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All 4 Adventure - Season 17 Episode 4 -
Episode 4
Episode 4
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00:00Hey?
00:01Day in a bit, mate.
00:02Day in a bit.
00:03Took us a hundred k's to get out of the last track, and that was four hours of driving,
00:08solid, and that was coming out with the track clear.
00:11Well, so we thought.
00:13So we thought.
00:14Anyway, now we're going to a place called Dipiri.
00:17Okay?
00:18Now...
00:19Is that how you pronounce it?
00:20Dipiri.
00:21Dipiri?
00:22Dipiri?
00:23How do you...
00:24I go Dipiri.
00:25Dipiri.
00:26Daz's joint.
00:27We're going to Daz's joint.
00:29A good mate of ours, Darren.
00:30Now we haven't been to this place for ages.
00:32Now he reckons, mate, it's school holidays.
00:35Why don't you come up?
00:36No one's here.
00:37He's just got the family there.
00:39He reckons the fish are going off tap, and the billabong out the back is just full of
00:45local wildlife.
00:46And, mate, this place is an absolute awesome place.
00:49We've been there before, but we've got to get there first.
00:52So a hundred k's in that direction.
00:54We're going to go hook up with Darren, but we do have a bit of a nasty track ahead of
00:58us.
00:59Not like the one we've just done.
01:00No.
01:01Not at all.
01:02It does say dirt road on the map, but it is not just a dirt road.
01:06There's going to be some messed up spots.
01:08Unkept dirt road.
01:09Unkept.
01:10So let's get ourselves mobile and go and see Dazza, our best mate at Dipper.
01:17Go, Maxi.
01:18Go.
01:19Go.
01:20Go.
01:21Go!
01:22Go!
01:23Go, Maxi.
01:24Go!
01:25Go!
01:26Go!
01:27Go!
01:28Go!
01:41The road doesn't look too bad so far.
01:47Yeah, this bit's always the good bit.
01:50Yes, and later on it gets worse.
01:54They might have graded it if we're lucky.
01:56I'm not really sure.
01:57It's been years and years since we've been here.
02:00Alright, so Mitch, just to give you a heads up.
02:04So basically where we're going, we can't drive to.
02:07We can only drive to a little community and that's where we've got to park our gear up.
02:13Yeah, righto. Sounds interesting.
02:16And then to get to the lodge we've got to go by boat.
02:21I told him he's got to sit back and watch us catch Big Barra.
02:25That's it. He can watch us catch Big Barra.
02:29I haven't caught many Barra in my time so I think it might be my time to catch a decent Barra.
02:37If you catch a mate of Barra before I do, you'll sack.
02:41We're going to meet a mate of ours, Darren.
02:44Now he owns a lodge like a barramundi fishing lodge and it's quite renowned for the fact that it fishes a particular river,
02:55well a particular area, but one particular river that is unique, unique to this part of Arnhem Land.
03:04It's fed by the Arrafura swamp and it feeds this particular river.
03:09Now the fact that it feeds this river means that the Barra population here is next level.
03:16Give my car a bit of a tough.
03:18We're going to hang out with Darren for the next few days.
03:21Now the only way to get there is we've got to drive this 100 Ks.
03:24I'll tell you what, I can't wait.
03:26I haven't been there in years and it's going to be great to hook up with Darren.
03:31Yeah, check it out mate.
03:32We're sitting up on top of what's called like a big plateau.
03:36We've got a massive big flat plane down to the left and right of us.
03:42Yeah, righto.
03:44These trucks will definitely sort your vehicles out if you are keeping up with the maintenance,
03:49checking things, just simple things like this.
03:52Like corrugation.
03:54Yeah.
03:55Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
03:59If you can't, jeez.
04:01If you can't keep up with the maintenance and just checking your wheel nuts,
04:05checking bash plates, all that sort of stuff.
04:10Front heights.
04:12Everything comes loose with these corrugations.
04:15It really sorts a car out.
04:18See why the locals call this the Goat Track boys.
04:23Goat Track, that's the local name.
04:27Yeah, the Goat Track.
04:30Still got a little bit of moisture on it.
04:34Every truck I've been down that's been named the Goat Track hasn't been a fun truck.
04:39That's why we're going four-wheel driving, mate.
04:42You know what's part of owning a four-wheel drive if we're not going four-wheel driving?
04:45That's a valid point.
04:47Well, this looks a bit boggy.
04:49Very muddy, that bit.
04:51We came across some fellow travellers in a bit of trouble on the track.
04:58What's going on?
05:00Good man.
05:01The boat trailer hitch came off, and as old mate hit the anchors, it wedged up hard underneath the car.
05:11We need to get some load down on the hitch as it is jammed up tight.
05:20Bit more.
05:21Alright.
05:22Everyone gets into it.
05:28Don't scratch the paint.
05:29Alright, now we've got the weight of it.
05:33See?
05:34Out of pops.
05:37I've never met a mob so happy to be broken down.
05:44We on?
05:45Obviously the hitch didn't stay on, eh?
05:46No.
05:47Hitch on?
05:48Hitch on?
05:49No worries.
05:50Hello.
05:51Only just?
05:52But it's enough for now.
05:53Now pull down.
06:07Yeah, it's good to see you guys around.
06:17I heard yous were coming.
06:18Yeah?
06:19Yeah.
06:20You've been a part of it.
06:21There you go.
06:22We helped.
06:23There you go.
06:24No worries guys.
06:26We get it all back together and get them going.
06:28As a bonus, we get taught a bit of language by the kids.
06:32Nice to meet you.
06:39See you after this commercial break.
06:45Mate, we can't be too far away from the ocean.
