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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 Maxie.
01:18Go Maxie.
01:19Go Maxie.
01:20Go Maxie.
01:21Go Maxie.
01:22Go Maxie.
01:23Go.
01:24Go Maxie.
01:25Go Maxie.
01:26Go.
01:27Go Maxie, go!
01:28That road doesn't look too bad so far.
01:31Yeah, this bit's always the good bit.
01:34Yes, and later on it gets worse.
01:37They might have graded it if we're lucky.
01:41I'm not ready.
01:42I'm not ready.
01:43I'm ready.
01:44I'm ready.
01:45I'm ready.
01:46I'm ready.
01:47I'm ready.
01:48I'm ready.
01:49I'm ready.
01:50I'm ready.
01:51I'm ready.
01:52I'm ready.
01:53I'm ready.
01:54I'm ready.
01:55I'm ready.
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.
02:14Sounds interesting.
02:15And then to get to the lodge we've got to go by boat.
02:20I told him he's got to sit back and watch us catch big barra.
02:25That's it.
02:26You 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
02:35barra.
02:36If you catch a decent barra before I do, you'll sack.
02:39We'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
02:53it fishes a particular river, well a particular area, but one particular river that is unique,
03:00unique 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.
03:18So we'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 100Ks.
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.
03:33We'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, right, eh?
03:44These tracks 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 here.
03:54Ah, 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,
04:06checking bash plates, all that sort of stuff, front lights.
04:11Everything 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.
04:26Yeah, the Goat Track.
04:29Still got a little bit of moisture on it.
04:33Every truck I've been down that's been named the Goat Track hasn't been a fun truck.
04:38That's why we're going four-wheel driving, mate.
04:41You know what's part of owning a four-wheel drive if we're not going four-wheel driving.
04:44That's a valid point.
04:46Well, this looks a bit boggy.
04:49Very muddy, that bit.
04:54We came across some fellow travellers in a bit of trouble on the track.
04:58What's going on?
05:00Look at my hand.
05:05The boat trailer hitch came off, and as old mate hit the anchors,
05:09it wedged up hard underneath the car.
05:15We need to get some load down on the hitch as it is jammed up tight.
05:20A bit more.
05:22Alright.
05:27Everyone gets into it.
05:29Don't scratch the paint.
05:32Alright, now we've got the weight of it.
05:37See?
05:38Out of pops.
05:41I've never met a mob so happy to be broken down.
05:45We on?
05:50Obviously the hitch didn't stay on, eh?
05:53No.
05:54Hitch on?
05:55Hitch on?
05:56Look at that.
05:58No worries.
05:59Hello.
06:01Only just?
06:03But it's enough for now.
06:06Now pull down.
06:15Yeah, 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.
06:33Yo, wah-wah.
06:34Yo, wah-wah.
06:37Yeah.
06:38Nice to meet you.
06:39That's a flyer.
06:40We got wheels to fit there.
06:43See you after this commercial break.
06:49Well, mate, we can't be too far away from the ocean.
06:52No, we've just got to bust out onto this floodplain, mate,
06:55and head down to the barge landing.
06:57We've got to chuck some stuff on the barge,
06:59and then they're going to, yeah, take some gear across for us,
07:03and then we're going to go across in the boat.
07:05Welcome to the floodplain, boys, where the buffalo roam free.
07:11How cool is that?
07:13See, in the wet season, this is all underwater.
07:17Can't be a little magpie geese.
07:20So 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.
07:29Boy, there's a big mob.
07:31Hey, Mitch, you on channel?
07:33Yeah, mate.
07:34Got you.
07:35Have a look out to your left there, mate.
07:37Big mob of buffalo.
07:40Yeah, there is too.
07:44Just roaming the floodplains, mate.
07:47This would be heaven for them.
07:51Looks like the barge hasn't arrived yet,
07:53but the tide is in, boys.
07:55That's a good start.
07:57Untap that boat and get that thing in the drink, eh?
08:00OK.
08:01Yeah.
08:02We better get ourselves organised before we lose water.
08:07Now we're going to try and get that on there.
08:09Not with that other vehicle's going on there.
