La Belle Station Barra 2008

While I was working out of Batchelor in the NT in late 2008 I took the opportunity to head to La Belle station chasing barra. I went with one of the guys from work who had been there previously and got fish up to about 1m. The station was awesome, with 4 large billabongs that are all stocked with fish, though they only fish one of them. Had just bought a Tierra 1500 with 6lb braid and Daiwa procaster 6-10lb so was keen for some action. The fishing was great, with gold bombers and deep divers all producing good fish. We both caught lots of fish, I kept a 65 and 70cm fish, they were a little muddy but great in a thai green curry. There were a fair few crocs around, they mostly just stayed on the banks though luckily...

Tim.


Tigh82's picture

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Nice dark barras there! Bet

Wed, 2010-10-06 12:25

Nice dark barras there! Bet you didn't go for a quick dip!

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Nice fish Tim.  Good to see

Wed, 2010-10-06 22:27

Nice fish Tim.  Good to see some barra back in the reports.