06:51Nah, we've just got to bust out onto this flood plain mate and head down to the barge
06:56landing.
06:57We've got to chuck some stuff on the barge and then they're going to, yeah, take some gear
07:02across for us and then we're going to go across in the boat.
07:05Welcome to the flood plain boys.
07:07Where the buffalo roam free.
07:10How cool is that?
07:13In the wet season, this is all underwater.
07:16Company of little magpie geese.
07:19So it's high tide at 11.30 and it's already ten past one.
07:26Just out here to our left, there's just all buffalo.
07:29Like there's a big mob.
07:31Hey Mitch, you on channel?
07:33Yeah mate, got ya.
07:35Have a look out to your left there mate.
07:37Big mob of buffalo.
07:39Yeah, there is too.
07:44Just roaming the flood plains mate.
07:46This would be heaven for them.
07:51Looks like the barge hasn't arrived yet, but the tide is in boys.
07:55That's a good start.
07:57Untap that boat and get that thing in the drink, eh?
08:01Yeah, we better get ourselves organised before we lose water.
08:05So we're going to try and get that on there.
08:10Not with that other vehicles going on there.
08:13So we're going to go down onto there.
08:15Hopefully we can fit her on.
08:16But they're loading some more gear on.
08:18So we're sort of tagging along, chucking our side by side onto that barge.
08:22Barge is looking a bit full at the moment.
08:25Full of people and gear and...
08:27Looking full, isn't it?
08:28Yeah, looking real full.
08:30Alright mate, just missed that four-wheel drive there and you're all good.
08:33We've still got plenty of water on Link, I hope.
08:36Copy that.
08:37Oh, we're at the end of the ramp though with the water.
08:39Alright, I'll give her a bit of a stab launch to try and get it off the trailer.
08:43She'll be full of dust.
08:45Good to go mate.
08:47Alright.
08:52I'll go again, eh?
08:54Yep.
08:55Textbook mate.
08:56Textbook.
08:57Well that's a start.
08:58Now we've got to get some gear back to the compound and then get in this boat.
09:11I don't know what it's going to be like by the time we get back to the boat ramp.
09:14We might be wading through mud to get to it.
09:16We're racing the light as well as the tide to get out of the mouth.
09:29So we are flat out and it's cold.
09:31Just getting across a little sandbank.
09:32Trying to negotiate these sandbanks around here.
09:33There's something over there.
09:34We've got to stay out wide and it's windy.
09:35We're going to get clogged.
09:36And we do get really flogged but we have to get in before dark.
09:50Well that was fun.
09:52We've definitely got smacked out there.
10:02You can see here it's actually quite calm here at the moment because it's flowing like
10:07offshore but it's like 40 knots out there.
10:12We got smoked but we're here.
10:14We're here.
10:15Right in front of us is Darren's place.
10:18Barge literally looks like the barge has dropped something off.
10:23We're not sure what he's dropped off.
10:25Hopefully a buggy.
10:27Here comes Darren.
10:30In?
10:31Yeah, come in now.
10:35Darren's got us a boat trailer.
10:38Some sort of boat trailer.
10:41That's about it.
10:43Wind her up.
10:44We get the boat out just before sunset.
10:46Is it on?
10:47You really don't want to be standing in the water after dark.
10:51Look at that.
10:52How good's that?
10:53That's a cracker.
10:54Here he comes.
10:55He's got beers in here.
10:56Coldies, coldies, coldies.
10:57Look at that.
10:58Hey mate.
10:59The sun's going down.
11:00The beers are coming out.
11:01Mitch.
11:02Thanks mate.
11:03Thank you my friend.
11:04How good's that mate?
11:05Cheers.
11:06Thanks for having us back mate.
11:08Cheers.
11:09How good's this?
11:10All time.
11:11My pleasure.
11:12Really awesome.
11:13Well we were buzzing past and that's why I gave you a call and said let's come and see,
11:18let's come up and say good day.
11:19So.
11:20Show you some real barra.
11:21Yeah.
11:22Oh yeah.
11:23What about the last one?
11:24Mitch, Mitch, we won't talk about the barra.
11:26We nearly caught a barra.
11:28We nearly caught a barra.
11:29We scared one.
11:30Actually I did caught, I've caught the only barra this trip.
11:32True.
11:33It was about that long.
11:34It was a barra.
11:35It was a barra.
11:36That's right.
11:37To be fair, we actually haven't hunted for barra yet.
11:42Mate, what a cracking sunset.
11:44That's dropped down.
11:45When we were coming over, we got absolutely flogged.
11:47But then as soon as we got, yeah, flogged, I mean like whitecaps like high, this high,
11:53smashing us.
11:54Absolutely smashing us.
11:55And then as we got closer and closer and closer, it calmed down, calmed down as the offshore
12:00hit us, so we had to go wide.
12:02And we're pretty experienced too.
12:03We ran straight into a mud bank.
12:04Yeah.
12:05We didn't run into it.
12:06We were just driving over it.
12:08Slowly.
12:09Slowly.
12:10Okay.
12:11We would have been a year or half an hour earlier.
12:13We probably would have beaten the barge if we didn't run aground.
12:15There's one more here as well.
12:16Cheers to no rest.
12:20It's good to be here, Daz.
12:21It's good to be here.
12:30There you go.
12:33The chickens, mate.
12:35Here they come.
12:36Here come my chickens.
12:38You've let the chickens out.
12:39I don't think you've met them.
12:40I actually went down to the chicken coop and got our eggs for our breakfast this morning.
12:45Yeah, they want them back.
12:47Yeah, they want them back.
12:48I'm sitting over here in the sun.
12:50What a spot for Brackey, eh?