08:12So we're going to go down onto there.
08:14Hopefully we can fit her on.
08:15But they're loading some more gear on.
08:17So 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.
08:27Looking full, isn't it?
08:28Yeah, looking real full.
08:30All right, mate.
08:31Just missed that four-wheel drive there and you're all good.
08:34We've still got plenty of water, I think, I hope.
08:36Copy that.
08:37Oh, we're at the end of the ramp, though, with the water.
08:40Or 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.
08:46Good to go, mate.
08:53I'll go again, eh?
08:54Yep.
08:58Textbook, mate.
09:04Textbook.
09:06Well, that's the start.
09:07Now 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.
09:16All righty, mate.
09:17Let's get the hell out of here.
09:23We're racing the light as well as the tide to get out of the mouth.
09:29So we are flat out.
09:30And it's cold.
09:33Yeah.
09:34Let's get across a little sandbank.
09:36Try to negotiate these sandbanks around here.
09:39There's something over there.
09:40We've got to stay out wide and it's windy and we're going to get clogged.
09:45And we do get really flogged, but we have to get in before dark.
09:48Oh, that was fun.
09:49Oh, my eyes are watering.
09:50Look.
09:51Yeah, that was not fun.
09:52We definitely got smacked out there.
09:53You can see here it's actually quite calm here at the moment because it's flowing like,
09:55I'm not sure, but it's like 40 knots out there.
09:58We got smoked, but we're here.
09:59We're here.
10:00Right in front of us is Darren's place.
10:01Barge literally, looks like the barge has dropped something off.
10:05We're not sure what he's dropped off.
10:06Hopefully a buggy.
10:07Here comes Darren.
10:08In?
10:10Yeah, come in now.
10:11Darren's got us a boat trailer.
10:13Some sort of boat trailer.
10:14Right in front of us is Darren.
10:15We're here.
10:16We're here.
10:17We're here.
10:18We're here.
10:19Right in front of us is Darren's place.
10:20Barge literally, looks like the barge has dropped something off.
10:23We're not sure what he's dropped off.
10:26Hopefully a buggy.
10:28Here 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.
10:42Wind her up.
10:43We 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 him.
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, eh?
11:06Cheers.
11:07Thanks for having us back, mate.
11:08No worries.
11:09Cheers.
11:10How good's this?
11:11All the time.
11:12My pleasure.
11:13Awesome.
11:14Well, we were buzzing past, and that's why I gave you a call and said, let's come up
11:18and say good day.
11:19Show you some real barrow.
11:20Little barrow.
11:21Yeah.
11:22Oh, yeah.
11:23That last one.
11:24Mitch, yeah.
11:25We won't talk about the barrow.
11:26We nearly caught a barrow.
11:27We nearly caught a barrow.
11:28We scared one.
11:29Actually, I've caught the only barrow this trip.
11:32True.
11:33It was about that long.
11:35To be fair.
11:37A barrow is a barrow, son.
11:38It was a barrow.
11:39That's right.
11:40To be fair, we actually haven't hunted for barrow yet.
11:43Mate, what a cracking sunset.
11:44That's dropped down.
11:45When we were coming over, we got absolutely flogged, but then as soon as we got, yeah,
11:50flogged, I mean like whitecaps like high, this high, smashing us, absolutely smashing
11:55us.
11:56And then as we got closer and closer and closer, it calmed down, calmed down as the offshore
12:00hit us.
12:01We had to go wide.
12:02We were 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 here half an hour earlier.
12:12We probably would have beaten the barge if we didn't run aground.
12:14There's one more here as well.
12:16Cheers to no rest.
12:18Thanks a lot.
12:19It's good to be here, Daz.
12:21It's good to be here.
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're meant to let them.
12:40I actually went down to the chicken coop and got our eggs for our breakfast this morning.
12:43Yeah, they want them back.
12:44They want it?
12:45Yeah, they come.
12:46They want them back.
12:47I'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.
12:54You're coming over here too.
12:55We got up early this morning and basically, like I said, Daz, he's asleep.
13:00He'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.
13:09So we're gonna have a bit of a feed here and work out what the hell we're gonna 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 a steam.
13:21How good's that?
13:22How good is it?
13:23Mate, we're gonna go and suss it out and see what this place has to offer.
13:30Alright.
13:31Bit of Brackey, eh?
13:32It 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.
13:53Frogs kill the snakes, mate.
13:55They're not open.
13:56Oh, yeah.
13:57They're not open.
13:58I knew someone would see that.
14:01Oh, look.
14:02Red one.
14:03Reddish.
14:04Would you like one?
14:06That was our bake, Darren.
14:09Yeah.
14:10Use that bit.
14:11That was our soft plastics.
14:14I'll have one.
14:19We have a short run down to the river mouth, and Daz's family are in the other boat.
14:25Alright, so this morning we're gonna head out.
14:27We've got the old fellas on this boat.
14:29Alright.
14:30Daz is up the front.
14:31You there, Daz?
14:32I'm here.
14:33Yeah, good to go.
14:34Alright.
14:35And that's the young fellas on that boat over there.
14:37That's the young crew.
14:38How you going, crew?
14:39That's the young crew.
14:40We're the old crew.
14:41And it's old versus new.
14:43It's the biggest fish.
14:45Oh, no.
14:46It's any fish on a boat.
14:49Doesn't sound like very good rules, mate.
14:52Not 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.
15:05They've been learning how to train since they were this big.
15:12How big do you reckon?
15:14We'll now get a masterclass on using our Lorentz.
15:17This is stuff we haven't seen before.
15:20How clever's that?
15:22So 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?
15:37Those lines, that's barra.
15:39And what we're looking for, as Darren was saying, is we're looking for the school.
15:44So you'll see them, like, stacked almost.
15:47Yeah, just stacked.
15:49Hundreds of them.
15:50Hundreds of them.
15:51We 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.
16:00Because it is his family holiday.
16:02And, of course, we are freeloading.
16:04Good job!
16:05Oh, no way!
16:07Look at that!
16:08Oh, young fella's first cast.
16:12Boom!
16:13What a fish!
16:14Maybe that's something.
16:15Oh, fish on!
16:16Oh, yeah!
16:17I've got one!
16:18I've got one!
16:19Simon's on!
16:20I'm on!
16:21Simon is on!
16:22Woo!
16:23Woo!
16:24It's a barra!
16:25Barra on!
16:26It's a barra on!
16:27Yeah, I'm pumped to mine.
16:28I'll probably lose it.
16:29He's a good size?
16:30Yeah, he's a good size.
16:31Yeah, he's a good size.
16:32That's a good size.
16:33That's a good size.
16:34That's a good size.
16:35That's a good size.
16:36Yeah, good size.
16:37Don't be saying that.
16:38Don't lose it.
16:39Woo!
16:40We're in anchor mode, so anywhere up the front I'll need to disconnect.
16:43Just in case.
16:44Just letting you know.
16:45Copy that.
16:47Fish on!
16:49Look at all the lures going to where I just hooked this one.
16:52Twow!
16:53Twow!
16:54That's where the fish are.
16:55There he is.
16:56Good size.
16:57Get him in the boat.
16:58Have we got grippers here anywhere?
16:59Oh, I'm coming.
17:00I'm coming.
17:01Hold that.
17:02Hold that.
17:03Hold that.
17:04Come and give me some assistance, mate.
17:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:06Coming.
17:07No, no.
17:08We're good.
17:09Oh, he's only just hooked.
17:10Oh, Jase, he's barely hooked.
17:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:12Calm down, mate.
17:13Calm.
17:14He's lipped.
17:15Calm.
17:16He's hardly even hooked.
17:17Calm.
17:18Don't you lose him.
17:19I'm not calm.
17:20Oh, my God.
17:21And he's so.
17:22Don't go losing that fish.
17:25He's just like barely hooked.
17:28He's going to get off.
17:29You need a freaking net.
17:31He's going to get off.
17:32He's barely hooked.
17:34You got him.
17:35I got him.
17:36Woo!
17:37We got fish.
17:39Fish in the boat.
17:41Good job, mate.
17:44Fish in the boat, mate.
17:45Good job.
