Persistents pay off! FIRST BARRA. I'M HOOKED!!
First cast bang 70 cm barra on the livie fought it then moved it to the rocks and then quickly climb down than pounced on the barra. I grab it in between the eyes that doesn't work so I grabbed the leader which gave way a wave comes pushes the barra into a hole I quickly grab it and it slides through my hands through the hole and out the otherside back into the ocean. Meanwhile I slip fall into the hole all cut up and bruised and the score is barra 1 josh 0 but I was never going to give up that quickly so kept my head high and got some more livies and kept persisting took another 2.5 hours but I got there in the end. Landed a 72cm 70cm and 60. Kept 2 and hooked a few more. Things I've learnt high tide is good, receding tide is better.
Bloody stoked as it's my first legal barras on line.
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Faulkner Family
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well done. pity about the
well done. pity about the battle scars but i think most of us that fish have had our fair share over the years. in the end you got the results you were after. they will taste so much better with the sweet revenge
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meglodon
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Good looking salt water barra
Looks to me like a salt water barra, no yellowing on the fins that I can see, great going the battle scare will make the first one more memorable.
Doc
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nice fish, must say they are
nice fish, must say they are a 1000% better out of the salt. We caught stacks up at tinaroo a couple of weeks back, but they are all freshies and crap to eat. Some people rave about them, but they obviously haven't had one from the salt.
big john
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Jam
Jam that thumb and forefinger around the lower jaw and hang on tight. Watch out for there gill rakers on each side at the back of the head, they'll slice you open.
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kirky79
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Nice one
I'm yet to tick a Barra off the bucket list. Well done
rtomkyns78
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nice fish
Nice fish mate. Probably steer clear of the the beer batter though hey.
Meeuwissen
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Haha yea might
Just follow malcom Douglas's old school cooking and do it whole le :)
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Nimbin 157
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Thumb on the tounge and
Thumb on the tounge and supporting the belly on big ones is the way to pick them up . As Big john said watch those gill rakers.