12:51Oh, mate.
12:52Breakfast.
12:53Yeah, that's the side.
12:54We got up early this morning.
12:56And basically, like I said, Daz, he's asleep.
13:01He's asleep on holidays.
13:02So we ducked into the kitchen there.
13:04Full commercial kitchen, by the way.
13:06And cooked up a bit of a feed.
13:08So we're going to have a bit of a feed here and work out what the hell we're going to do.
13:12And then go and rattle the tool shed and get Daz there out of bed.
13:17And the tide's starting to come in now.
13:19Have a look at that ocean, boys.
13:20Looks pretty good for us.
13:21How good's that?
13:22How good is it?
13:23Mate, we're going to go and suss it out and see what this place has to offer.
13:29All right.
13:30Bit of Brackey, eh?
13:31It has lots to offer, mate.
13:34We got Daz out of bed to launch the boats.
13:44Step aboard.
13:46Just flick that thing down flat.
13:48Oh, look.
13:49We got red frogs.
13:50Daz has found the sweet stash in an instant.
13:51They're not open.
13:52Oh, look.
13:53Red one.
13:54Reddish.
13:55Would you like one?
13:56That was our bake, Darren.
13:57Yeah.
13:58Use that bit.
13:59That was our soft plastics.
14:02I'll have one.
14:03We have a short run down to the river mouth and Daz's family are in the other boat.
14:10All right, so this morning we're going to head out.
14:11We got the old fellas on this boat.
14:12All right.
14:13Daz is up the front.
14:14You there, Daz?
14:15I'm here.
14:16Yeah.
14:17I'm here.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Yeah, good to go.
14:20All right.
14:21And that's the young fellas on that boat over there.
14:22That's the young crew.
14:23How you going, crew?
14:24That's the young crew.
14:25We're the old crew, and it's old versus new.
14:27It's the biggest fish.
14:28Oh, no.
14:29It's any fish on a boat.
14:30Doesn't sound like very good rules, mate.
14:31It's not very defined.
14:32If you catch a fish, you'll win.
14:34All right, let's get out.
14:35We got the old fellas on this boat.
14:36All right.
14:37We got the old fellas on this boat.
14:38All right.
14:39Daz is up the front.
14:40You there, Daz?
14:41I'm here.
14:42Yeah, good to go.
14:43All right.
14:44And that's the young fellas on that boat over there.
14:45That's the young crew.
14:46How you going, crew?
14:47That's the young crew.
14:48We're the old crew.
14:49And it's old versus new.
14:50It's the biggest fish.
14:51Oh, no.
14:52It's any fish on a boat.
14:53It's not very defined.
14:54If you catch a fish, you'll win.
14:57Oh, no.
14:58I think we might get done.
14:59Give us some confidence, mate.
15:00Now, by the way, if you don't know, they're all Darren's kids.
15:03Two of them.
15:04They've been learning.
15:05Two of them.
15:06They've been learning how to train since they were this big.
15:12How big are you reckon?
15:13We'll now get a master class on using our Lorentz.
15:17This is stuff we haven't seen before.
15:19How clever is that?
15:21So I've only got the small screen.
15:24Darren's grabbed his big 16-inch off one of his boats.
15:27The big 16-inch screen.
15:29Now, it's called Active Target 2.
15:33And see these little dots coming in through here?
15:36Those lines, that's barra.
15:39And what we're looking for, as Darren was saying,
15:42is we're looking for the school.
15:44So you'll see them, like, stacked almost.
15:46Yeah, just stacked.
15:49Hundreds of them.
15:50Hundreds of them.
15:51Hundreds of them.
15:52We haven't seen that on a screen.
15:54They've got a good barra over there, eh?
15:57It's a monster.
15:58Now, Daz is jumping between boats.
16:00Go up the way they call that.
16:01Because it is his family holiday.
16:02And, of course, we are freeloading.
16:04Good job!
16:05Look at that.
16:06Look at that.
16:07Oh, darn.
16:08Look at that.
16:09Look at that.
16:11Oh, yeah.
16:12Go ahead, Dad.
16:13Oh, young fellas.
16:15First gasp.
16:16Boom.
16:17What a fish.
16:18Maybe that's something.
16:19Oh, fish on.
16:20Oh, yeah.
16:21I've got one.
16:22I've got one.
16:23Simon's on.
16:24I'm on.
16:25Woo!
16:26Woo!
16:27It's a barra.
16:28Barra on.
16:29It's a barra on.
16:30Yeah, I'm pumped to mine.
16:31I'll probably lose it.
16:32Is it a good size?
16:33Yeah, a good size.
16:34Don't be saying that.
16:35Don't lose it.
16:36Woo!
16:37We're in anchor mode, so anywhere up the front I'll need to disconnect, just in case.
16:44Just letting you know.
16:45Copy that.
16:46Fish on.
16:47Look at all the lures going to where I just hooked this one.
16:52That's where the fish are.
16:54There he is.
16:55Good size.
16:56Get him in the boat.
16:57Have we got grippers here anywhere?
16:58I'm coming.
16:59I'm coming.
17:00Hold that.
17:01Hold that.
17:02Come and give me some assistance, mate.
17:03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:04Coming.
17:05No, no, we're good.
17:06Oh, he's only just hooked.
17:07Oh, Jase, he's barely hooked.
17:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:10Calm down, mate.
17:11Calm, calm.
17:12He's lipped.
17:13Calm.
17:14Why can't he?
17:15He's hardly even hooked.
17:16Calm, Simon.
17:17Don't you lose him.
17:18I'm not calm.
17:20And he's so.
17:24Don't go losing that fish.
17:26He's just like barely hooked.