17:46Fish in the boat.
17:47He's 80 all day long.
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.
18:19Listen to it.
18:21Where are we?
18:22We're in the lead.
18:23We're in the lead.
18:24Alright.
18:25No shortage of crocs in this river, Jase.
18:29No, 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.
18:38Kid's having a ball.
18:39Darren's going to jump on our boat.
18:40There's only one downside.
18:41Who wants to get on the winning boat, mate?
18:42There's one downside to that, though.
18:43What?
18:44I'm using his rod.
18:45Oh.
18:46Nice work.
18:47We got one, mate.
18:48We got a new skipper now.
18:49We got a new skipper now.
18:50We got to tow the line.
18:51Simon's got to tow the line.
18:52I'll do so.
18:53Literally.
18:54Sit down.
18:55Shut up.
18:56You can see there's like heaves of big fish coming through in the column, the water column.
19:01And you can see your lure.
19:03Like literally we're tweaking it in front of their nose.
19:06And some turn, they look at it, and they're just not eating at the moment.
19:10They're just not taking it.
19:11We had one.
19:12We had one.
19:13One.
19:14One.
19:15One.
19:16One.
19:17One.
19:18One.
19:19One.
19:20One.
19:21One.
19:22One.
19:23One.
19:24One.
19:25One.
19:26One sort of shoot across and I think had a crack at Daz's lure.
19:31But that's about it.
19:32It's frustrating.
19:33You're 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 a fish.
19:44Doesn't want it.
19:46Come on.
19:47Oh he's on.
19:48He got him.
19:49Dan'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.
19:55Let me find the grippers.
19:56There's the grippers.
19:57Yeah you'll need some grippers alright.
19:58Oh look at the size of that fish.
19:59Just splashed us.
20:00That's a good fish mate.
20:01He's still green as too.
20:02Yep.
20:03We got him.
20:04That's solid fish mate.
20:05Look at the fish.
20:06Look at the fish.
20:07Mate I think that might even go.
20:08That's a cracking fish.
20:09Oh look at the size of it.
20:10You missed yule lure mate by that much and got dazzers.
20:12I know.
20:13Well done.
20:14Good one bro.
20:15Look at the fish that I just helped catch.
20:18Look at the size of that sucker.
20:19Look at the size of that sucker.
20:20That's got to be nearly a meter doesn't it.
20:21What is he?
20:22Oh no he's not a meter.
20:23No he's about 90.
20:24No he's about 90.
20:2595 mate.
20:26Come on buddy.
20:27We'll just spear this one in Daz hey.
20:28Alright here we go.
20:29Mouth open.
20:30Spear in.
20:31Go big fella.
20:35You know the only bad thing about that.
20:47It's on Daz's not yours.
20:52Daz's not yours.
20:54Daz's not yours.
20:55Daz's not yours.
20:57not yours? Dazz had caught it. After a good day's fishing it's time for a
21:02cook-up. All right Mitch we've heard all about you got some special dip, your
21:08specialty. Yeah mate, something I grew up eating so I thought I'd show you boys.
21:14Jase has had it before. I've seen it but I've forgotten it. I want to eat it again.
21:19All right mate, start, go. Knock it up. We're all hungry. We've had a big day out in the boat and we didn't catch much.
21:24What would you like us to do? Nice and healthy. Well if you want you can do these
21:27avo's. Now cut them into little squares. Squares. Whack her into that. You open my nuts.
21:34Just some mac and danya nuts. Do they get smashed up or they stay in one piece? They get smashed up.
21:39We've got some baby tomatoes here because that's all they had at the shop at the
21:46shop at the time. So we're literally gonna put everything in that dish there and mix it all up.
21:52Nice avo. Chuck all those tomatoes in. Might as well chuck them in whole.
21:56That's easy. Look at that. That's coming together good. Look at that.
22:00Look at those colors in there. Oh we're getting fancy. Oh we're getting fancy.
22:05What is that you're putting in there mate? This is sweet chili Philly cheese.
22:10Oh okay so it's got the sweet chili already in it. This is the dippery dip mate.
22:15Not the dippery dip. Is this what you make when you go to a barbecue or something?
22:20It certainly is mate. Oh he's got the final touch. Here we go.
22:25A bit of garnish. There you go. That's chef looking. Yep.
22:29I'm going in. Rip in. Here we go. I'll get a bit of this cheese stuff and then get that.
22:35Tomato and the whole nine yards. Did you get that macadamia nuts?
22:40Oh my cheese stuff fell off. Hell yeah. That's the chunkiest dip I've ever eaten.
22:46Pretty bloody good. What do you reckon? Nice work mate.
22:50Nice work. Nice to go. Nice work.
22:53Dippery dip and a beer. A great way to finish the day.
22:56I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing this screen. You'll love it.
23:07Now it's like I'm getting more frustrated at the fact there is just fish after fish peeling through.
23:16Big fish. So you're literally sitting there in front of their nose going,
23:21Hey mate. Hey mate. You want some? You want some of this? Oh. No. Nah. And then they turn and swim away.
23:30Oh. Yeah you got him. Got him. Got him.
23:32Fish on. Oh yeah. Woo.
23:36Yes. Steady, steady mate. Steady, steady.
23:39Yeah we got it. He's green.
23:41We're fish on. He's green. We are fish on.
23:46That's a start. That's a hook up. Ty, that's the first step.
23:49Getting the hook up. Next step.
23:52Is don't catch the bait.
23:53Is catching the fish.
23:57And he's gone under the bait. He's really giving you.
23:59He's keeping it down. Joe, just keep it down.
24:01He's giving you curry.
24:03I'm keeping him down. Did he just lift on the other side?
24:05Yeah.
24:06You're kidding me.
24:08Mate, this fish is going to work me.
24:11Like that one there. That was definite.
24:12I saw the whole thing happen on the sounder.
24:18Literally. And then I didn't even realize I'd had him because I had a bit of slack in my line.
24:22Had 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. I got the motor up.
24:31Oh my gosh.
24:32Luckily because he was right at the outboard then.
24:35Oh my gosh.
24:35Where is he, Joe?
24:36He is. He's giving me grief.
24:39He was right at the prop then though. There's no jumping or nothing going on.
24:43Here he comes. All right, here we go.
24:46Try to get him forward a bit and then I can come up to you.
24:48Here we go. We're getting some lineback now.
24:53We're getting him up.
24:53There he is.
24:55I think he's only an 85.
24:57He's only a pup, mate, eh?
24:58Yeah.
25:00He ain't no Darren fish.
25:01No, he ain't no Dazza fish.
25:04Yeah, Darren's the expert. You get him, mate.
25:05This is the part where Simon goes,
25:07What are you doing? Get the fish in the boat.
25:11What are you doing? Just get it 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. I'll get out of the way.
25:23You got him, Darren? You got that fish?
25:25I got him, mate.
25:26Dazza's got him.
25:28Get him in.
25:29Boss.
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.
25:36Yeah.
25:38Professional, hey, mate.
25:40That's how the professionals do it.
25:41Oh, look at this fish, mate.
25:43He's pretty solid.
25:44Hey, that's a good fish.
25:47I reckon about 85.
25:50I'm hoping 89.
25:53What was yours again?
25:5488.
25:55No.
25:5588.
25:56So I'm hoping 89.
25:57You haven't beat me.
25:57Dazza's beat both of us, but I don't think you beat mine.
26:00There we go.
26:03What do we got?
26:03What do we got?
26:05There's the tail.
26:06He's 90.
26:09He's 90.
26:10You so?
26:11He's bigger than mine.
26:12It's a 90.
26:14It's a 90.
26:15He's bigger than yours.
26:16No, you so.
26:17You bastard.
26:20Hate you.
26:21How cool is that?
26:22That's with the active target too, mate.
26:24That thing of Dazza.
26:27Thanks, Dazza.
26:29You've taught us how to use it.
26:31Well, you taught me how to use it.
26:32Simon can't see the screen.
26:34No, we're good.
26:35Work it out.
26:36We'll train him up.
26:38I've got the thing down pat.
26:41I know I need a bigger screen.
26:42But anyway, look at that awesome barramundi here in Dazza's favorite river.
