| Step 1. Lure Types. | | | | barra feeding on the school of Fish. |
| The surface lure you use may vary in shape and | | | | Step. 5. Searching your Tackle box |
| size but basically most surface Lures must make | | | | Now its time to search your tackle box for a |
| it to the Strike zone. Whilst I lived in the North for | | | | popper that resembles the Popeye mullet. As |
| 7 years, I noted the more I fished for Barramundi | | | | close as you can get to the school the better this |
| with Surface lures the more I enjoyed it. | | | | call for tact. Its not a matter of running up to the |
| Step 2. Lure presentation. | | | | school of fish at a hundred miles an hour but |
| The movement the lure makes and the speed in | | | | calmly walking carefully towards it. |
| which it moves is vitally important to catching fish. | | | | Step. 6. Don't stand to close to the bank. |
| At times a quick jerking method may work well, | | | | Hey this may sound funny for a tip but it serves |
| and at other times a slow blopping method may | | | | many purposes. |
| work better. You may cast your lure a hundred | | | | 1. A Saltwater crocodile can launch half its body |
| times only to find you are retrieving it the wrong | | | | from the water in 2 seconds. |
| way, so its vitally important to experiment with | | | | 2. More than half your strikes can occur only |
| different methods at all times. | | | | 2metres from the bank , so too close and you |
| Step 3. Knowing the area your fishing | | | | may spook the fish. |
| So you know the fish are there but they aren't | | | | 3. In some places where you fish the ground may |
| biting. What do you do?. Easy. Wait, Patience plays | | | | be muddy and very slippery or rocky. As the tide |
| an important part in fishing and fishing with | | | | may have been there a few hours before. |
| Poppers or surface lures is no exception. Maybe | | | | Remember what may look solid may in fact be |
| you need to wait for the tide to turn so its a | | | | soft and come up to your knees in no time. |
| good time to have a cup of coffee and a break. | | | | 4. Always cast behind the school of fish you've |
| Step. 4. Investigating the area your Fishing | | | | noticed. There maybe 10, 000 Popeye mullet |
| Its sometimes good to investigate what fish the | | | | there but the Barra and in most cases its the |
| Barra may be feeding on in the area you are | | | | large Barra who notice a fish that is not with the |
| fishing. For example maybe you've noticed a large | | | | school. Your Lure. |
| school of Popeye mullet near where you are | | | | This concludes my tips for catching Barramundi on |
| fishing and seen the famous boof on top of the | | | | surface lures. |
| water at times. Nine times out of ten that's a | | | | Good fishing and tight lines. |