Northern Territory Trip

[setthehook]

Sorry a bit late reporting but recently did a trip up to Darwin and managed to snag a few fish with my good friend Brenton. gotta love the Milkfish!!
Anyways here are some of the pics!
Cheers Rob

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[sleepygreg]

Couldn't you find any big fish Rob????

Seriously though, great pics from what looked like a great trip. Look at the size of the tail on those milkfish....no wonder they go so hard!!

Greg

[Apollo]

Was thinking the same Greg - they have just got to motor with a propulsion unit like that. Top fish Rob. Looks like you had a ball.

Steve

[robersl]

Hi Rob great trip by the looks don't those milk fish go hard just when you think you have them they go again

shane

[004dam]

awesome fun those fish would go hard

[Jarrah Jack]

Looks like a great trip there and most of it land based around Darwin by the looks. What technique did you use for the milkies if you don't mind me asking?

Cheers

[NAGG]

Ya just cant keep a good man down - pretty cool stuff there Rob ....... good work on the milk fish - I hear the go like the clappers .

Chris

[Chamelion]

Oh my, loving the milkfish mate, I am glad you posted them first! I hope some day I am lucky enough to land a second one

[jackextracter]

Dam they are some good milkies they sure do make your reel scream,thanks for the pics..

[LostNearBribie]

You are a machine Rob.
What do you catch Milk fish on?
I know nothing about them...

[jim_bream]

Nice work, makes you wanna move up north!
I too have never seen a milkfish, looks like you were using bait for em?
Makes my piddly trevs off the tweed wall look like fingerlings!!!

[robersl]

You are a machine Rob.
What do you catch Milk fish on?
I know nothing about them...

most people burly up with bread then drift out a unwaited small hook covered in bread they buggers are cagey they tend to know what piece of bread has a hook

shane

[setthehook]

Hi guys
Thanks for the nice comments!
The Milkfish are unreal, and on the light gear nothing I have caught matches them for stamina! Its like fishing for mullet and hooking a tuna that just never gives in! The biggest one I caught was between 10kg and 12kg on 10lb line and took for ages to land! I had him within 4 meters of the shore for 15 mins in the end and felt like i would never land him.
Basically you burley with bread and then try fool them with a breaded hook, like cubing for yellow fin they always seem to know which bread has a hook in it.... We lost as many as we caught to spool jobs, snags and pulled hooks.
We have some footage to put together for YouTube but just need to find some time to put it together...