Ep36 Every Barra fisherman’s dream! Tropical Australia lifestyle | Catch and Cook

‪@Hookedonwildventures‬ We take you on an incredible barramundi fishing adventure right in our own backyard! We uncover a hidden fishing hole just steps away from our back door, where barramundi lurk, ready to put up a fight. Do we live in possibly the best place in top end of Australia? Possibly :). We share our home with you. Margie has never caught a barramundi here before whereas Ricky fished it ten years ago.
This is literally stepping out of our house and casting a line into a world-class fishing spot. The excitement is palpable as we battle these barramundi, their powerful runs and acrobatic leaps testing our skills to the limit. Join us as we explore this incredible backyard fishing paradise and experience the thrill of catching barramundi in a way you've never imagined.
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We're Ricky & Margie, best of friends, nature-loving, happy existentialists on a grand wild venture in Australia. In our 9.5m plate boat, we're exploring stunning, remote destinations that were once only dreams. Join us as we fish, camp, cook our catches, and discover ourselves along the way.
As we transition to both boat life and caravan life (Spin415), we're excited to share our experiences and learn from the road and at sea. Ricky, a seasoned Territory fishing guide, now has the opportunity to share his love for the water with Margie on this incredible journey. Follow along for playful banter, stunning landscapes, and the thrill of the wild ventures.
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[@grampblox7821]

I'm envious of your backyard. Wouldn't mind having a similar one myself but alas I'm content watching you enjoy yours.

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@@grampblox7821 awwww, so glad you enjoyed that! 😊 It is now so very hot 🥵 to go at the back. The Barra might be lazier too now til the run off starts. Where are you connecting from, if you don’t mind us asking? Would love to know what you think about our Montebello islands trip too! Here’s the curated playlist for you! 😊 Montebello Islands - Fishing, Exploring, Diving kzbin.info/aero/PLfRQGKEN7XOA-HaA--of_6bhky1TdogLv

[@Sailing_KALLI]

OMG 😱 Diff has seen better days 😱😱 Great Spot for camping ⛺️ 🤩👏🏽 Wow the cherabin were huge 😋😋

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@Sailing_KALLI yep, beats Cone Bay…we can just walk back home 😆 the huge cherabin is definitely a motivator for Margie than the barra 😝. Yep, the Diff wanted out, for sure!!

[@Sailing_KALLI]

@ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 awesome 🤩 love cherabin 😋

[@reddyman6915]

Any waterways in the NT can hold resident lizards with big teeth . At our induction to Arnhem Land ( Gove / Nhulunbuy ) this was the first thing they told us . Those Cherabin looked great cooked up 👍

[@Hookedonwildventures]

I love what you call them! Hahaha 😝 lizards with big teeth! Yep, we know they are there so we are super wary. We have so much respect for them. We love Arnhemland too! Taking our boat there by sea would be a mission for sure!!

[@thomasprince4992]

before i hear what Ricky says . he is a very easy going guy (from watching vids )

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@thomasprince4992 he actually is!!! You wouldn’t believe what he actually said when I told him I broke the GMC.

[@alsonreybretana8937]

imagine catching a barra and cherabin just from your backyard, nice...

[@Hookedonwildventures]

This is how amazing it is living in this beautiful country, eh? 😊 glad you enjoyed our backyard fishing expedition! 😜

[@MindTrippin-SinceBirth]

Came here through B2B Castaways on youtube after they found your bottle with note on that remote island and cave😅

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@mindTrippin-SinceBirth yay, you are a wild venturer too!! 😊 Yayy! welcome to our channel! So good you found us too through the note the bottle! We hope you enjoy all our adventures! We started our adventuring here same islands as Strick and Fran from episodes 18 to 26. Here is well into it at ep 19 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaamf3ljfLaKg8Usi=huG1w1_rPYVEWA8j

[@stevehershberger2672]

What a fun little spot out back of your place. I reckon if I was a young fella growing up around there, I wouldn't be hanging around the house much. What a cool place for a kid to roam.

[@Hookedonwildventures]

Hi Steve!! You have watched it already!!! Awesome! Haha yes, we shouldn’t be home at all, right? We are going fishing today so now out on the water, will lose reception shortly!!!

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@@stevehershberger2672 we had you in our mind for during the latest episode Ep38 Ep38 Crocodiles attacks our boat fishing for the million-dollar barramundi kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXddYeharBjisU

[@stevehershberger2672]

@@Hookedonwildventures I just crawled out of the woods chasing deer for a week in Tennessee, what a cool video to come back to. Thanks.

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@@stevehershberger2672 We are so pleased you appreciated that very much! Coincidentally, Ricky and I have been invited to go deer hunting and we have never, ever been! We will definitely be out of our comfort zone if and when we do it! helpppp! ;)

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@ watch and enjoy how we eat the fruits of our labour from this morning! Early morning start to enjoy these!! 😊 kzbin.info7NQQlINR6HE?si=fYQHfIuYzSFUxZz_

[@RyanVega-u1b]

I guess Ricky's face I can see the the sadness and Ricky's face

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@ryanvega-u1b he was sad only for two seconds when we accepted we wouldn’t be able to launch the big boat anywhere slippery. He got over it quickly when u suggested we go fishing in our backyard instead! 😂

[@Sailing_KALLI]

@@Hookedonwildventures great attitude to be able to accept and move forward past a setback like that ❤💯👏🏽 respect 🤩🙏🏼

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@sailing_KALLI thank you!!! Ricky’s a bloody saint (I think) or I must be THAT special that he makes himself like a saint! 😜 Let us know once you are nearly in Darwin!