17:28He's going to get off.
17:29Come on.
17:30You need a freaking net.
17:31He's going to get off.
17:32He's barely hooked.
17:34You got him.
17:35I got him.
17:36I got him.
17:37Woo!
17:38We got fish.
17:39Good job, mate.
17:40Yeah, fish in the boat.
17:41He's 80 all day long.
17:42Good job.
17:43Good job.
17:44Fish in the boat.
17:45He's 80 all day long.
17:47Good job.
17:48Good job.
17:49Well, that's the first fish in the boat.
17:51So right here in the river.
17:53Mate, that is awesome.
17:54That's a good catch.
17:55They caught one.
17:56We caught one.
17:57That's gold.
17:58Look at that, eh?
17:59How happy you're mine.
18:01That's mine.
18:02Not only did I catch an awesome barra, it's the first barra.
18:06Photo op?
18:07Yeah, photo opportunity right there.
18:09How good's that?
18:11There you go, buddy.
18:13So he's 88.
18:1488?
18:15Well done.
18:16What did that one go?
18:1780.
18:18Listen to it.
18:19Where are we?
18:20We're in the lead.
18:21We're in the lead.
18:22All right.
18:23No shortage of crocs in this river, Jase.
18:28No, there isn't.
18:30Looks like that would have been a female that just dropped in and maybe that's a big male.
18:35There you go.
18:36Look at that.
18:37Big croc.
18:38Kids having a ball.
18:43Darren's gonna jump on our boat.
18:47There's only one downside.
18:49Who wants to get on the winning boat, mate?
18:51There's one downside to that, though.
18:53What?
18:54I'm using his rod.
18:55Oh.
18:56Nice work.
18:57We got one, mate.
19:00We got a new skipper now.
19:02We gotta tow the line.
19:04Simon's gotta tow the line.
19:05Yeah, I do so.
19:06Literally.
19:07Sit down.
19:08Shut up.
19:09You can see there's like heaves of big fish coming through in the water column.
19:14And you can see your lure.
19:16Literally, we're tweaking it in front of their nose.
19:19And some turn, they look at it, and they're just not eating at the moment.
19:23They're just not taking it.
19:24We had one sort of shoot across and I think had a crack at Daz's lure, but that's about
19:32it.
19:33It's frustrating.
19:34Just looking at the fish.
19:35You can see them here.
19:36Here it comes.
19:37There's the fish.
19:38There's the lure.
19:39There's the fish.
19:40Fish.
19:41Lure.
19:42Lure in front of the fish.
19:44Doesn't want it.
19:46Come on.
19:47Oh, he's on.
19:48He got him.
19:49Darren's on.
19:50There he is.
19:51Oh, he's a good fish too.
19:52Look at him.
19:53Oh, good fish.
19:54Good fish.
19:55Oh, he's solid.
19:56Good fish, Darren.
19:57Let me find the grippers.
19:58There's grippers.
19:59Yeah, you'll need some grippers all right.
20:00Look at the size of that fish.
20:02He just splashed us.
20:03That's a good fish, mate.
20:05He's still green as too.
20:07And.
20:08Yep.
20:09We got him!
20:12That's solid fish, mate.
20:14Oh, look at the fish.
20:15Mate, I think that might even go.
20:18That's a cracking fish.
20:20Oh, look at the size of that.
20:22You missed yule lure, mate, by that much, and got Daz's.
20:25I know.
20:26Well done.
20:27Good one, bro.
20:28Look at the fish that I just helped catch.
20:31Look at the size of that sucker.
20:34That's gotta be nearly a meter, doesn't it?
20:36Oh.
20:37What is he?
20:38Oh, he's about...
20:39Oh, no, he's not a meter.
20:40No, he's about 90...
20:4195, mate.
20:42Come on, buddy.
20:44We'll just spear this one in, Daz, eh?
20:47Alright, here we go.
20:48Mouth open.
20:49Spear in.
20:50Go, big fella.
20:52You know the only bad thing about that?
20:56It was on Daz's, not yours.
20:57Daz had caught it.
20:59After a good day's fishing, it's time for a cook-up.
21:02I wanna make us some food now.
21:05Righto, Mitch.
21:06We've heard all about you.
21:07You've got some special dip.
21:08Your specialty.
21:09Yeah, mate.
21:10Something that I grew up eating, so I thought I'd show you boys.
21:15Jase has had it before.
21:16I've seen it, but I've forgotten it.
21:18I wanna eat it again.
21:19You've got it?
21:20Alright, mate.
21:21Start.
21:22Go.
21:23Knock it up.
21:24That's pretty much.
21:25What would you like us to do?
21:26Nice and healthy.
21:27Well, if you want, you can do these avos.
21:29Nah, cut them into little squares.
21:31Little squares.
21:32Whack her into that.
21:33You open my nuts.
21:34Just some mac and danya nuts.
21:36Do they get smashed up, or do they stay in one piece?
21:38They get smashed up.
21:39We've got some baby tomatoes here, because that's all they had at the shop at the time.
21:47So we're literally gonna put everything in that dish there, and mix it all up.
21:52There's diced avos.
21:53Chuck all those tomatoes in.
21:55Might as well chuck them in whole.
21:57That's easy.
21:58Look at that.
21:59That's coming together good.
22:00Look at that.
22:01Look at those colors in there.
22:03Oh, we're getting fancy.
22:04Oh, we're getting fancy.
22:06What is that you're putting in there, mate?
22:08This is sweet chili Philly cheese.
22:10Oh, okay.
22:11So it's got the sweet chili already in it.
22:13This is the dippery dip, mate.
22:15You can call it the dippery dip.
