Tales From The Tinny

Fishos aghast at multiple hundreds of dead fish off the Dundee coast, in what appears to be by-catch from a nearby prawn trawler. Angler Jon Bloch and Adrianne Laird from the Northern Prawn Fishery spoke to Adam Steer.

Threadies still thick at shady, stonking reefies on the spear at Dundee, Lee Point pelagic cuisine tips…and how it feels to drop a 150kg-plus fish.

It's the Tinny all Over this week as we try to hunt a place out of the wind to find a barra, while some fishos find the south easterlies are just blowing their lures straight in their face!

The Tales from the Tinny Fishing First Party releases its first, and only, election policy to resolve the age old quandry of the adventurer; too many toys, not enough towbars. Vote 1, Vote Often for the TFTFFP DRT

Beer, Barra & Budgie smugglers. Vale Fisho & Former PM Bob Hawke. 1979 Mary River, NT

1979 Mary River, NT

Rivers are low and blue is blowy. But top of the South is producing fish as is the harbour.

"Where other people might see a bit of timber to throw in the fire, I see a lure."

Kakadu rivers start to turn it up, and the going gets tough (and shallow) on the Daly for the Barra Classic.

Over 20ks out to sea and he arrived tired, lonely and in need of a rest. So these boys followed the law of the sea and came to his aid.

Blue water continues to produce across the Top End, but here come the South Easters! How it feels when your first fish is a 105 Barra and an outlook for dry season fishing the big rivers.

It's Easter and weather is looking fine for the bluewater, and some of the upper reaches of big rivers could fire as well.

The wet is done, the dry season is on its way. As are the billies, the mackies and even Corroboree is starting to fish. But forget the Daly for the moment.

Shoal Bay, South Alligator, the Tiwis and Daly River all feature on the Tinny this week. And how to be a better deckie!

Tales from the Tinny this week celebrates the finely tuned athletes, the ninjas of the Top End fishing community.

Daniel was onto a donkey of a fish, until a local resident staked its claim.

Big girls still gracing brag mats. Plus FADs doing houdinis, noodles doing jewies, and merit-based comp inclusion out the window.

How to catch GT's with just sausage and a lasso. Shady becoming hard work on the springs, as the blue water fires.

He's one of Darwin's favourite fisho's, having amassed over 1000 land based barra, and is often seen heading out for a fish on his trusty scooter.

The Tinny is taken over for International Women's Day, as reports flood in of Shady on fire for big girls!