A Day of Surprises (BIG land based Barra fishing in URBAN CREEK)

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--- LAND BASED big Barramundi. Fishing an urban creek, land based, 2 minutes from home. I did NOT expect the day to turn out like this:
- Surprise number one: Running into two fellow KZbinrs... And thank god I did, because I'm not sure if I would have been able to land the monster Barramundi if I was by myself. ‪@HUNTINGNT375‬ and Adventure Crab TV
- Surprise number two: BIG crabs. It turns out that even this is a very heavily pressured creek with lots of people fishing and crabbing every week. It still contains big mud crabs.
- Surprise number three: BIG Barramundi. As you can probably tell from the video, this was not an expected catch. With so many people fishing in this city/urban creek, never in my wildest dreams did I expect to catch a monster Barramundi.
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About Mikey Cunningham and my NT Fishing Adventures
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See that big bloke in front of the camera? Yea, that's me. G’day folks, I’m Mikey Cunningham. I’m not only the bloke in front of the camera, I do all the work behind the camera too. I mostly make fishing videos.
I live in Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. Also known as the "Top End." A lot of my older videos are from the Gulf of Carpentaria, when I lived in a little fishing village called King Ash Bay Fishing Club. It's located on the banks of the McArthur River downstream from Borroloola in the Northern Territory. I still go back there a few times a year and make fishing videos of my fishing trips.
I enjoy filming and editing my fishing adventures. Thank you to everyone who leaves me a comment and shares my stuff. You guys are awesome.
Even more stuff about me
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- Website - www.ntfishingad...

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

ROLL CALL: Who would have kept it and who would have released it? I'll go first. I know I was fishing for food, but a big breeder female Barramundi like that... I just couldn't keep it. She should lay millions of eggs a year.

[@jonries8059]

Mikey Cunningham agree mate! 58-80 !! Qld need to change the law from 120cm down to 90!

[@rodashford1151]

Yeah i agree, she should be breeding, i live in cairns Qld and think that our size needs to change to 58min 80max

[@_Murky_]

Anything 90 and above let her go.

[@normc007]

Well done Mike. Of course you let her go. It wasn’t on Flanders, but you will recall that way back when I was the majority shareholder in Flanders, anything over 80CM went back. Still a good policy. And I know you would not have even considered killing her. Good on you.

[@brendanwilkie7598]

Mikey a good call overall. I would say if your cupboard was bare and food was a priority then and it was only thing available then on plate would not have been an issue. Otherwise I applaud your restraint. Cracker tussle with the big girl though......bet the heart rate was up.

[@gavindereus3643]

Congratulations Mikey on catching your PB Barra

[@HUNTINGNT375]

Awesome video mate good work

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Thanks for getting in knee-deep water to land it for me!!!! Haha

[@HUNTINGNT375]

Mikey Cunningham All good mate 👍🤠

[@fishingthewild8542]

Awesome Mikey!

[@jaih81]

2 of my favourite KZbinrs in the same vid 🎉 Good fish mate!! 🤙🏼

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Still my PB too! Makes me smile every time I see photos from that day. 👍🏼

[@jarradnash1465]

Ahhhhhhhhh man..... EPIC!!. Mikey back on scoreboard!!! hahahahaha. Awesome. Love it.

[@adventureboundd]

Bloody nice fish Mikey! Good on you for letting her swim 🍻

[@sooksandsimba]

Well done Mickey I reckon ya uncle was looking down saying a big fat thanks for the tribute video. You are a champion.

[@PositiveFishing]

Well done Mickey, great fish!!!

[@Mintenkdrawing]

Thats a Big barra mate... Awesome

[@Vanningtheland]

You bloody ripper 👍👍👍

[@Cards36555]

Ripper! Im so happy for you, made my week watching this 👍

[@thumpergman]

Awesome mate

[@daviddews6196]

Bloody awesome mate!! I would have released her for sure, great to see!

[@Hairy_man_]

Absolutely gold

[@SkidPig]

Nice Barra mate 🤙

[@guyschiefelbein7505]

well done mate good work Nice Salty yellow tail Barra

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

The chromest (if that's a word) Barra I've ever caught I reckon.

[@davidhiggins7702]

Great video mate cheers. How good was ya little bike trailer lol go the main thing beer .

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yea she was loaded up pretty heavy. Haha.

[@tonyloechte9994]

Good old rapid creek a couple of weeks ago you and lil Arty rode past me at night cliffe Jetty When I was working at CDU we always saw good crab holes in the creek I had to go back to QLD due to the bug live in Cloncurry now red claw and cat fish can’t complain they still taste good Look after your self mate stay safe Love ya work.

