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Run off looking promising

19/2/2018

 
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93cm Floodplain Barra taken on a live mullet
After a slow start to the wet season the rain finally came in January. The Darwin rural area which supplies Shoal Bay with its run off received 1.2 meters of rain. This is the most rain recorded in January since 1904 and we have been getting steady rain fall throughout Febuary as well.
On Saturday night the tides looked good to go and have a look around on the floodplains and the results were promising. There was plenty of water up there along with a good number of nice sized mullet. 
We fished a likely run off gutter and managed to boat four barra with the biggest being 93cm. As the tide pushed up we moved up onto the floodplain itself but found it quiet up on top. The fish were sitting below the run off feeding on the bait being washed into the river. There were plenty of fish boofing around us all night.
While we need one more monsoon to really top it up and keep the action going all looks good for a great run off season.

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