Ealry Start to what looks like a good season
G'day lads
headed up noth last weekend to see if we could get onto an early session on the barra, what started off as a slow trip it turned out to be a hot session.. After ariving at balla balla friday night we opted to suck beers and have an early one as we were opting to get a early start in the morning! Well after 15 coronas and the clock hitting 12, we then jumped into bed and punched some ZZZzzzzz's. we awoke to a slight breez blowing and opted to fish a few creeks south of balla. After getting ample mullet we fished at a well know spot for jewies! 2 baits in the water and the first beer popped by 6 30 the water began to warm up, after fishing for half an hour i hooked something that took a bit more line than the usual cod and catties and realised i was into a decent fish, after a 10 minute fight i began to gain line and stear the fish towards the boat......... and thats all she wrote, two big head shakes and the fish pulled the hook!
We then headed to a creek to try and get into some barra! after getting to the creek with no drama we began to trawl! after 2 hours of trawling and no fish we then decided to use the rest of the bait! after loosing majority of our bait we then began to trawl and within 10 meters i hooked a solid salmon, after landing a decent thready we then decided to cheack some promising looking holes for some muddies, with much suckses we then decided to trawl to our camp spot, within 20 minutes i hooked another decent thready. it was succsesfully released and we then decided to head for camp! after a few brews and some baked beans on toast we hit the sack!
the morning saw us chasing mullet along the banks trying to get enough bait for a good solid session! with a bait tank full of mullet we then headed to THE SPOT, once we were set up we then spent the next hour tusseling with huge thredfin salmon! as the tide dropped the water began to rise! This temprature rise saw myself loosing 6 barra in a row, some pushing and estimated 1m. after loosing a fish that saw my jaw dropped i then rigged up another sl12, the next bait i managed to stick to a solid barra for 800! after a quike happy snap the fish was released! my mate then hooked another solid fish and landed another solid barra of the same size! after 6 more big thredfin i then opted for the BIG BAIT, the biggest mullet in the tank! within 30 seconds of the BIG BAIT hitting the water i had a slow solid run. i set the hook and to my suprise a barra of about 700 began greyhounding across the surface! another small barra landed! the next few baits saw more big salmon some pushing 1000mm! the last decent mullet was then ingulfed by another solid barra around 750 to 800!
All salmon and barra were released but the muddies, well what can i say, im a sucker for a good muddie!
this hot session has us frothing at the mouth and ready for the next good tides!
THE BARRA ARE BACK
wopjrb
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Date Joined: 05/03/09
sounds like fun mate
good to hear the barra and and salmon being released pity u didnt get a black jew
rusty lock
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Date Joined: 29/01/07
Good to here the Barra are
Good to here the Barra are on th chew early, I am headed north of broome in a few weeks to try my own luck. We got some good tides but the moon will be full..... Not having chased much barra does this play much of a part with their feeding habbits?
Plastic_freak
Posts: 71
Date Joined: 24/09/08
Not really mate, barra
Not really mate, barra fishing is all about being in the right spot at the right time, if u can be in the right spot at at the right TIDE this will give u a better chance! when bait fishing position yourself in a good channel that holds bait, few snags and make sure its warm! dont hesitate to use BIG MULLET cos this will give u the upper hand on landing that magic meter fish!
If trawling find a good stretch of the creak with snags and a few depth changes and consertrait ur trawling to this section of the creak. some times our trawl lenght can be no longer that 50 meters long. Also use your sounder to mark your fish! if there not chewing lures dont hesitate to lob a bait in there!
Also, i find that if i mark fish while trawling and cant get them to chew a bait, scalling the mullet usualy leads to the barra not being able to resist!
Plenty of lures, bait and beers and im sure u will have ypourself a cracker of a time
rusty lock
Posts: 15
Date Joined: 29/01/07
Thanks for the advice
Thanks for the advice mate, we have all the ammo we need including plenty of beer,so I hope we can post a good report in a few weeks.
Thanks again.
Webby
Posts: 835
Date Joined: 24/09/08
onya mate. where are the
onya mate. where are the photos?
I live with fear every day... sometimes she lets me go fishing.