Moon Billabong, Northern Territory: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Moon Billabong in Litchfield, Northern Territory. The country here is open low country. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The closest town, Herbert, is 62 km away. The big place round here is Darwin, 98 km distant. Water in the same corner: Lake Finniss a touch under 45 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Moon Billabong

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover barramundi and butler's grunter. Records come from public data, not from a stocking programme. Treat Moon Billabong as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 23°C to 30°C. Year-round warmth means year-round fishing, with early starts in summer. Levels swing with the wet season, which moves the fishing about. April and May steady things again after the summer heat. Time your trip to Moon Billabong by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It is recorded as intermittent, which means the basin empties in dry spells. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Barramundi and estuary fish want hard-bodied lures and soft plastics worked around snags and drains. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Lake Finniss, 45 km out. Rules at Moon Billabong are worth checking on the day.