26:46His backyard.
26:47Right beside the lodge in his backyard.
26:49How cool is that?
26:50I can't believe the amount of fish coming down this river.
26:54And the amount of fish.
26:55Or what the work it takes to catch one good fish.
26:59All right, here we go.
27:00We're going in.
27:01And we're going in hot.
27:02See you, buddy.
27:03Thank you very much.
27:04We're going in?
27:06Yeah.
27:09I've just take two.
27:11Just 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, you 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.
27:26But thank you.
27:30Thank you to all my fans.
27:32I'd like to thank my mother.
27:34I'd like to thank my brother Darren from another mother for 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.
27:49My family for...
27:50What 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.
28:00On 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.
28:20So basically this morning, what we're going to do is we're going to head out again this morning.
28:23And the weather's come good for us.
28:26It's nice this morning.
28:28Wind's not going nuts, which is good.
28:31Not yet.
28:31And so yesterday, what we found was when we got onto those fish is we've got to get in
28:37there right on the change of the tide.
28:38And not necessarily the change the bottom.
28:41As the bottom, you know, the low tide changes.
28:43It's more when the tide actually starts to push at that location.
28:47So pushing in.
28:49And that's when they're on the chew.
28:50So 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,
28:58get a better chance at 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.
29:13There they are.
29:16They're coming through now.
29:17Straighten up at that.
29:20Mitch is on.
29:20Yep.
29:21You're on.
29:21Fish on.
29:22See, I told you.
29:23I made that happen.
29:24Oh, he's on.
29:25He's on.
29:26Mitch is on.
29:26Mitch is on.
29:27Mitch is on.
29:28Just calm down.
29:29Come on, Mitch.
29:30Keep weight on him, but don't panic.
29:32Pump line.
29:32Just keep your rod bent the whole time.
29:33No slack line.
29:34Don't point your rod at the fish.
29:35You keep pointing it a little bit too much to the fish.
29:38Turn that boat around again.
29:39He's coming down.
29:40Here he goes.
29:41Oh, look 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.
29:49Full luck, full luck.
29:52Just keep him there.
29:53Keep the line on him.
29:53Don't get him too close until he's ready.
29:56Until Chase is ready.
29:59Don't try and lift him out of the water with your rod on him.
30:01Yeah, don't be doing any lifting yet.
30:03Yeah, no, I'm on that.
30:05Wearing him out.
30:05We're clear now.
30:07That's a good fish, Mitch.
30:08That is a monster.
30:09We just need a camera on the boat here.
30:11Oh my god, that is a monster.
30:12Your first one's a cracker.
30:14We're going to drift on him, so we need to be like this.
30:16Yeah.
30:16Don't want to go too much.
30:18That's it.
30:18That's good.
30:19That's good.
30:20That's good.
30:20All right.
30:21Move up to the front a little bit.
30:22Oh, look at him.
30:23He's yours.
30:25Oh, that's where they come out when they do that.
30:28Just hold, hold.
30:29Over that way.
30:30Let him go under the boat.
30:31Let him go under.
30:32So when he goes like that, you go with him.
30:34I'm going to move, yep.
30:35Oh, that was messy.
30:36You've got to move far.
30:37That was messy.
30:40Come on, mate.
30:42Oh, no!
30:43Oh, he spat it.
30:46Oh, no!
30:54That's right.
30:55He was right there.
30:56That was a monster.
30:58That could have even been a meter fish, you know.
31:02Oh, Mitch.
31:04Mitch.
31:04Mitch.
31:04How do you feel?
31:05If I were you, I would have already broken my rod.
31:08Like literally over the knee, snapped in the drink with it.
31:12He was right there.
31:14How are you not more upset?
31:15I'd be livid.
31:18I'm more upset than you.
31:19It wasn't even my fish.
31:20Yeah, it wasn't even his fish.
31:21I should have get it back.
31:22I 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.
31:31That's where it starts, mate.
31:33And then it becomes like an addiction.
31:35Jos is about to lift on out of the drink.
31:37Nice fish.
31:38Yeah, fish on board.
31:40I might change my lure, I think.