22:17Is this what you make when you go to a barbecue or something?
22:20It certainly is, mate.
22:21Oh, he's got the final touch.
22:24Here we go.
22:25A bit of garnish.
22:26There you go.
22:27That's chef looking.
22:28Yep.
22:29I'm going in.
22:30Rip in.
22:31Here we go.
22:32Get a bit of this cheese stuff.
22:33Yeah, I'm going in.
22:34Yeah, you've got to get it all in there.
22:35And then get that.
22:36Tomato and the whole nine yards, mate.
22:39Oh.
22:40You need to get that macadamia nuts.
22:41Oh, my cheese stuff fell off.
22:42Hell yeah.
22:43That's the chunkiest dip I've ever eaten.
22:46Pretty bloody good.
22:48What do you reckon?
22:49Nice work, mate.
22:50Nice work.
22:51Nice to go.
22:52Nice work.
22:53Dippery dip and a beer, a great way to finish the day.
22:57I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing this screen.
23:06You love it.
23:07Now it's like I'm getting more frustrated at the fact there is just fish after fish peeling
23:16through.
23:17Big fish.
23:18So you're literally sitting there in front of their nose going, hey, mate.
23:22Hey, mate.
23:23You want some?
23:24You want some of this?
23:25Oh.
23:26Oh.
23:27Nah.
23:28And then they turn and swim away.
23:30Oh.
23:31Yeah, you got him.
23:32You got him.
23:33You got him.
23:34Fish on.
23:35Oh, yeah.
23:36Woo.
23:37Yes.
23:38Steady, steady.
23:39Steady, steady.
23:40Yeah, we got it.
23:41He's green.
23:42We're fish on.
23:43He's green.
23:44That's a start.
23:45That's a hookup.
23:46Ty, that's the first step.
23:50Getting the hookup.
23:51Next step.
23:52Don't catch the bait.
23:53He's catching the fish.
23:55And he's gone under the bait.
23:58He's really giving you curry.
24:01He's giving you curry.
24:03I'm keeping him down.
24:04Did he just lift on the other side?
24:06Yeah.
24:07You're kidding me.
24:08Mate, this fish is going to work me.
24:11Like that one there, that was definite.
24:13I saw the whole thing happen on the sounder.
24:18Literally.
24:19And then I didn't even realize I'd had him because I had a bit of slack in my line.
24:23Had to wind it up and then boom, he's on.
24:26Why can't I get any lift on this guy?
24:29He's giving you grief.
24:30I got the motor up.
24:31Oh my gosh.
24:32Luckily, because he was right at the outboard then.
24:35Oh my gosh.
24:36Where is he, Joe?
24:37He is.
24:38He's giving me grief.
24:39He was right at the prop then.
24:41There's no jumping or nothing going on.
24:43Here he comes.
24:44All right.
24:45Here we go.
24:46Can I get him forward a bit and then I can come up to you?
24:49Here we go.
24:50We're getting some line back now.
24:53We're getting him up.
24:54There he is.
24:55There he is.
24:56I think he's only an 85.
24:57He's only a pup, mate.
24:58Yeah.
24:59He ain't no Darren fish.
25:02No, he ain't no Dazza fish.
25:04Yeah, Darren's the expert.
25:05You get him, mate.
25:06This is the part where Simon goes, what are you doing?
25:08Get the fish in the boat.
25:11What are you doing?
25:12Just get him in the boat.
25:13We've all caught fish now, mate.
25:15I've shirked all responsibility.
25:17Dazza's got him now.
25:19Dazza's got him.
25:20Expert.
25:21Dazza's got him.
25:22Expert.
25:23I'll get out of the way.
25:24You got him, Darren?
25:25You got that fish?
25:26I got him, mate.
25:27Dazza's got him.
25:28Get him in.
25:29Dazza's got him.
25:30Dazza's got him.
25:31Don't you lose him.
25:32He gets the lures out of the fish when they're still in the drink.
25:37Yeah.
25:38They're professional, hey, mate?
25:40That's how the professionals do it.
25:42Oh, look at this fish, mate.
25:44He's pretty solid.
25:45Hey, that's a good fish.
25:47I reckon about 85.
25:49I'm hoping 89.
25:52What was yours again?
25:5588.
25:56So I'm hoping 89.
25:57You haven't beat me.
25:58Dazza's beat both of us, but I don't think you beat mine.
26:02There we go.
26:03What do we got?
26:04What do we got?
26:05Here's the tail.
26:06He's 90.
26:07He's 90.
26:09He's 90.
26:10He's so?
26:11He's bigger than mine.
26:13It's a 90.
26:14It's a 90.
26:15He's bigger than yours.
26:16He's so.
26:17You bastard.
26:18I hate you.
26:21How cool is that?
26:22That's with the active target too, mate.
26:25That thing.
26:26Dazza.
26:27Thanks, Dazza.
26:28No worries, mate.
26:29Mate, you've taught us how to use it.
26:31Well, you've taught me how to use it.
26:33Simon can't see the screen still.
26:34No, no.
26:35We're good.
26:36Work it out.
26:37We'll train him up.
26:38Yeah, yeah.
26:39I've got the thing down pat.
26:41I know I need a bigger screen, but anyway, look at that awesome barramundi here in Dazza's
26:46favorite river.
26:47His backyard.
26:48Right beside the lodge in his backyard.
26:50How cool is that?
26:51I can't believe the amount of fish coming down this river, and the amount of fish, or
26:56what the work it takes to catch one good fish.
26:59Alright, here we go.
27:00We're going in, and we're going in hot.
27:02See you, buddy.
27:03Thank you very much.
27:04Wow.
27:05We're going in?
