Day 142 - 2 out of 3 aint bad

So today was the day, the day when Steve and I could get a chance to catch the famous Barramundi. For those of you that don't know, many years ago I set myself a task of catching 3 types of fish, Snapper, Shark and Barramundi. So far I've managed to catch the first two, but not the third.

So we got picked up nice and early, by Colin our friendly fishing guide, and with Sarah, the english girl, being our 3rd person on deck, we headed off to the Ord River. Now we quickly got chatting, and found out that Sarah had never fished before, not for whiting, pike, etc. So straight away Steve and I knew we were in trouble.

It didn't take us long to get into the water, and before we started fishing, we were having a look at all the crocodiles in the water.

It didn't take long for the first Barra to be caught, and low and behold, you wouldn't guess it, Sarah got on to it. It was both beautiful and horrible to watch, someone who doesn't even know how to hold a rod, set besides a beautiful fish being caught. Within minutes the fish, about 65cm long was in the boat, and a number of photos were taken.

About half an hour later, Steve got on to a fish, but it was with laughter that he brought in a horrible catfish. But he had the last laugh, just minutes later he got on to a beauty, and did his best to get the fish in. Now when you look to the bottom of this entry, you'll see the fish he caught. With a fight to get his fish out of the reeds, he finally got his 86cm Barramundi into the boat. And luckily for the fish, it was too big to keep. Now speaking to Steve about this later, this was the best fish he's ever caught.

So all the pressure came to me, and about an hour later, I had a Barra go for my bait. Unfortunately for me, I pulled on the line to hard, and lost the fish. And that was to be he only fish I was got get near for the day. But a day's great fishing all round.

So after we fished all morning, we headed off to Katherine, a misery 510km away. Not much to say about the drive, except for Gregory National Park. We drove though it, but it seemed lovely, all these cliffs and also with a big river running through it.

Oh well, I now need to find another place to catch a Barra..... Lance, how's the Daintree looking?