Finally joined the metre club
Submitted by Lucky Tim on Fri, 2009-03-06 07:02
Cracked my first metre plus barra a few weeks ago in the Kimberley casting a Classic Barra 120 3' up the end of a small creek. Put up a good fight but no jumps. She was a fat girl and unfortunatly we didn't have a camera or measure with us so the decision was made to keep her. She had no roe when we cleaned her and a empty stomach. Last one kept for me I reckon. My mate also got a 93cm casting a Classic 97 down near the mouth.
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Tim Jefferson! Cracking
Tim Jefferson!
Cracking fish, would have fed the whole crew.
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awesome feeling hey
awesome feeling hey mate
good stuff, nice looking silver barra!
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Adam Gallash
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CONGRATS
Fair photo of the month contender there, how much over the meter did she go?
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club!
Nice metery Tim, congrats.......one hell of a fish!
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Big girl
She's definitely a big girl. You know there good fish when the scales are the size of 50c coins.
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great catch dude what did
great catch dude what did measure
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Fantastic barra Tim
Fantastic barra Tim
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Oh yeah! Nice one
Oh yeah!
Nice one
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Thanks fellas. She was 106cm
Thanks fellas. She was 106cm long so cracked it good and proper. Plenty still in the freezer if you want me to bring some up Brody.
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That's a great Barra
Agree with Adam on the photo of the month contender. I love to see a happy fisherman.
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A doozy!
Tried all last Thursday at Ivanhoe Crossing and the Dunham but nary a one over 450mm. Great fun though with the only downside being the bottles, nappies and other garbage dumped all along the riverbanks and even at the freshwater swimming holes.
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metrey barra
superb catch, yeah too fat to jump. Does the flesh get coarse when they are that big?
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Tinny
Ian, have you got access to a tinny in Kununurra?
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I was suprised how good the
I was suprised how good the flesh was. I've cooked it up a number of different ways and all have come up great, not coarse at all. Still, wouldn't kill another one. Always gonna have the measure and camera nearby from now on.
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great fish
got to get up there
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great fish Tim
outstanding effort and congrats.
yep FOTM contender
one happy camper for sure
Adam Gallash
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nah
Have to minus 8cm off the fish for the gear it was caught on.
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C'mon, 20lb is sporting
C'mon, 20lb is sporting Adam. You can minus 4cm for it being a spin reel though.