big barra

[rdog]

:) caught at lake awoonga 1.2 mts& 50lbs on a squigie slick bait

[fenderbelly]

And very nice too Rick :2tsup:

[dai sensei]

What a beaut :2tsup: Did it put up a decent fight?

[rdog]

What a beaut :2tsup: Did it put up a decent fight?


yes it took about 20 min to get it into the boat,and i was lucky as the leader, 80 lb nylon was just about shredded were it went into its mouth.

[fubar]

noice!!!:2tsup:

[daff]

oh excellent, i sooo wish i was there too :) Just boring river fish here, one day .....

[tea lady]

:oo: So......fish for dinner.:rolleyes::2tsup:

[Gingermick]

Why did you kill it?

[rdog]

we ate it & lake awoonga is a stocked dam & barra do not breed in it, it is regularly stocked with small barra .
the dam is managed by the gladstone water board & they ask you to not return fish over 900mm as they eat the small restocked fish.

[Gingermick]

Good catch then!

squigie slick bait?
is that a jig?

[rdog]

squigie slick rig is a soft plastic fish, the one that i was using is 130 mm long green&gold color, with a number 7o hook in it you can cast and retrieve them or troll them behind a boat very slowly& they swim like a fish.

[Gingermick]

Cheers and congrats on a good catch. Are there many sticks around that dam? One of the dams here with big barra has wood everywhere and the other not much at all. And the others I haven't been to.
My son had a 8lb fish hit his lure one day and reefed the rod out of his hands. A loomis GL2 with a shimano calcutta 200 I think it was. We dredged with the boat anchor and found the line, then the rod then wound in the fish!

[rdog]

The dam has some areas of timber but is mostly open water with weed & snags along the banks.
your son was lucky to get his rod & reel back.
My wife & i are planning a trip to fish the dams around Mackay in late feb next year
then go to peter faust dam weather permitting.

[mulloway30]

beauty of a fish mate now to make your own lures and catch em:2tsup: