barra on the board
Tim and i ventured into the creek agan today, it was probably going to be the last opportunity for us to have a fish together for a while so we took advantage. The forecast wasnt the best and the tides were crapola with only about 50cm of movement over a 20 hour period.
We ventured into the creek and noticed the water temp was down on the other day peaking at less than 20 degrees early on. We set some crab posts and started on to the first troll run. As always the cod were thick, almost a fish or two every pass. On the second pass i got a really decent whack followed by some very slack line. At first i thought i had been pinged, then the line came up tight again and i was on. The fish went very hard but didnt carry on like anything i could easily pick at first. It wasnt until i got a glimpse of the yellow paddle tail and my lure stuck in it that i had figured out what was going on. tim and i moved the boat into the middle of the creek and Tim neeted my first barra of the season. After dropping three the other day it was nice to land one. On further examination we noticed that the fish only had one of the hooks off the middle set of trebbles stuck in its tail, very lucky but hey i will take it.
Monkey is off the back, and with water less than 22 degrees i was pretty happy
lucky Brad strikes again
She took a bit of reviving after the fight but she went off well in the end
The fish was also tagged but after a longer than usual fight due to the method of hooking i made the call to release the fish straight away rather than stuff around trying to read the tag, the fish took a bit of reviving but released well.
We didnt manage any more barra we did get a few muddies in the pots and flatties etc on the troll. One thing that did happen oday that pissed me off was; we droped the posts and went for a spin out the mouth to have a troll. When we came back to get the post we noticed they were missing. There were only three boats in the creek and one of them (full of young boys) went flying out while we were at the mouth. We went up to the other boat to ask them if they saw them, they were pretty good but didnt know what had happened to them. We assumed it was the young lads
nice flatty
Tim and a flat man chu
another
one thing i like about karratha back beach ramp is that it is tidal, we got back to the ramp as early as we could and waited for the boys. Their old man picked them up with the car and i approached them and asked them straight up if they took my crab pots. They denied and i said it was pretty convenient how there were three boats in the creek, one boat we had already talked to and had a look, us and them. hmmmmm
Anyway on the way home i saw a car flashing its lights at me, he followed me home, pulled over and told me his kids had fessed up, he made them give the posts back and i gave them a bit of a revving, they didnt even seem to give two shits, bloody wankers
anyway all is good, got my posts back but they probably also ripped off the muddies as well, did i mention that they are wankers?
callum
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good report
pity about the blokes nicking your crabs,
but at least you got some fish!
happy fishing
dtr
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I've sprayed my floats in
I've sprayed my floats in fluro yellow and wrote my name on them.
You tend to get a feel when someone is taking an unusual interest in your pots.
Did you take the boat rego and will you report them to Fisheries?
poddyfish
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awesome braddo!
congrats on the early season barra ya prick! and by gosh wat a jaggy prick ur snaggin her in the tail? just a quick question mate but how did she fight? ive had a few early season barra up hedland that was very very lethargic... gotta be expected with low water temps but.... looks around 900? nice fish mate anytime of the season... again... u r a prick mate!@ lol
cheers budda
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PilbaraBrad
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went very hard pod man, but
went very hard pod man, but it took a bit to revive her. Yeah it went 92cm, surprising for this time of year, seasonally the fish caught now are all around the 50 - 60 cm size. Was pretty stoked
aquagenes
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What type of boat and is
What type of boat and is their a name. We tag those Fuckers, low life shits you expect that in the city not here Brad.
UncutTriggerInWA
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Great Post Brad.
There is something about Flathead that gets me.. I will always come home happy having landed 1 or 2 nice sized buggers. They have got to be one of the best eaters also.
Vince.
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Faulkner Family
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yet another succesful day,
yet another succesful day, good that you got your pots back, not worth a great deal but the princaple of it all
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
profish540
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Great fish
Good work Brad i am very jealous. Pitty about the knob heads knocking off your pots, lucky to get them back.Very rare for that sort of carry on to be happening in the Pilbara.
Lucky Tim
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Before the pots were stolen
Before the pots were stolen we were saying (after talking to the boys a few times as we passed each other in the creek) how it was good to see young fellas out enjoying themselves fishing. Then for that to happen. We were never more than 500m away from the pots and they even waved to us as they drove off with our pots hidden in their boat. Then to lie about it when Brad asked them at the ramp. It was good to see their Dad make the fess up, even if it was a very forced apology.
I hope they learnt a lesson (doubt it) because if they stole the wrong persons pots and were busted by them, who knows what sort of lesson they would get taught.
Anyway it was a fun but slow day and good to see you get the 2009 barra season underway Brad.
Thanks for the good day out mate.
crasny1
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Nice to open the barra score backwards
Brad, how deep did you get the flatties on. Couple of beauties there and Hungry little bastards looking at the size of the lure. I would guess you where in 2-3m of water looking at the lure and depth it would dive.
Cheers
Neels
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Andy Mac
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Nice Flattie head shot
Love your work guys.
Good on the old man making the kids fess up. I dare say they will get a bollocking from him when they get home.
Cheers
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jay_burgess
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...and the good luck just
...and the good luck just continues to roll in, enjoy it while it lasts :)
Nice fish man, and is that your first August pilbara barra?
PilbaraBrad
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hahah I do believe it is my
hahah
I do believe it is my first AUG Pilbara barra, but i am pretty sure i have caught them in just about every month of the year from all the places. Gove we got them in june and july, karrumba(FNQ)or Normanton im pretty sure we would have got them in august, not sure memories do fade after a while
Plastic_freak
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And fish do get bigger after
And fish do get bigger after a while
Kelvin8r
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Wicked
bloody hell your a prick mate, i really do hate you. good start to the season mate, you and tim have been on fire! well done boys!! thats a cracker of a barra. nice way to open the season mate
Colin Hay
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Some serious fish there boys
Good onya for getting your first Barra of the sean Brad and that is a hooter of a flathead there Tim.
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mullows
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Any of the the kids have
Any of the the kids have green hair??? Neighbors were in the creek too and their pots were tampered with (cut) and empty and they were suspicious also.
With respect to the barra..more arse than a truckload of poofters fair dinkum :-) Great catch and the lizards look pretty good too. Well done!!
Cheers
Mullows
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PilbaraBrad
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green or red cant remember,
green or red cant remember, they were young, lucky to be old enough to have a liscence i think. They were in a white with green stripe quinny hornet with a yammy on the back. Had a heap of stickers on the boat, seen it around before. Was thinking of reporting them to fisheries just to teach them a lesson, they didnt seem sorry at all, might just be the lesson they need to learn.
Lucky Tim
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yeah one of them did have
yeah one of them did have green hair. Cheeky sh*ts.
cammmo
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little fuckers............
Good work with the barra Brad, Unfortunately Karrachi does attract a few LOSERS>> that steal shit... i had a ipod and dock stolen from my back yard few weeks ago!! Lucky they didnt take anything else...
Wish i caught em....teach them a valuable lesson i reckon.
Paul G
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Great report guys some nice
Great report guys some nice pics too,do you guys ever work ,or is your job teasing the southeners with your topics and pic ,top stuff am waiting for the next report..
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