Fishing World

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE!

“The Daly River is well known for its rock bars, stumps, crocodiles and logs. It can be a scary place to navigate.”

WHEN it comes to boat speed, I’ve always been quite conservative. I’ve never been a fan of high speed bass boats with enormous engines. To me, they are in the same category as jet skis. But recently that all changed. In this year’s Barra Nationals we moved into the speed section when it comes to barra boats. Normally we are the slowest boat in the field, getting down river in last place and being last to get back to camp in our

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