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04/11/2004: "Barramundi Sunset .......spearfish these at your own peril!"

There are always nice Barramundi in Bathurst Bay, and where ever there's 'barra there's crocodiles. Fortunately the water where they are found is mostly so murky you couldn't see a croc if one was in front of you. Dean Cropp speared this beauty of his recent northern safari aboard Freedom III with brother Adam. They saw a croc this day too!

It's even worse in Darwin harbour where Rick Trippe 'lives'. More than 100 large crocs are captured alive each year and shipped away to more remote places. Rick has seen a few 'swirls in the murk' but is yet to come face-to-face with one. So for courage in a quest for dinner table seafood, no one does it tougher than the trippe. Three meters visability is a good day in Darwin.