Average Barra from the Fitzroy

Average Barra from the Fitzroy

Large Barra from the Fitzroy River Broome. 


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isn't it illeagal to keep

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:28

isn't it illeagal to keep barra over 80 or 85 in the ord and fitzroy? i could be wrong.

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Nile Perch

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:30

Got 'nile perch' from a landlocked African lake written all over it in my opinion.

Not a wild river barra, look at its small,weak tail.

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Looks more like a Nile

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:31

Looks more like a Nile Perch.

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yeah this is a nile perch,

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:35

yeah this is a nile perch, seen this pic before.

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Thats good, i was starting

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:36

Thats good, i was starting to fire up haha

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theres no de-nile in that perch

Fri, 2009-10-16 10:40

lol

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yeh thats not an aussie beer

Fri, 2009-10-16 11:10

yeh thats not an aussie beer that guy's holding...

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posted

Fri, 2009-10-16 11:19

Posted a couple of weeks back as a nile perch.  Still a big fish.

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Well I

Fri, 2009-10-16 11:36

got ya all going,just making sure you knew your species,you can tell by the Mouth and Tail

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Good work mate! Classic.

Fri, 2009-10-16 12:48

Good work mate!

Classic.

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Def a nile perch in some of

Fri, 2009-10-16 12:20

Def a nile perch

in some of the other shots that you see with this email, you can see the african guide helping to unload it

not a barra

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That is a serious fish

Fri, 2009-10-16 14:22

I hear the Nile Perch grows to massive sizes.

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over 200kg's mate

Fri, 2009-10-16 15:36

over 200kg's mate

can get on a charter at lake nassar in egypt, pretty exy but def on my to do list
after the png black bass trip

one day...

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hey look its his older brother

Fri, 2009-10-16 18:37

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nah mate wrong fish thats a

Fri, 2009-10-16 19:11

nah mate wrong fish

thats a bass, the other is a nile perch

thats def not a nile, look at the fins, and throat, all wrong plus it was caught in cal, no niles in cal