well after we got the boat in we putted over to the other side of the barrage and sat there and flicked it for a good hour or so without a touch, could see sets of red eyes all over the place and yet people where still going out over knee deep on the barrage to fish
so without a fish in the boat headed off to look at the other barrages in sampan most looked ok but didn't produce for us at night. At about 4am the decision was made to head through the cutting and see if any of the tommycut barrages where any better. Only just made it through on the bottom of the tide, it was actually quite amazing just to see how much timber was sticking up a few meters, looks like the crabber has been cutting it back at midtide stumps all over the place really looks quite dangerous.
saw heaps of big crocs on the way through there as well one well over 4 meters.We got out just before the water ran out and fished all the way down to the mouth arriving just after sunrise there where already 5 boats down there trying every method you could think of for no results just a side note be careful there is a big rockbar a couple of Km's down from the cutting exit that is very nasty drying at low tide i didn't know it was there and it nearly ended our trip only just got back off the plane in time dinged the prop and skeg a bit but the motor was still good
, it looked lumpy out the front but saw a few boats comming in from the jew reefs so it cant have been to bad. it was dirty water at the mouth and didn't look to good for trolling but we did manage a few good hits. We stayed here till a bit of a storm hit and decided that it was time to head back upstream fishing most gutters and creeks along the way half way back up tommycut found an ok looking creek and we had a few more hits and then dropped a couple of little threadies hooked while trolling. we kept go up tommycut to have a look at the dead forrest but it was dirty and dead up there so turned and headed back to some of the barrages that looked so good the night before in sampan. On the trip back through the cutting passed 5 or so boats and lets just say there are some wankers out there
flying around blind corners nearly got cleaned up a couple of times someone is going to get really hurt there soon. and after what we saw the night before all the stumps sticking up they're crazy. can't wait for either the trees to grow over and force people to slow down or something like that to happenand let me add it willnot saying that it wiil be me but sooner or later someone is going to get the s...ts with the behavior of a few who spoil it for all. 
Got to the first one and we anchored up flicking across the whitewater and got a few fish one every 10mins or so old mate Sacky(FFF name) was having one of those days every second cast he would hook up on something out in the middle and snap off so he spent most of the time re-rigging, funny enough i didn't hook it once and cast to the same spot for about an hour. landed 4 fish up to 64cm before another boat drove up and parked right where we were casting and getting hits not more then 10 meters from our boat
anyway they jumped out on the bank and caught a couple of rats upstream before moving off after 45mins of me and sacky seeing who could land our big soft plastics close enough to spray water into their boat without hitting it!!
not long after they left was thinking of jumping up on the barrage and flicking the upstream side when a monster croc pops up about 10 meters away
he showed more then a passing intrest in us as seeing as he was very close to if not over 5 meters we decided that he could have his barrage and headed off to the next one, just a point here this was the same barrage that a couple of blokes had picked as their place to hit the sack the night before in only a small (under 4 meters) tinni so just be careful out there.headed up to the next barrage and landed a few more swamp dogs, lost a few as well to a barbed wire fence that was just under water. other then that it was a pretty quite trip on the fish front and needs a heap more rain to get the level upwater was about a foot over the barrage, it still amazes me the amount of people walking into the water or fishing off the bank at barrages we saw heaps off big crocs and it wont be long till one of them takes someone who is doing something stupid
it was a good trip out there but i wont be going back there for about a month as it needs a lot of rain to clear tommycut out, saw a few buffs on the road on the way home as well so be carefull on the road.
Suppose I should just be thankful that people were honest that day and nothing was taken