Why Barramundi?

[Awoonga]

The DRs contracted IBD ........ junkies get that way when they haven't had a fix

When's the new toy due Trev ?

Chris

Mate..E I G H T W E E K S

[Tropicaltrout]

Its very apparent its a real passion in all of us and its great to read everyones story of how they began.

Its become a real life style for me I live to get away with my family in toe and the biggest winner out of all of the barra and wonderful impoundments is US.

Cheers Nath

[BR65]

why barra???? why indeedy????

why did I sell all my off shore gear, inc boat, to concentrate on barra,
why does my credit card start screaming every time I enter a tackle store
why do I have jap tackle sites in my favourites list
why do I go to sleep every nite thinking bout being crunched in the sticks

IBD Nath, its cause of bloody IBD mate

cheers
brian

[nipsta]

one of the most awsome fish around uses every bit of it arsenal to try to escape put a performance on worth travelling miles to see and is a great reward for a lot of hard work
absolute awsome
they give you the best illness in the world IBD
ONCE YOU GOT IT THERE NO TURNING BACK

[SeekingBarradise]

What a wonderful post to stumble across on a Saturday Morning guys.

We have been smiling all the way through the 2 pages of this post remembering all the great times and people we have met in camp or at the ramp. We wouldn't trade those experiences for anything...

Well done Nath and fellow Ausfish Barra Nuts for creating a thread that should
give everyone flashbacks to their best moments camping, fishing and socialising
on our great Barramundi Impoundments. Getting outdoors appreciating nature, sharing a good old aussie yarn with a 9 year old or grey nomad and maybe catching a fish or 2....does it get any better????

This post sums up Aussie Culture at its best...We need to keep this culture going strong for the future...especially for the kids of today..

Well done to everyone on this post & all the best on your next trip. If you are at Monduran or Awoonga on the Queens Bday Wknd let us know please, we would love to catchup for a campfire yarn or 10. It's only 3 weeks away and it's the last long weekend for ages so start planning your trip now!!!!

If the camp atmosphere is anything like the Sweetwater/Ausfish M&G we should all have a great time. We will never forget Nipsta's smile when he got back to camp after catching that 117cm Swimming Garbage Bin!!! Priceless....

Cheers Kel & Lyndon.

[Whitto]

I really don't know how to answer this question....I guess Im draw to the notion that this fish doesn't suffer fools and if you are not focused on what u are trying to do this fish will treat u with the contempt u deserve (We all who have caught a Barra had the customary splash in the face on release)...I have never put intelligence and fish in the same sentence but this magnificent creature is a street fighter and does it very well and can win more often than not.....Ive was bitten by the Barra Bug many years ago as a lad in Innisfail and the desire has never wained.....The by-product of chasing this Fish is the people u meet and inevertably become friends and mates...how do u top that...Well thats my rant and Im sticking too it...Till we see u on Mondy again Good Fishing and hang on.....Cheers Whitto PS That was a very good question Nath....Cheers Mate

[BobbyJ123]

Why Barramundi?

Why not?????

[Tropicaltrout]

Why Barramundi?

Why not?????

Thanks for putting alot of thought into that mate

[BobbyJ123]

Thanks for putting alot of thought into that mate

I knew that you wanted an in-depth discourse on the subject And I was being concise...I think.
Could have opted for an old cliche, such as "it's a bloke's fish, it's what makes us look forward to the day/week when we tangle with the "big scaled fish", better than those wiggly trout

[BrandonH]

I must admit when my dad first started heading north and catching these magnificent fish I was envious but didn't try too hard for a seat in the truck.. Well luckily my dad didn't take too long to catch IBD and talked me into taking a Friday and Monday off work and fly up to Proserpine during one of his pilgrimages for some Barra fishing!!
We headed out about 5pm for a fish at his favorite spot amongst the sticks. About 10mins after we arrived I saw my first Barra! I didn't hook it but if I had left my lure he was chasing beside the boat for 2 more seconds I may not have only seen his big bronze flank disappearing back into the water!! Well thats all it took for me I was shaking and in my haste to get the lure back out there threw an absolute shocker of a cast and had to fix a dam good birds nest too lol. About 10 mins latter I hookup and nearly get pulled into the drink not expecting the weight behind the strike!! After a short but intense battle I had a beautiful little 85cm barra in the boat

