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Jungle Perch Bust Off Jungle Perch Bust Off
Posted by: econcern1

Video duration: 25 seconds

The last fish accessible pool below the impassable upstream waterfall always hosts large Jungle Perch - the strike from this one demolished my fine mono leader and broke me off....


Jungle Perch on surface lure - multiple strike hole Jungle Perch on surface lure - multiple strike hole
Posted by: econcern1

Video duration: 194 seconds

Jungle Perch are extremely inteligent fish and you seldom get a second strike out of the same hole once a fish has been landed or they have felt the hooks of an artifical lure - the fish in this pool were a bit keener!


Jungle Perch Habitat = Paradise Jungle Perch Habitat = Paradise
Posted by: econcern1

Video duration: 70 seconds

One of the pleasures of fishing for Jungle Perch is teh extremely beautiful country they live in - they generally require good clear water (being such visual predators) and dense overhanging riparian vegetation for a supply of terrestrial insects - the clarity of the water this fish was caught in can be seen by oberservations of its mates swimming around after it was hooked.


Jungle Perch Capture Jungle Perch Capture
Posted by: econcern1

Video duration: 112 seconds

Jungle Perch get up to greater than 50cm, on this day this was the largest I landed - around 40cm


Jungle Perch School Jungle Perch School
Posted by: econcern1

Video duration: 29 seconds

Good wet seasons throughout the last decade have seen the population of Jungle Perch in our creek in north Queensland recover from the extreme droughts of the mid nineties - time to go fishing....


Fishing Nivarna Cape York Queensland Fishing Nivarna Cape York Queensland
Posted by: econcern1

Video duration: 92 seconds

When the tail end of the drainage from a tributary swamp enters an upper estuary in Cape York - schools of rainbowfish and glass perch have to face the 'music' - which includes boofing barramundi, mangrove jack, rifle fish and catfish!