NT Barra 98cm on 6lb


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Nice

Thu, 2012-04-26 22:42

Nice work mate.

Saw pics of a 1.35m fish taken at the Roper just before easter. Definitely a big fish river by the sounds of it.

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Yeah i saw the pic of that

Fri, 2012-04-27 19:28

Yeah i saw the pic of that 135cm one aswell(on NT fishing Forum), it was monsterous, something fro the age of the dinosaurs i think hahahaha.

 

We saw a 124cm caught by another boat fishing near us. Was awesome to see such a huge fish jumping completely out of the water in such a tight creek! Very nerve racking time for the angler that caught it though with all the mangroves.

 

Yeah definitly a river of Big Barra, but also a river of BIG travelling distances. Think it holds good numbers of Barra for this reason, it doesnt get hit as hard as the ones closer to Darwin and from what i have read it was closed to commercial gill netters a while ago, so pure line fishers!!!!!

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Nice barra

Fri, 2012-04-27 10:34

Pity about the 2cm, but who is going to complain about a 98cm specimen.

Looking forward to the full story and more pics.

Neels

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Will post up when its done,

Fri, 2012-04-27 19:30

Will post up when its done, think its going to be in 'North Australian Fishing and Outdoors' which is published quarterly.

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Cracker fish mate -

Fri, 2012-04-27 12:17

Cracker fish mate - particularly on 6lb!

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 thats a nice chromy my

Fri, 2012-04-27 19:45

 thats a nice chromy my friend, well done they are great fun on super light gear!!!

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 Great capture Buz!!! A barra

Fri, 2012-04-27 19:45

 Great capture Buz!!! A barra of that size on such light gear is truelly an awesome feat! 

 

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Stoked!!!

Fri, 2012-04-27 21:13

Ide be stoked to get a few that size.well done let us no the mag it will be in, top read for sure!!!

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good work buz

Sat, 2012-04-28 15:37

quality fish....i would love to catch any size barra!!!

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Very, very nice. Must be top

Sat, 2012-04-28 18:20

Very, very nice. Must be top fun on light gear!! Well done

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 Nice fish buz!

Sat, 2012-04-28 19:26

 Nice fish buz!

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Awesome

Sun, 2012-04-29 07:51

Cant wait to go barra fishing again, got me amped for next summer Buz!

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get farked!!!! 6lb??!!!! What

Sun, 2012-04-29 09:17

get farked!!!! 6lb??!!!! What an experience!

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Awesome catch !

Sun, 2012-04-29 09:47

 Well done !

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 Sensational fish mate, truly

Sun, 2012-04-29 19:29

 Sensational fish mate, truly superb!!