Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge - Australia

This remote and exclusive area offers outstanding barramundi and sportfishing safaris from March to December. Our upmarket safari lodge is the only operation in this region, where entry is restricted to people holding permits issued by the Aboriginal traditional land owners.

You will have unfettered exclusive access to 6 pristine Arnhemland rivers (the Liverpool, Tomkinson, Cadell, Blyth, Mann and Goomadeer) several coastal creeks and estuaries, and magnificent inland lagoons. The remote and extensive waterways in this Arnhemland region have a well earned reputation for offering some of the best barra fishing in the world.

You will primarily target the famous barramundi but you will most likely encounter a number of other saltwater species such as threadfin and blue salmon, mangrove jack, golden snapper, coral trout, queenfish, Spanish mackerel, broadbarred mackerel, long tail tuna, giant trevally, golden trevally, cobia, and that icon sportfish the giant herring.There are also opportunities for freshwater lagoon fishing for barramundi, tarpon and saratoga.

Fishing is from fully surveyed sportfishers piloted by our experienced and knowledgeable fishing guides.

While the mighty barramundi is the most well known of Northern Territory sportfish, there are a plethora of hard-fighting fish species available that are of interest to anglers.

All of the species listed below are found in waters near the Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge at different times of the year.
*Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
*Barramundi Lates calcarifer - Barra
*Blue Salmon Eleutheronema tetradactylum
*Cobia Rachycentron Canadus. Black kingfish, cobe.
*Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis. Turrum, great trevally, GT, Trevor.
*GoldenTrevally Gnathanodon speciosus
*Longtail and Mackerel Tuna Thunnus tonggol, Euthynus affinis. Northern bluefin, mac tuna
*Mangrove Jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus. Red bream, jack.
*Pikey Bream Acanthopagrus berda. Black bream, bream
*Queenfish Chorinemus lysan. Leatherskin, queenie, skinny.
*Saratoga Scleropages jardini. Northern saratoga, toga.
*Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus commerson. Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, tanguigue, *Spaniard, mac.
*Threadfin Salmon Polynemidae sheridani. King salmon, gold threadfin, threadie.

Reef fish are found primarily on offshore reefs, with some species, such as the famous black jewfish and golden snapper, also encountered around estuary rockbars in a similar environment to barramundi. They can be caught on trolled or jigged lures, or by dropping down a fresh bait.
*Black Jewfish Prontonibea diacanthus, Spotted jewfish, Jewfish, Jewie
Cod and Groper Cod - Epinephelus tauvina. Estuary cod — greasy cod, groper Groper Ephinephelus lanceolatus. Queensland groper — giant groper,
*Coral Trout Plectropoma maculatum, trout
*Golden Snapper Lutjanus johnii. Fingermark bream, spotted-scale sea perch, snapper, goldie, fingermark.
*Red Emporer Lutjanus sebae. Red, emporer
*Tricky Snapper Lethrinus chrysostomus. Tricky, red-throat emperor