Over the 4 day fishing I was lucky enough to Land 8 Barramundi, loose at least 8 barra classic lures and have to re-rig a LOT of hooks!!!! This trip made me release why you need at least 4 lures of each colour in your bag!!! lol. 4 of my fish were over the mtr mark, biggest was 107 pictured in my Avatar.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to pull myself away from work, the misses, the pup and the new house since this trip, but I can say I am itching to get back up there and tangle with some more of these monsters!! Perhaps using Slick rigs for something different next time

Cheers and good Barra fishing to you all

Brandon...

[NAGG]

I must admit when my dad first started heading north and catching these magnificent fish I was envious but didn't try too hard for a seat in the truck.. Well luckily my dad didn't take too long to catch IBD and talked me into taking a Friday and Monday off work and fly up to Proserpine during one of his pilgrimages for some Barra fishing!!
We headed out about 5pm for a fish at his favorite spot amongst the sticks. About 10mins after we arrived I saw my first Barra! I didn't hook it but if I had left my lure he was chasing beside the boat for 2 more seconds I may not have only seen his big bronze flank disappearing back into the water!! Well thats all it took for me I was shaking and in my haste to get the lure back out there threw an absolute shocker of a cast and had to fix a dam good birds nest too lol. About 10 mins latter I hookup and nearly get pulled into the drink not expecting the weight behind the strike!! After a short but intense battle I had a beautiful little 85cm barra in the boat

Over the 4 day fishing I was lucky enough to Land 8 Barramundi, loose at least 8 barra classic lures and have to re-rig a LOT of hooks!!!! This trip made me release why you need at least 4 lures of each colour in your bag!!! lol. 4 of my fish were over the mtr mark, biggest was 107 pictured in my Avatar.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to pull myself away from work, the misses, the pup and the new house since this trip, but I can say I am itching to get back up there and tangle with some more of these monsters!! Perhaps using Slick rigs for something different next time

Cheers and good Barra fishing to you all

Brandon...

I think I know why you had to fly up to Prossie Brandon ........ Your dad wouldn't have had enough room in the truck with all the gear that he carries

Nagg

[BR65]

sounds like the classic IBD symptoms there Brandon.


Nath, are you aware some dastardly dude has graffited your signature panel with a nsw emblem???

[Magella]

Lets just say it out loud fellas we all just like being
SMACKED BY BIG GIRLS

Cheers Foxie

[Awoonga]

[quote=Magella;823319]Lets just say it out loud fellas we all just like being
SMACKED BY BIG GIRLS

Cheers Foxie ...John does Jacky know about this Fetish ? About time you came out of the closet... .

[Obi _ Wan]

Brandon, come on now tell the folks whose lures they were you lost?? although i must say that on that trip with the number of very big fish about and fishing in tight water, i lost about $200 worth of lures over the two weeks.

Chris, now come on mate, fair go, you have to be prepared when you go away for a couple of weeks. You just have to have two of these, two of these etc.
On one trip i was doing very nicely with a black and silver barra classic, (and yes i had two) just about a fish a cast. My mate also had one but he could not get a touch on it, kept complaing that is was a useless lure. After i had landed a lot of fish and eventually lost both lures, i offered to buy the one my mate had, the "b" would not sell it to me! i offered him $50 for it, he still would not sell it to me, bugger him, so i then started to catch them on other lures bugger him. On the way home the "B" gave me the lure, i said to him, why didn't you sell it to me when we were on the water and he said, " He could not catch a fish on it and he didn't want to see me catch a fish on it either, again, bugger him.

Cheers,
John.