31:42I might have a lure change.
31:45Oh, yes.
31:46Yes, bro.
31:46Mitch is on.
31:47Mitch is on.
31:48I just cast there too.
31:50Cheeky bugger, eh?
31:52He's not as big.
31:54Fish on.
31:57Yes.
31:57Two fish on.
31:59Stay on there.
31:59Stay on there.
32:00Get it in the water.
32:01Stay on there.
32:01Where's those grippers gone?
32:03Take your time, Mitch.
32:04Take your time.
32:04It's green.
32:05Don't rush it.
32:05Fish on.
32:06Two fish on.
32:07No need to rush it.
32:09It'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?
32:16What can go wrong?
32:18You stay on that side and I'm on this side.
32:20I'm trying.
32:20I'm in it.
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.
32:33He's coming up.
32:35A good burrow, mate.
32:36Keep him in the water.
32:37Don't lift his head out.
32:39He's a good size.
32:41Both good fish.
32:44Here he is.
32:44He's going to come up in a minute.
32:46Simon's got the leader.
32:47There he is.
32:48Look at that.
32:50Leader.
32:51Yes.
32:52That's you, Mitch.
32:53Mitch has got a fish in the boat.
32:55Don't let that flap around and get hooked.
32:56I'll go over and do it.
32:57Simon, you ready?
32:58There's your pliers.
32:59Yep.
32:59Thank you, mate.
33:03Here we come.
33:04There he is.
33:06Whoa, that hook was just in there.
33:07Like literally.
33:12Simon's got him.
33:15Yes.
33:15Good job, Simon.
33:16Yours is heavier than Mitch's.
33:18Good job.
33:18Good job.
33:20Look at that.
33:21Absolute cracker fish.
33:22Unreal.
33:24How do you feel, mate?
33:26Oh, it's good to finally get one in the boat.
33:27Double hook up too.
33:28Double hook up.
33:30That's unreal.
33:30How cool is that?
33:31That is very cool.
33:32What a cracking fish.
33:33We'll get a couple of photos of that, mate.
33:35Because that's your biggest barra.
33:36That is my biggest barra so far.
33:37Oh, there you go.
33:38Let's get some photos.
33:4095.
33:41That's a good fish.
33:42That's 95.
33:43That fish is 95.
33:45Yeah, that other one Mitch had was a meter fish.
33:48Mate, that's awesome.
33:49How big's yours, Mitch?
33:50Yep, about to find out.
33:51I reckon you're 79.
33:53Might even go 81.
33:55What'd you get?
33:5682.
33:5782.
33:57There you go.
33:5881, 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.
34:05Mate, there's still fish here.
34:06Let's get fish in the boat, eh?
34:07Yep, let's do it.
34:08Yes.
34:10Yes.
34:12Yes, good fish.
34:14Look at him go.
34:16This is a good fish.
34:18Here he comes.
34:18He's coming your way, mate.
34:20Coming in hot.
34:21Are we not ready yet?
34:22Coming in hot.
34:23I thought he spat that there.
34:24No, he spat a bit of his lip there.
34:26Oh, my God.
34:33He nearly lost that at the boat.
34:34No, not even close, mate.
34:35Not even close.
34:38Whoo!
34:39All right, give me the pliers.
34:40We'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.
34:44The pliers?
34:45Yep, right there.
34:46Straight in front of your face.
34:48He's doing it the guides way.
34:49I doubt it does, mate.
34:50They keep the fish over the side.
34:51Yeah.
34:52I'd imagine occasionally when the grippers fail, though,
34:54that would be not good.
34:55Yeah, but I think they commit with the grippers.
34:57Yeah, I'm committed.
34:58I hold them committed.
34:59Yeah, that's it.
35:00And then you do the big reveal.
35:04Look at that.
35:05This is a healthy-looking fish.
35:07Just look at him.
35:08That's one healthy-looking fish.
35:09I'll grab him in there.
35:11I reckon he's about, he might push 80.
35:14He might be 70.
35:15Yeah, he's 70s.
35:1770s?
35:18He's our little fella.
35:19If you caught that anywhere else, though, you'd be pumped.
