here watching and waiting. The larger ones being greater than five plus meters long and be quite aggressive. Yet another excellent reason to use a local fishing guide with the correct experience and vessels.
Fishing Lodges
There many and well run fishing operations across the tropical north of Australia. The best operations combine guiding guiding with the good equipment, clean and comfortable comfortable to luxury and unique accommodation with service and quality dining into a package that makes it straightforward, pleasurable and good value for the travelling angler. The best operationsare also located in remote areas with world-class fishing at their back door. Some operations are better and more professional than others so it pays off to consult a local before finalising your trip.
The northern coast of Australia has some of the country's best coastal and estuary in a wild and unspoiled outback environment with a great number of native wildlife. The pollution free, warm tropical waters and little commercial fishing pressure provide for extremely diverse and productive fishing.
Darwin is Australia's most notherly town and today she has evolved into a sophisticated but still character full tropical capitol populated with over 100 000 population. The town is located on a little cape encircled by the enormous area of Darwin harbor and a number of attractive ocean beaches and reefs.
Seasons
There are just a couple of ideal times of the year to be fishing in Darwin and the surrounding regions The "build up" is early October to the end of the year and at this time we see increasing air and watertemperatures and ever increasing humidity as we build up to the start of the rainy season This pushes the fish into a frenzy of feeding as we approach the monsoon season. The "run off" period that will usually be at the end of March, give or take a month. The monsoon season rains run off the sodden flood plains into the streams and estuaries and the barramundi and other estuary species go on a feeding hysteria in the food filled waters.
Estuary Fishing
The prime months of year to be barramundi fishing and fishing for other estuary species around Darwin and the Top End is March to May and early October to December. Barramundi are routinely found in the murkier waters of estuaries any where over Kimberley, Top End and North Queensland. They're going to travel between salt and freshwater and will normally be found close to submerged structure like overhangs, timber and rocks. Common catches are generally around 50-70cm but monsters over 1 meter are not uncommon.
The Top End coastal region is in general quite flat and consequently the estuaries that snake across these flooded plains are slow and winding. Over the wet season the streams break their banks and spread over the flood flats. As the waters recede after the wet, many pools and inland waterways are made and become full of freshwater. These are home to Barramundi, Saratoga and Threadfin Salmon.
Reef Fishing
In and around Darwin and the Top End reef fishing is best from April to around December. There are hundreds of reefs both artificial and in the seas around Darwin. A bunch of wrecks of all types were sunk in and around Darwin coastal regions by severe tropical weather and WW2 air raids. These will produce good catches of the sort after black jewfish as well as golden snapper, cod, trevally and coral trout just just to mention a few. A number of Darwin fishing charters accessing these areas.
Safety
In a word crocodiles!!
Our reptilian chums are everywhere across the top of Australia. We will not see them but they're here watching and waiting. The larger ones being greater than five plus meters long and be quite aggressive. Yet another excellent reason to use a local fishing guide with the correct experience and vessels.
Fishing Lodges
There many and well run fishing operations across the tropical north of Australia. The best operations combine guiding guiding with the good equipment, clean and comfortable comfortable to luxury and unique accommodation with service and quality dining into a package that makes it straightforward, pleasurable and good value for the travelling angler. The best operationsare also located in remote areas with world-class fishing at their back door. Some operations are better and more professional than others so it pays off to consult a local before finalising your trip.
About the Author:
Paul Collery is a fishing fan, and travel writer based in Australia who has fished in numerous locations around the planet. He runs a company called Sports Fishing Adventures that concentrates on all inclusive Barramundi fishing safaris and other fishing holidays to unique and remote locations around Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
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