first barra

well headed out at 5am this morning with a couple of guys from work and things started off slow flicking lures into the river we started off with bright coloured barra classic lures and nothing was tempted to bite........overcast day so we changed over to darker coloured lures and bang it was on .......7 fish landed with the biggest being 51cm......my first barra and i gotta say...it was a buzz?

we had probably another 20-25 hookups where the hooks were spat out but what a great fish to see in action.  All fish were released in a recovery pond and then swam off fully recovered.........great day was had by all ...........now the challenge is on for the 1 metery!! 

 

and Honsu it was caught on the catana 682 rod and Okuma salina 40 reel you recommended for me. It was no effort getting fish in on that combo....thanks Oceanside Tackle!

 

PJ......one happy fisherman today!

 

 

 

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The Kimberley....perfect one day and more perfect the next!!!

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fisherboy's picture

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nice wel done on the first

Sat, 2011-01-08 11:18

nice wel done on the first barra

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 Well done Peter! Bout time

Sat, 2011-01-08 12:08

 Well done Peter! Bout time you got into some Barra!

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 well done . first of many to

Sat, 2011-01-08 12:16

 well done . first of many to come hopefully. gotta be stoked to get your first

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nice work PJ

Mon, 2011-01-10 06:07

certainly plenty of rats around :)

popped the cherry so more to come

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Congrats

Mon, 2011-01-10 07:19

Congrats on your 1st of what is hopefully many barra.

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Well

Mon, 2011-01-10 12:42

Well done mate! Now barra fishing is in the blood, you might as well close your savings account!

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well since the capture the

Mon, 2011-01-10 12:47

well since the capture the missus has banned any more lures, fishing tackle etc coming into the house.....but i have the greenlight to go for the metery...........it definately gets you in............

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Good start

Mon, 2011-01-10 20:34

Now lets see how long before the metery takes to get!!!!

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