[@Sailing_KALLI]

@@Hookedonwildventures 😂😂😂that is funny 🤣 We arrived in Darwin now for a few days, been restocking and picking us some parcels etc 💯👍🏽✌🏽👏🏽 Would be great to catch up one day 👍🏽 Have hired a cheap car for a couple of weeks 👏🏽✌🏽

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@Sailing_KALLI oh! You are here now! Awesome! We live out in the bush! Would you come over for drinks and a drive? Ricky and I would love to catch up and learn about your set up. We are thinking of getting a motorboat but a couple of our friends are swaying us towards a sailing catamaran. Alternatively, we can also drive to you. Are you moored in Fannie Bay or Bayview?

[@bigkidorganicvibe99]

I found out about your channel when b2b castaways found a bottle note you left in a remote cave.

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@bigkidorganicvibe99 We love your handle! oh, and especially that you found out about our channel through the note in the bottle we left in the cave! Welcome to our tribe and thanks for letting us know you found us via B2B Castaways 😊. We devoted nine episodes in the same islands where Strick and Fran found our note. The link below is a curated playlist of those videos. We hope you enjoy it as well as other videos too! Let us know what you love and enjoy watching :) kzbin.info/aero/PLfRQGKEN7XOA-HaA--of_6bhky1TdogLv&si=see_32BWSgI35OZk

[@thomasprince4992]

All you outdoor adventure youtubers need to get together and make a cook book .

[@Hookedonwildventures]

😆 that’s a great idea!! We are arranging some cooking lessons with two top chefs in the territory (where we live). We hope we can bring them the fresh fish and they can whip up some amazing dishes out!

[@thomasprince4992]

@@Hookedonwildventures All Australian version . Australians to me do the best outdoor cooking

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@thomasprince4992 that is an awesome idea!!! Ricky and I will research recipes for outdoor cooking for sure now. I’m going to collaborate with a lot more chefs!!! 😬

[@jamiealvarez9873]

Ate Marge, Maddie is asking me why you are laughing (I said bec you are excited and happy) and why the other (Ricky) is not... 🤣

[@Hookedonwildventures]

Hi Maddie, it’s because I also broke our truck!!! 😆 Ricky was so scared he couldn’t go fishing anywhere…so I sent him with my frozen chicken to have a look if he can get some cherabins…either for eating or barra fishing…😍

[@geoffgold6773]

What a great property you have my wife and I are making the life style change to Darwin in February not looking forward to house hunting though.

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@geoffgold6773 thank you so much for your kind words! How lovely that you found us too and enjoyed this episode! Do let us know how you found us! Moving to a place in our area is certainly a bonus for the fish and nature lover! Darwin is one of the best! Where will you be moving from, if you don’t mind us asking? I was teasing Ricky that this episode is a great advertisement if we were to sell our property! There are many properties to choose from. It will be exciting! Stay in touch and let us know how you go! We can share a lot of insights if you need them! 😊 welcome to our channel and we hope you enjoy the rest of what we are sharing! There’s lots to do and here’s a curated playlist of our top end Wild Ventures for you. Tell us what you enjoy the most! kzbin.info/aero/PLfRQGKEN7XOB2_SxnMLB0qRcEA3FuSvXR&si=8sFqRKZbCixj6jqD

[@geoffgold6773]

We are from Sydney but have been travelling the top end for the last 20years mainly the Kimberley chasing Barra and when Covid came we escaped to Darwin and lived there for 3 months And have been back every year .I have rented a serviced apartment in town for the moment till we find a house looking in the Northern beaches area. Thanks for the warm welcome to your Chanel and to the NT Regards Geoff

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@geoffgold6773 Hi again Geoff! Oh wow that’s a huge change from Sydney, right? We think moving is always incredibly brave! Loving how you escaped to Darawin during Covid…we felt like we didn’t have to change our ways much whilst the rest of the world got shut down. It was eerie having to do the distancing at Woolies but we were the least affected up here, weren’t we? 😊 We have been in the Kimberleys chasing barra too (but only for the past seven years). What were your favourites? We’d love to hear your stories if you have been doing that for twenty years! We have so many more to learn. We loved Arnhemland prior to discovering the magic of the Kimberleys! Our values must be so aligned! 😊. Do you like mud crabbing too? The houses in the northern beaches will offer nice, quiet areas whilst being so close to the shopping centre. You will find the right one, for sure. Let’s keep connected and we hope to see you in the water too!! 😊

[@geoffgold6773]

Probably my most memorable fishing spot in the Kimberley’s is the Wallcot inlet but it’s not a place to go for the faint hearted on the change of tide eddys can be 25m in diameter but this the place for the hardest fighting Barra you ever come across. First cast 102cm he headed straight for the eddy’s where he sat in the current for 20min before I could get her to the surface over the next 2 days caught 50 Barra smallest being a 96cm.How we found this place is we had parked the mothership behind an island for the night one of the guides asked if anybody wanted to come for an explore and a fish just remember that in 2007 know charter boat had ever stop there.over next 10 years the owner of the 24m Kimberley Quest was able navigate the boat some 20km down the inlet.At the end of inlet it becomes the isdale and the Calder rivers which are fresh From what I have been told Malcom Douglas did a expedition there but came in overland

[@Hookedonwildventures]

@geoffgold6773 Are you in Darwin now, Geoff?? sorry for the delay, Geoff. Your message was filtered in a different inbox. We have often wanted to go there and Ricky confirmed we couldn’t nowadays as it’s a marine park now. That is an amazing experience you’ve had!!!! We have fished Secure Bay which is next to Walcott! Ricky caught a 1.07m there. It was unreal but your experience would have been spectacular indeed! We had an amazing fishing session in Strickland and Cone Bay - this is one of our favourites! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpOcc4adZcSngrcsi=G-TX1WkIsYnHjh6Q