FISH THE TOP END GIRLS’

The Reel Women's Barra Classic, is a fishing competition just for the girls, held in September on the Mary River System in Australia 's Northern Territory . This was the third year this tournament has been held and it attracts up to 350 female anglers each year.

Teams can choose to have one male member who can skipper the boat but not fish, but many of the teams chose to go it alone.

This year, I was happy to be involved in this event as a skipper for team, Fish The Top End Girls'.

Our team members were Tamra Fittock & Annie Andrews from the Chamber of Commerce and Jacqui Berrill from the Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise.

Day one was a great day out on the water with everyone very happy with their efforts. Jacqui's aim of catching her first legal Barra was achieved and Tamra landed her biggest Barra to date.

Back at the Bark Hut, the base for this two day competition, the evening's festivities concluded with the points from the day being tallied. We were all very surprised that team Fish The Top End Girls' had finished equal 2nd, only 2 points off the leader. If not for a little slip up by yours truly we would have been equal 1st, but we won't go into that.

Day two a noticeable change of attitude had hit our boat. Things were more serious now that the girls knew there was a chance of winning this event. The day started off at great pace with some nice point scoring saratoga measured and released but the afternoon was a little quiet.

With a couple of teams having a great second day and leap frogging the leaders from day one we managed to finish the comp a respectable 4th. I have been advised that team Fish The Top End Girls' will be back next year.

Thanks to the following sponsors for their support during this event:-

River and Reef Fishing Charters
Top Gear Adventure Wear
Norsign

NEW FISHING TOUR OPTIONS

In the next couple of months Fish The Top End will be offering another couple of great fishing options.

Fishing the Kimberley - mothership fishing the remote untouched Kimberley coast of Western Australia

Vanderlin Island - a remote fishing camp in the Gulf of Carpentaria with over 26 species of fish on offer.

Stay tuned we are just in the process of finalising these arrangement and will keep you informed in a future newsletter.

If you want any information on these new tours or any other Fish The Top End tour please contact me.

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