27:06Yeah.
27:07I've just, take two, just come back a fraction.
27:12Reverse that.
27:13Before I let him go, I just asked Simon.
27:15He licked his lips, and I went.
27:18You know what that means, don't you?
27:21Show him, Simon.
27:22Show him what you did.
27:24We'll keep him.
27:25Oh, sorry buddy, but thank you.
27:31Thank you to all my fans.
27:32I'd like to thank my mother.
27:34I'd like to thank my brother Darren.
27:36From another mother.
27:38From another mother.
27:39For all his hard work.
27:41I'd like to thank Mitch for fixing the boat and getting it here.
27:45But most of all, I'd like to thank my family.
27:48My family for, what are you doing to my fish?
27:52It's gone.
27:53He's going to start frying it up at the back.
27:56Anyway, see you guys.
27:59On our way back to the lodge, we check out one of the big boys of the area.
28:05He is the boss croc of this section of river.
28:08You would not want to end up in the water here.
28:11So basically this morning what we're going to do is we're going to head out again this morning.
28:24And the weather's come good for us.
28:27It's nice this morning.
28:28The wind's not going nuts, which is good.
28:31Not yet.
28:32So yesterday what we found was when we got onto those fish is we've got to get in there
28:37right on the change of the tide.
28:39And not necessarily the change as the bottom, the low tide changes.
28:44It's more when the tide actually starts to push at that location.
28:48So pushing in.
28:49And that's when they're on the chew.
28:51So we're a little bit sort of probably half an hour too late yesterday morning.
28:55So if we can get there a little bit earlier, then we can get up the top, get a better chance
29:00at chasing some big fish.
29:02Let's have a bit of a crack at that and see how we go.
29:11We aren't the only ones out here fishing today.
29:14There they are.
29:16They're coming through now.
29:18Straighten up at that.
29:19Mitch is on.
29:20Yep.
29:21You're on.
29:22Fish on.
29:23See, I told you.
29:24I made that happen.
29:25Oh, he's on.
29:26Mitch is on.
29:27Mitch is on.
29:28Mitch is on.
29:29Just calm down.
29:30Mitch.
29:31Keep waiting on him but don't panic.
29:32Just keep your rod bent the whole time.
29:34No slack line.
29:35Don't point your rod at the fish.
29:36You keep pointing it a little bit too much to the fish.
29:38Turn that boat around again.
29:40He's coming down.
29:41Here he goes.
29:42Look at the size of that fish.
29:45It's a beast.
29:46It's bigger.
29:47It's huge, mate.
29:48I better not lose this fish.
29:49Pull up.
29:50Pull up.
29:51Pull up.
29:52Just keep him there.
29:53Keep the line on him.
29:54Don't get him too close until he's ready.
29:56Until Jase is ready.
29:59Don't try and lift him out of the water with your rod on him.
30:02Yeah, don't be doing any lifting yet.
30:03Yeah, no.
30:04I'm on that.
30:05Wearing him out.
30:06We're clear now.
30:07That's a good fish, Mitch.
30:08That is a monster.
30:09I just need a camera on the boat here.
30:11Oh my god.
30:12That is a monster.
30:13Your first one's a cracker.
30:14We're going to drift on him, so we need to be like this.
30:16Yeah.
30:17Don't want to go too much.
30:18That's it.
30:19That's good.
30:20That's good.
30:21That's good.
30:22All right.
30:23Move up to the front a little bit.
30:24Oh, look at him.
30:25He's yours.
30:26Oh, that's where they come out when they do that.
30:29Just hold, hold.
30:30Over that way.
30:31Let him go under the boat.
30:32Let him go under.
30:33So when he goes like that, you go with him.
30:34Oh, I'm going to move.
30:35Yep.
30:36Oh, that was messy.
30:37That was messy.
30:38Come on, mate.
30:41Oh, no!
30:42Oh!
30:43Oh!
30:44Oh!
30:45Oh!
30:46Oh!
30:47Oh!
30:48Oh!
30:49Oh!
30:50Oh!
30:51Oh!
30:52Oh!
30:53Oh!
30:54That's right.
30:55He was right, man.
30:56No!
30:57That was a monster.
30:58That could have even been a meter fish, you know.
31:02Oh, Mitch.
31:03Mitch.
31:04Mitch.
31:05How do you feel?
31:06If I were you, I would have already broken my rod.
31:08Like literally over the knee, snap, in the drink with it.
31:12He was right there.
31:14How are you not more upset?
31:16I'd be livid.
31:17I'm more upset than you.
31:20It wasn't even my fish.
31:21Yeah, it wasn't even his fish.
31:22I should have get it back.
31:24Oh!
31:25I would have loved to get that in the boat just to see.
31:28Mitch has got a taste of it.
31:30This is where it starts, mate.
31:32That's where it starts, mate.
31:33And then it becomes like an addiction.
31:35Jos is about to lift one out of the drink.
31:37Nice fish.
31:38Yeah.
31:39Fish on board.
31:40I might change my lure, I think.
31:42I might have a lure change.
31:44Oh!
31:45Yes!
31:46Yes, bro!
31:47Mitch is on.
31:48Mitch is on.
31:49I just cast there too.
31:50Cheeky bugger, eh?
31:52He's not as big.
31:53Fish on!
31:54Oh!
31:55Sorry.
31:56Yes!
31:57Two fish on.
31:58Stay on there.
31:59Stay on there.
32:00Get it in the water.
32:01Stay on there.
32:02Where's those grippers gone?
32:03Take your time, Mitch.
32:04Take your time.
32:05It's green.
32:06Don't rush it.
32:07Fish on.
32:08Two fish on.
