Daily River

After a very long drive we finally made it to Daily River, to go Barra fishing.

The second we pulled in to the Daly River we drove straight out the back and got the boat. After getting the boat out, we set up camp and chilled by the pool for the rest of the day.

On the second day, Dad woke up bright and early and got the boat ready for his first fishing day. Lachie and I decided not to go because Dad never gets fish on the first day. While we were swimming in the pool we saw Dad walking up with the esky, he caught one fish and it was only just legal.

One afternoon, Dad and I went out for a late arvo fish. When we got to our spot, and on our first troll dad got a fish and it was just legal. After about 15 minutes of catching undersize fish, Dad caught a 62. After catching to legal fish, we started to head back, but I told Dad that we should try our lucky spot on the way back. It was our second troll I hooked onto 61, and I was spewing because I was one cm off beating Dad.

While we were at the Daly River Lachie wanted to beat his pb, and he smashed it and caught a 90 cm Barra, but he couldn’t have done it without Dad and I.

It was our last day and we were looking forward to pizza but dad got really sick and we had to take him to the hospital in Darwin. All of us were pretty grumpy because we didn’t get pizza, but Mum, Lachie and I dropped Dad at the hospital and went and got Hungry Jacks and ice cream.

Other than missing pizza night we all had a very good time at the Daly River and all were drooling over Lachie’s 90 cm barra.Read more