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Gulf of Carpentaria sees 'best fishing in years' as cherabin, barramundi take over rivers after record floods

At a causeway on the Nicholson River, in the heart of the Gulf of Carpentaria, locals are catching giant freshwater prawns by the bucketful.   

Gangalidda man Murrandoo Yanner has lived in Burketown – a community in the lower Gulf – all his life and says he has not seen so many cherabin in decades.

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