32:09No need to rush it.
32:10It's a good fish.
32:11There he is.
32:12We've got two fish on.
32:13Mitch is on.
32:14I am on.
32:15What can go wrong?
32:16Mine's right here.
32:17What can go wrong?
32:18You stay on that side and I'm on this side.
32:20I'm trying.
32:21Is it a good one?
32:23I reckon he'd be 70.
32:25I'll listen to you go, Mr. Expert.
32:2870.
32:29I haven't even seen it yet.
32:31There it is.
32:32He's coming up.
32:33He's probably right though.
32:34He's coming up.
32:35Keep him in the water.
32:37Don't lift his head out.
32:39He's a good size.
32:41Both good fish.
32:43Here he is.
32:44He's going to come up in a minute.
32:46There he is.
32:48Look at that.
32:49Go you good thing.
32:50We got it.
32:51Yes.
32:52That's you Mitch.
32:53Mitch has got a fish in the boat.
32:55Don't let that flap around get hooked.
32:56I'll go over and do it.
32:57Simon you ready?
32:58There's your pliers.
32:59Yep.
33:00Thank you mate.
33:02Here we come.
33:04There he is.
33:05Whoa that hook was just in there.
33:08Like literally.
33:11Simon's got him.
33:13Oh yes.
33:14Good job Simon.
33:15Yours is heavier than Mitch's.
33:18Good job.
33:19Good job.
33:20Look at that.
33:21Absolute cracker fish.
33:22Unreal.
33:23How do you feel mate?
33:25Oh it's good to finally get one in the boat.
33:27Biggest barra.
33:28Double hook up too.
33:29Double hook up.
33:30That's unreal.
33:31How cool is that?
33:32That is very cool.
33:33What a cracking fish.
33:34We'll get a couple of photos of that mate.
33:35Because that's your biggest barra.
33:36100%.
33:37That is my biggest barra so far.
33:38There you go.
33:39Let's get some photos.
33:4095.
33:41That's a good fish.
33:42That's 95.
33:43That fish is 95.
33:45That other one Mitch had was a meter fish.
33:48Mate that's awesome.
33:49How big is yours Mitch?
33:50About to find out.
33:51I reckon you're 79.
33:53Might even go 81.
33:55What did you get?
33:5682.
33:5782.
33:58There you go 81 I said.
33:59Mate you're in the 80 club.
34:01Oh I'm stoked mate.
34:02Look at that.
34:03What a beautiful fish.
34:04Mate there's still fish here.
34:06Let's get fish in the boat.
34:07Let's do it.
34:08Yes.
34:09Yes.
34:10Yes.
34:11Yes.
34:12Good fish.
34:13Look at him go.
34:15This is a good fish.
34:17Here he comes.
34:18He's coming your way mate.
34:20Coming in hot.
34:21I thought he spat that then.
34:24No he spat a bit of his lip there.
34:29Oh my god he nearly lost that at the boat.
34:34No.
34:35Not even close mate.
34:36Not even close.
34:37Woo.
34:38Give me the pliers.
34:39We're going to do it the guides way this time.
34:42Oh we're doing the guide way.
34:43Behind you the pliers are mate.
34:44Yeah right there.
34:45Straight in front of your face.
34:47There they are.
34:48He's doing it the guides way.
34:49Look at that.
34:50Mate they keep the fish over the side.
34:51Yeah.
34:52I'd imagine occasionally when the grippers fail though that would be not good.
34:55Yeah but I think they commit with the grippers so they know that it's committed.
34:58Yeah I'm committed.
34:59I hold them committed.
35:00Yeah that's it.
35:01And then you do the big reveal.
35:04Look at that.
35:05That's still a growing fish.
35:06That's a healthy looking fish.
35:07Just a look at him.
35:08That's one healthy looking fish.
35:10Grab him in there.
35:11I reckon he's about, he might push 80.
35:14He might be 70.
35:15Yeah he's 70s.
35:1670s?
35:17He's our little fella.
35:18If you caught that anywhere else though he'd be pumped.
35:21Oh we'd be pumped.
35:22Does it get any better than that?
35:23We'd absolutely be.
35:24I'm still pumped mate.
35:25We're catching barra.
35:26We're catching some awesome fish.
35:27Without a guide in our boat except Simon's the guide now.
35:31Hey middle of winter, warm as toast, catching barramundi.
35:39We're heading right up to the top end of this river system.
35:43We're going to go up to the floodplains where the, basically where you can see what feeds this river.
35:50The fresh water will be still coming down.
35:53And you've got all the floodplains.
35:55And all the, all the habitat up there.
35:59And it's all that ecosystem that runs this entire river system.
36:04Just spreads out, all out across the floodplain.
36:08It's a very cool place to go and visit.
36:11All the mangroves start to disappear on the side.
36:13You can start to see it now.
36:15And it's just this big open plain.
36:18Buffalo, wild pigs, birds, wildlife, billabongs, you name it.
36:25And this river system here that we're in, it's all fed by that.
36:30Look at that.
36:31Barramundi on the hoof.
36:33Ah.
36:34Quow.
36:35Okay then.
36:36Copy that.
36:37Easy come, easy go.
36:38I don't know what the hell went on there.
36:39Come down here, you'll steal all the fish.
36:40Already caught them all by the looks.
36:41Yeah, I had a bit of an incident, eh?
36:42Long story.
36:43Daz is feeling sorry for us, so he's back on our boat.
36:47And of course, we hook up straight away.
36:50We hook up straight away.
36:51Daz is feeling sorry for us, so he's back on our boat.
36:52And of course, we hook up straight away.
36:53Daz is feeling sorry for us, so he's back on our boat.