[@notredame089]

Nice Barra mate glad you didn’t get eaten by a mad gecko🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🇦🇺🤠🍺🤙

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Funny you say that... the following night the news reported a croc chased a fisherman at that exact spot. Pretty crazy. Probably not the smartest thing me getting in the water like that.

[@dents-b-gonedarwinnt8355]

Bloody awesome mate. Could hear the excitment in your voice. Good onya👌👌

[@crankyoldcoot7212]

Bloody Beauty Mikey.

[@youhen01]

Well done mate!!

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Thanks mate. And thanks for watching.

[@danielwatts2688]

I’ve been there over a dozen times plus on the other side and not even had a nibble lol 🤬 nice catch champ 👍🏻

[@tobyneill21]

Barras turn into scavengers at certain tides an times of the year . Sometimes they will take a dead bait more then any live bait

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Yea interesting. I can't remember the last Barra I caught on a piece of dead bait.

[@tobyneill21]

Well done releasing it too man. Many people wouldn’t have kept it especially at this times. But it’s still a breeder fish an wouldn’t taste to great. Well done showing her respect an putting her back!!

[@djdbdidjd4644]

Love your work man🔥

[@jeffhornek5495]

Great episode mate and awesome Barra....would have released myself so well done 👍🏻🎣😎

[@Brad.whatthe]

Well done Mikey awesome arvo, I would have let her go cause you had plenty of beers to keep cold in the little esky

[@theoffender3113]

90’s a good fish mate... but not kidding ya mate .. last 4 fish have been over a meter... biggest went 122... they call me Mr Lucky. 🍻

[@lukesimmons5121]

Nice barra mate

[@uluacom]

🔥

[@jtbooss290fpvyt7]

hey mikey i like all your vids

[@WE33WE]

Yah Mikey it happened. The Pirate dog brought you some luck.Great to see a grown man still get excited.Great Northern all round

[@adventurecrabnt8115]

Great Video Mate teach me your Jedi ways!!!!

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Hahaha... it's all in the butterfly mate. Haha. So glad you were there with a brag mat!!

[@adventurecrabnt8115]

@@MikeyCunninghamFishing Your More then welcome it was a amazing fish!!!

[@adventurecrabnt8115]

Video Editing training next LOL

[@gazmo6070]

Wait...on a dead mullet?? Niiiiice one fella

[@bobbuilder8469]

Karma for your last vid mate, well done

[@jackbest9714]

Hey do you know how to catch mullet without a cast net

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

You can get little bait net things. I can remember my dad using one when I was a kid. They are like the size of a case of beer with small circle entry holes on each end. Just make sure to check your local rules and regulations. Cast net is the way to go if you’re allowed to throw one where you are.

[@jnzplastics1021]

yes mikey you beauti

[@noahmitchell3791]

We are getting a few boys for a flick at rapid creek this weekend to do some filming. Want to come?

[@terrencetaylor4723]

Nice size barra for that spot ay 👍. My PB is 103

[@grantbowley2160]

Didn't recognise the spot. Where was it

[@bugsybugsy6826]

all this time fishing and only a 90cm PB AHAHA

[@davelekenila9685]

Where is this?

[@joshuawilde-djumadi4685]

Hey Mikey do I know how big the tides were or an estimate??

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

It was on the 18th of April 2020 mate. So you can go check out exactly the tides for that day!! 👍🏼

[@bugsybugsy6826]

all this fishing and only a 90cm PB? BAHA

[@topendtrucker]

Mikey where are you

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I just got back from a big trip last week mate. New videos coming soon!!! Was pretty epic.

[@lauianewman7191]

Where’s this bro

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Rapid Creek mate.

[@mitchelldelay9852]

When’s the next vid coming out

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Mate, really really soon. I just got back from a big trip and got 700GB of footage I’m currently going through.

[@joseph8852]

Good Barra for rubbish creek but I sure as shit would have be eating crabs out of there Super high levels of PFAS , all the storm water run off from the uni and boat load of rubbish

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

I hadn't thought of any of that mate. At least it gets a good flush out every day. Particularly on the bigger tides.

[@gavindereus3643]

I wouldn’t keep it

[@notredame089]

We’ve all done it mate the things we do to look after those awesome creatures stay safe mate head on a swivel🍺🇦🇺🤠🤙🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊

[@solomanvanreyk879]

Nice fish Mickey 🤙

[@MikeyCunninghamFishing]

Thanks mate. 👍🏼🤠🎣

[@garrynorth6199]

Awesome Barra mate, love your content, keep it up…👍🏼