35:20Oh, 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 gonna go up to the flood plains, basically where you can see what feeds this river.
35:50The fresh water will be still coming down, and you've got all the flood plains, and all the habitat
35:58up there, and it's all that ecosystem that runs this entire river system.
36:04Just spreads out, all out across the flood plain.
36:08It's a very cool place to go and visit.
36:10All the mangroves start to disappear on the side.
36:13You can start to see it now, and it's just this big open plain.
36:18Buffalo, wild pigs, birds, wildlife, billabongs, you name it.
36:24And this river system here that we're in, it's all fed by that.
36:36Look at that.
36:38Barramundi on the hoof.
36:40Okay then.
36:48Copy that.
36:52Easy come, easy go.
36:52I don't know what the hell went on there.
36:54Come down here, you'll steal all the fish.
37:01Already caught them all by the looks.
37:05Yeah, I had a bit of an incident, eh?
37:07Long story.
37:08Daz is feeling sorry for us, so he's back on our boat, and of course we hook up straight away.
37:20Little Barra.
37:24He's still got a yellow tail.
37:25He looks still got plenty of chrome in him.
37:28But this guy's basically coming off the flood plain in this fresh water here.
37:35There you go, buddy.
37:36Mitch is on.
37:37Fish on.
37:39Fish 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.
37:54My hard body's in the tree.
37:59Look at our grippers down here.
38:00Fish on.
38:02Yes.
38:04Got one.
38:06All about the same size, these ones.
38:09There we go.
38:10Little flood plain Barra as well.
38:12They're in really good condition if you look at them.
38:16A lot of silver in them.
38:17Yellow tail because they are still salt water.
38:20They're not black.
38:21Like when they come out off the flood plain, this entire fish has got like a black top on him.
38:27And he's a bit dark underneath.
38:32He's not as silver.
38:35But this guy.
38:37Oh, Simon's on.
38:38No shortage of Barra up here in the flood plains.
38:40Is 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.
38:51Not yet?
38:51Do what Darren loves to see me do.
38:53Guess what?
38:58I didn't get that one in the boat either.
38:59No.
39:00I'll just let it go.
39:01That's all right.
39:02I had it.
39:02Oh, okay.
39:03Here you go.
39:03Fish on.
39:05Woo hoo hoo.
39:06That was straight away.
39:08Fish on.
39:11Simon, you should come out the front.
39:13I'll show you what a barramundi looks like today.
39:18There we go.
39:19There he is.
39:21Little fella.
39:21I'll chuck him back.
39:24He doesn't need to be eaten.
39:26He needs to get a bit bigger.
39:29Well, that's it for Dippery.
39:31We think the title is very safe with Dazz's kids.
39:34For now, it'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.
39:52It's metal detectors to mine shafts.
39:54Look at that.
39:56Oh, it's crumbling.
39:57Yeah, you go.
39:57We'll pick the walls apart.
39:58I'm off.
39:59Join us for the adventure.
40:00What are you 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.
40:14It's better all day trying to get the scratches out of it.
40:16You've done a good job.
40:16I don't know.
40:17It looks like yours.
40:18But it's actually not.
40:19It'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.
40:35And 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,
40:49I'm going to double their chances to win, all right?
40:52Get a Keys to Adventure package for great discounts,
40:55and even more chances to win.
41:01All right.
41:01So 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.
41:13Load 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
41:22and we had a bit of an adventure.
41:24You know, just mucking around in the background, stuff like that.
41:27But if you are after something pretty exceptional like this place and big barramundi,
41:35there's no doubt about it.
41:36It is the premier barrow lodge all over Arnhem Land, if not the top end of Australia.
41:40I can vouch for that because we just nailed some of the biggest barramundi that we've ever seen.
41:46It's not mine either.
41:48This place is the absolute bomb.
41:51Like, have a go at it.
41:52Yeah.
41:53Where else in Australia are you going to find that?
41:55I don't know, mate, but here.
41:57You'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 meat of fish, but in the end, I'll beat you.
42:14I'm staying here till I get it.
42:16Let's stay. He's done.
42:18How am I going to get all the vehicles back to Darwin?
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