What you'll catch
Saratoga
From 26 segments across the archive.
What you'll catch
From 26 segments across the archive.
Freshwater surface fish with a bad attitude. Every quote below is from a real segment — follow it through for the audio and the full transcript.
He ended up with 8 or 10 Saratoga's and one of them was actually much larger than what our sort of normal average is these days at 68 centimetres.
Fishing on Arvos — 8 July 2026 Fishing on Arvos
So, we're really aiming for a Saratoga for me, mate, Mark, who's come over from the US, the fish in Australia, who's been here for 6 weeks, and this is the end of it, so we've got to turn it on for him next couple of days.
Bag a Barra — 3 July 2026 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
And if you want to get up there and catch yourself one of those Barramundys or Saratoga's or all those other fish that what he's talking about, you go with Barefoot Fishing Safaris, check out the website, check him out on his social media pages as well.
Bag a Barra — 5 June 2026 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
That's when the drains and the lily pads and stuff will start to fire and those, you can get those bigger numbers of Barramundi in that billabong, as well as those really cool ones, my favourites, the Saratoga.
Bag a Barra — 29 May 2026 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Well, it turns out that a lot of our, the flies, especially a couple, um, that I really love for our Saratoga work really well, perhaps just a hook size or 2 up.
Guys in the Gulf — Ep 046 Guys in the Gulf
But if you want that Top End experience, you want the real deal stuff, and you want to get out there and catch some Barramundi, and what was he catching there, Saratoga's, and everything else in there, in them, in those parts, well, you need to go with what he, Barefoot Fishing Safaris.
Bag a Barra — 17 October 2025 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
So, yeah, no, a huge success, about 40 or 50 teams, and yeah, there was a few 100 Barack Court, and I think just under maybe about 80 or 90 Saratoga.
Bag a Barra — 19 September 2025 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
So they're not using live scope for the Saratoga, are they? Not yet, mate. No, I did take mine over there for a few couple months last year and yeah, geez, it's amazing what happens when you put it in the water at a place like Lake Murray or Ben's back where there's just so much abundance of all different types of fish.
Bag a Barra — 20 June 2025 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
I've just done a couple of half day trips um out in Kakadu, one on the East Alligator, uh, not, uh, yesterday afternoon where I think we probably boated about 20 odd barra, mostly undersized last night, but a couple of nice ones in there, one big Saratoga.
Bag a Barra — 13 June 2025 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
It's Luciadas about the late of mine, isn't it? Well, I mean, I just caught the first Saratoga, and then the second fish as well, so.
Outback Beef and Barra — part 2 Oz Off Road TV
Over the years, absolutely loved the place, and loved the fishing, and the Saratoga, to me, are one of the big draw cards here.
Surface action on saratoga and tarpon Starlo Gets Reel
We actually travelled from all the way from Kakadu this afternoon, uh after a morning session, uh fishing in home and Mardigal Billabongs, was just out the back of Kwinder Lodge, and we got stuck into plenty of Saratoga and Barramundi there in the Billabong, pissed through until 11, and then, yeah, it's about a 4.
Bag a Barra — 16 August 2024 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Billabong fishing will be good for Saratoga, it's corroborate drops, and and of course, those, the snap efficient and deweys, and that sort of stuff that, um, goes really good when you get a break in the weather as well.
Bag a Barra — 26 July 2024 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Um, your favourite corroborates, fishing really well, now that the water's dropping out, um, in between those cool, cool periods of course, they don't really like that cold overnight loads, but there's a lot of sort of smaller barrier in there and plenty of Saratoga around the lily pads.
Bag a Barra — 12 July 2024 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
I finished a finished a 5 day trip with a few mates from down home there last week and we were in there mostly to catch some Saratoga.
Bag a Barra — 22 September 2023 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Um, which is at the back of Kawinda and Yellow Waters, really great Saratoga fishing spot, and um, I think if you had a look at my social media there last week, there was one particular spot.
Bag a Barra — 23 June 2023 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
And then we did a half day yesterday down at Manton Dam for some Saratoga on little poppers off the top.
Bag a Barra — 2 September 2022 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Um, over the weekend just to do a bit of bird watching and crock watching and stuff and um, yeah, there was heaps of people and, and uh, I fished it with Fly about the week before, um, and yeah, Saratoga and Barra are in there in good numbers and really good sizes again too.
Bag a Barra — 10 June 2022 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
She was telling me, I caught this big Saratoga fish. If you want to catch them, go with Watty.
Bag a Barra — 4 September 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
There is um, there's 3 different boat ramps there that you can access right from the caravan park or within 10 minute drive, and um, and you're fishing on the top of the uh, South Alligator River system there, and it's absolutely chock full of Saratoga and Barrett and all the other um, freshwater species as well.
Bag a Barra — 7 August 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
I think um, was it you? They caught a Saratoga on about your 2nd cast up there. Yes Yeah, that's right.
Bag a Barra — 31 July 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Now, mate, what will we catch on Saturday on the weekend? Well, main target species in Crobery Billabong, like most of our Billabong systems is Barramundi in Saratoga.
Bag a Barra — 24 July 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
But there's every chance of catching a couple as well as we always catch some Saratoga and Tarp on other things.
Bag a Barra — 24 July 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
And, um, yeah, I mean, it is full of Barra, um, Saratoga as well. But also one of the main attractions, um, which is a bit further downstream from the Adelaide township at the, on the Arnham Highway.
Bag a Barra — 3 July 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
On a, on a good year, you can go out there and catch a sort of 10 bar a day as well as 10 Saratoga and a couple of sundries.
Bag a Barra — 10 April 2020 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Yeah, it's, I think it's a, it's a harder fish to catch, a metre Saratoga than a metre barrel, so that'd be me, but I don't know where to go and get it.
Hooked — Ep 5, Barefoot Fishing Safaris Hooked podcast