A 12-day barra trip with no fish on the board is the kind of mental load most anglers do not want to imagine. The Fishing With Steve crew lived it across April and May 2026, and the camera was rolling when the trip finally turned, on the very last fishing day, after one decision to move.
Their released video, dated 13 May 2026 and titled simply Can we get the Metery? Our 2026 Barra Mission, narrows in on the moment the score sheet went from zero to two. After almost two weeks of cast and cover with nothing to show for it, the crew motored into a section of remote Top End water with a heavy croc warning and a heavily stained colour they themselves called "a little bit ominous".
The first cast at the new spot drew a heavy shape from cover. The host, watching the lure on the retrieve, called out a perfect cast just as a fish lifted toward the surface.
"He's behind that massive brown one, I think," one of the crew said, before the silver flash of a barra showed near the boat. Within a few short seconds the fish was in the lift, hooks pinned, and the trip's first barra was being lifted clear of the tea-coloured water.
It was nowhere near the metery they had been hunting, but it was a barra, and the relief in the boat was immediate.
"Nice little bar. First barra of the trip," one angler said as the silver fish came over the gunwale. The crew produced a tape measure and a camera for the obligatory photo, then released the fish unharmed.
"Whatever that is. I've just come to the surface. Could it be? I think it's a queenie. Oh no, it's bar."
From no fish in 12 days to two barra in the same drift, the new water had produced more action in 15 minutes than the previous fortnight combined. At least one larger fish was still milling in the shadows behind the first.
"Why didn't we move here three hours ago?" the host laughed as the third fish bore down on the boat. "Keep him away from the anchor."
For any barra angler who has spent days lashed to the same creek, the lesson the Fishing With Steve crew delivered without lecturing was the most useful thing in the episode: trust the instinct to move, even when the daylight is running out and the next stretch of water carries crocs and zero certainty.
The host's on-camera summary, delivered with the kind of bone-tired honesty only 12 days of grind can produce, said it best.
"There we go, guys. First barra of the trip. It's the last fishing day. We're here. Of course it is. Here we go, guys. My first barra of the trip. Taking me 12 days, 13 days to catch one."
They did not crack the metre mark this trip. But they walked away with two captures, a story in the can, and the kind of unfinished business that almost guarantees a 2027 follow-up.