Pilbara Creek sesh with Brad
At Gully's bbq last night Brad and I made plans for a mud crab mission early the next morning. After gaining approval, I met Brad at 4:30am to catch the tide. It was mainly going to be a crabbing expedition with the barra rods thrown in to pass the time.
We arrived at first light in the chosen creek and set the pots then commenced trolling. After a short while, Brad got a hit and called it for another cod, until it jumped- barra! Unfortunately it threw the hooks but it was good to see one so early. Continuing trolling and I got a good hit. Jump- another barra! This one pinged my line- not sure what happened there. We were surprised to have seen one barra, let alone two. The trolling went quiet so we soaked a few livies each, only to lose them to more cod. Back to the trolling and my turn was next, finally keeping the hooks in something other than cod to land a nice threadfin salmon. We decided to let it go as we only had the small esky onboard and this was occupied by 2 nice muddies already.
With the tide coming in quickly we didn't have expectations of anymore fish when I had a final hit while on the phone, barra again! This one took a little line but it was under control until it jumped next to the boat and threw the hooks. Spewing! We called it quits after that so we could retrieve before lunch.
Final tally was 1 thready, 2 crabs and 3 lost barra. 0 from 3 is pretty disappointing but it was good to see things warming up and has got us inspired for another barra sesh.
Cheers Brad for a good day out mate, I'm off to cook the muddies right now.
PilbaraBrad
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yeah i couldnt believe it
yeah i couldnt believe it either, one mabey but three. water temp was 22.8 degrees brrrrrrrr!
Craig Pearse
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hence the wet siut bro
hence the wet siut bro
HuggyB
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nicely done gents
just rubbing it in some more are we Tim?
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Fozz
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Nice one
Its always the way, when you least expect it...nice salmon anyway Tim.
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Brucesta
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do you bastards ever
do you bastards ever work?!?! that's awesome news that the barra are around even in the cold water, look out october/november i'm cracking my barra duck this year!
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I believe they moonlight at
I believe they moonlight at Rio when they aren't fishing.
They only work bad weather days.
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i have been on leave for te
i have been on leave for te last 2 weeks guys
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well at least you are making
well at least you are making the most of it Brad loving the trip reports mate
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kane
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Onya fellas
good to see you getting into some fish up there.
Gooooone Fishin!
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well done on the trip up the
well done on the trip up the creek, all this will come to an end Tim when you have to head back to reality (perth), enjoy the feed of muddies wont you
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Daisy
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OOOOh Good to get some early
OOOOh Good to get some early cofirmation on the Bazzas, petty you didn't get one to stick, nice Salmon though, not much for us, couple of trevs, Bluelines etc. Looks like it's all Barra from here tho, hope the Barra widow (my wife) doesn't leave me (might not notice till it cools down again):-D
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Barra!
Gees, the Barra will be jumping in the tub when the water does warm up
Cheers Pete
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Good one guys
It must be nice to have that sort of fishing available all the time.
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WELL DONE LUCKY TIM
well done tim and brad great report,good to c the barra are starting again
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Marky
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Good work
good work guys, good to see the barra warming up... On that note im heading out to Camballin (about 3 hrs from broome) next week with the missus to try get a few... Ill let you know how we go..
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yeah it would've been nice
yeah it would've been nice to boat one. Can't wait to give it a better crack when things are really firing.
And Faulkners- I'm trying to delay that for as long as possible, hopefully a few more months yet.
ps the muddies were delish in sweet chilli and garlic in the wok, along with coral trout skewers, salad and garlic bread. I was halfway through eating when I thought about a photo. Next time.
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Top work guys
fantastic variety in the Pilbara thats for sure.
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any size
Any size to the bazzzz's?
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nah, typically small males
nah, typically small males this time of year
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bloody hell!! nice work
bloody hell!!
nice work boys, brad im already planning on my return, so brace yourself, and i dont even care if im not invited, you should know that!
Raise your glass to the king of the barras!!!!
ohh and very nice thready Tim!!