Kununurra Barra
It's been three months since I landed in town.......
While I've been up Lake Kununurra a few times chasing Sooties and beer with mates I haven't really given the Barra a go.......to much work and a few trips out with the backpack exploring country given the cooler dry season weather.
Well no more working weekends and time for Barra.
Hit the ramp just below the diversion dam and just floated downstream with the current. The water temp was around 25-26 but a mate from work got a few Barra last weekend on fly so I knew some were around.
Not long after my first Ord River Barra, nothing big but a good sign I still had some Barra mojo considering it has been many years since I caught Barra in the NT.
This was taken on a squidy slick rig cast in hard under the trees and let drop, and he smashed it about two seconds into the drop.
The Business end of the catch. Released to fight another day.
Spent the rest of the day catching Barra.
One is spoilt this end of town...
So much habitat.......
Barra lily time........perfect habitat for a Barra to ambush......
Just doesn't get any better than this.........
Dropped 5 fish and landed two. And saw some big fish.
Not to bad considering it was my fisrt day on the Ord. Was either using slick rigs or texas rigged 100mm squidgies on Gamat worm extra gap 6/0 hooks. Flicked a few lures but only a few taps, the plastics cast hard into the 'wood' and slowly dropped smacked the Barra. Nothing beats the visual of Barra smacking plastics and jumping to throw them......
Round two next week. Time to head back to the ramp......
Wonder what the rich people are doing.........
Thanks to Paul (Bones76) for the rod that caught the Barra. Told you it would catch the first Barra. Sweet plastic rod mate.
Marky
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Looks awesome up there..
Looks awesome up there.. Cant wait for some quality fish being posted by you....
Hopefully they biting round broome soon...
Adam Gallash
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Excellent
Nice to know they are starting to fire up, hopefully when I do my early season trip to Hedland the baz are out in force. Good pics Damo, look forward to more. :)
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Cobwebs
Nice way to get the cobwebs out Damo. Good stuff!
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Lucky Tim
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pretty nice scenery there
pretty nice scenery there Damo, hopefully the barra flow thick and fast from now on.
Seaquest
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Great pics Damo. Must be a
Great pics Damo. Must be a big change to fishing the bay.
damo6230
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yep for sure
no swell, chop or wrasse ha ha
somewhat akin to the Blackwood though.
and it will only get better as the temp rises
till
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Looks lovely there, nice
Looks lovely there, nice scenery while you work on the next barra!
Bones76
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Good to hear mate!!
Good to hear mate!!
PJAY
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damo......nice fish
damo......nice fish mate......i find out next friday if i will be moving there for work.....i'll need a teacher to help me catch my first barra.......
The Kimberley....perfect one day and more perfect the next!!!
hlokk
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Good to see you got your
Good to see you got your first barra since moving up there. They're only going to get bigger and more plentiful from now :D
Surprised just how nice that water looks, actually looks greeny and clear, and not like chocolate milk, haha. (guessing its a seasonal thing?)
crasny1
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The Ord is flushed by Tonnes of clear water, and it only turns
to Masters choc milk further down towards the mouth. Upstream it is clear as. Upstream from Mad dogs camp it is all crystal clear water and great to see the Barra attack.
Cheers
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7739ian
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Top stuff
well done Damo.
Cam
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Damo,
Damo,
the third photo down must be close to the Dunham?? It is a top spot for big Barra and good size tarpon. There is even better ground futher down stream which I'm sure you'll discover soon enough. Have fun and watch out for the cheecky black big croc at the mouth of the Dunham.
damo6230
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yeh your right Cam
and yeh still some more ground downstream
a mate from work picked up Barra on the rockbar just downstream from the Dunham.....
good spot for a night fish I reckon....
barneyboy
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Some nice looking water there man!!
Could you save some for me when I come up though!!
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
damo6230
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I'm sure there'll be plenty left when you arrive
although you have have to watch me catch all the Barra ha ha
John_M
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Some lovely shots there man
Some lovely shots there man