36:58And of course, we hook up straight away.
37:04Little barra.
37:05He's still got a yellow tail.
37:06He looks still got plenty of chrome in him.
37:11But this guy's basically coming off the floodplain in this fresh water here.
37:20He's got a yellow tail.
37:25He's got plenty of chrome in him.
37:28But this guy's basically coming off the floodplain in this freshwater here.
37:33There you go, buddy.
37:36Mitch is on.
37:37Fish on.
37:38Fish on, mate.
37:40Fish on.
37:41Mitch's second biggest barra.
37:43If he gets it in the boat.
37:46If I get it in the boat.
37:48I think I need to go back to another plastic.
37:51Yours is in the tree.
37:53Oh, my plastic's in the fish.
37:55My hard body's in the tree.
37:58Look at our grippers down here.
38:01Fish on.
38:02Yes.
38:03Got one.
38:05All about the same size, these ones.
38:09There we go.
38:10Little floodplain barra as well.
38:12They're in really good condition if you look at them.
38:15A lot of silver in them.
38:17Yellow tail because they are still saltwater.
38:20They're not black.
38:21When they come out off the floodplain, this entire fish has got a black top on him.
38:28And he's a bit dark underneath.
38:31He's not as silver as this guy.
38:35Oh, Simon's on.
38:37Oh, sure did you barra up here in the floodplains.
38:43Is that your first fish today if you get it in the boat?
38:46Well, yeah, probably.
38:47Have you got it in the boat yet?
38:49No, not yet.
38:50Guess what?
38:51I didn't get that one in the boat either.
38:52I'll just let it go.
38:53That's all right.
38:54I had it.
38:55Oh, okay.
38:56Here you go.
38:57Fish on.
38:58That was straight away.
38:59Fish on.
39:00Simon, you should come out the front.
39:01I'll show you what a barramundi looks like today.
39:15There we go.
39:17There he is.
39:18Little fella.
39:19I'll chuck him back.
39:20He doesn't need to be eaten.
39:22He needs to get a bit bigger.
39:25Well, that's it for the fish.
39:28Well, that's it for Dippery.
39:31We think the title is very safe with Dazz's kids.
39:34For now.
39:35It's back to the lodge to plan our next adventure.
39:40Next time, disaster strikes.
39:42First time I've ever put an all-for-adventure vehicle on a tilt tray.
39:46One bolt brings down the whole show.
39:48Oh, you're kidding me.
39:49Chaos and mayhem.
39:50We need some gold to pay the bill.
39:53It's metal detectors to mine shafts.
39:55Look at that.
39:56Oh, it's crumbling.
39:57Yeah, go on.
39:58Pick the walls apart.
39:59I'm off.
40:00Join us for the adventure.
40:02What's he doing here?
40:04Mate, I've got no idea.
40:07What's going on?
40:08I hear you guys are giving away my D-Max.
40:10Mate, you left the thing parked in my shed.
40:12You can't give away, Maximus.
40:14Sped all day trying to get the scratches out of it.
40:16You've done a good job.
40:17I don't know.
40:18It looks like yours.
40:19But it's actually not.
40:20It's a brand new D-Max, and I'm going to give it away.
40:22Mate, it's got a brand new canopy on the back, mate.
40:24We've got rooftop tent, awning.
40:26I'll swing it off the back.
40:27Oh, check this out.
40:28428 Avenger, 50 horsepower tiller on the back.
40:32Oi, $5,000 gift card.
40:34And you know what?
40:35While you're here, let's give that away as well.
40:37Why not?
40:38How do we win it?
40:39No, no, no.
40:40You guys can't.
40:41But you can enter.
40:42Head to all4adventure.com.
40:44Mate, use the keyword.
40:46Grab your free entry.
40:47Now if you're an Unleashed subscriber, I'm going to double their chances to win.
40:51Alright?
40:52Get a Keys to Adventure package for great discounts, and even more chances to win.
40:57Alright, so we're packing up to head off today, and heading that direction there.
41:06We've got to get back to the Ramo boat ramp, and load up all the gear.
41:12Side by side's already over there.
41:14Load the boat on, and then pack all our stuff up, and start heading out of town.
41:19Now, I don't know about you, but we came out here when Darren was on holidays, and we had
41:23a bit of an adventure, you know, just mucking around in the background, stuff like that.
41:28But if you are after something pretty exceptional like this place, and big barramundi, there's
41:35no doubt about it.
41:36It is the premier barrow lodge all over Arnhem Land, if not the top end of Australia.
41:41I can vouch for that, because we just nailed some of the biggest barramundi that we've ever seen.
41:48It's not mine either.
41:49This place is the absolute bomb.
41:51Like, have a go at it.
41:53Yeah.
41:54Where else in Australia are you going to find that?
41:55I don't know, mate.
41:56But here.
41:57Simon.
41:58You're leaving and I'm staying.
41:59He's off.
42:00What about you, mate?
42:01Yeah, I might stay here too.
42:04No one wants to go with me when I leave.
42:07That's how good it is, this place.
42:09Well, mate, you nearly beat me on the big meter fish, but in the end, I'll beat you.
42:14I'm staying here until I get it.
42:16But stay.
42:17He's done.
42:18How am I going to get all the vehicles back to Darwin?
42:23I don't know.
42:24I don't know what to do now.
42:25You're right.
42:26I can't go with him.
42:27I don't know.
42:28I'm not going to have to.
42:29You're right.
42:30I say, I'm not going to lose.
42:31It's not going to lose.
42:32You're right.
42:33I'm not going to lose the old man.
42:34I'm no longer.
42:35You're right.
42:36I'm not going to lose the normalones.
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