Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!
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    Ausfish Bronze Member Wazzup01's Avatar
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    Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    My brother and I went out to Awoonga on Tuesday with local guide Johnny Mitchell to have a go at breaking my barra drought at Awoonga. Talk about breaking a drought it was an absolute flood. Between the 2 of us we hooked 15 and landed 12 (6 each), the largest one going 107cm (Matt caught that one), 9 around the 81 to 85 cm mark and 2 around the mid 60's. Johnny Mitchell is an absolute legend and his attention to detail and knowledge of the dam made it all happen.

    Wazza[ATTACH]sum[/ATTACH]

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    Ausfish Silver Member sarg's Avatar
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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Nice work there guys some nice photos too. Bet they went well were they all in open water?

    Andrew

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    Ausfish Bronze Member CQHORNET's Avatar
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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Another feather in your Cap. Well done

    And to Johnny as well. You couldn't ask for a better guide.


    DNO

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Well done Wazza and Matt it's always great to go fishing with family and even
    better to catch fish. You guys cleaned up. The pics are great.

    Johnny sounds like a very good guide and great bloke as well. Well done again and thanks for the good report.

    All the best on future trips - Cheers SB

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    Ausfish Silver Member TIMMY 666's Avatar
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    Wow nice Barras mate! Johnny Mitchell sounds very knowledgeable, I bet it was worth the $$ .

    Tim.

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Congratulations, some great fish there!

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Well Done!! They Have Been Catching Heaps Of Late A Mate Caught A 1250cm Last Week!. They Say The Bigger Ones Come Out At Night Great Pics

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Congrats Wazzup
    Great fish there and big smiles.
    How did you catch the fish? Casting I presume but into weed/timber? Hardbodies/Pastics?Day/Night?
    Just want tohear a bit more
    Cheers
    Ben

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Well done mate, awesome fish, great photos. What lures did the damage?

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Squidgy slick rigs done the trick. Casting around submerged timber and weed beds. Jeez those things know how to smash a lure. Bruises on my stomach from the rod butt are starting to come out.

    Wazza

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    Ausfish Bronze Member Wazzup01's Avatar
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    Johnny mitchell is worth every cent. The man just oozes knowledge and it is a full on fishing lesson, not just a charter trip. If I remember 25% of what he taught us I reckon I will be doing pretty good.

    Wazza

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    Good to see Wazza. It's a sign of a good trip if you've got casting bruises. Did you use any hard bodies at all?

    Paul

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    Ausfish Bronze Member Wazzup01's Avatar
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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Tried a couple of hard bodies but only caught one catty.

    Wazza

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    Ausfish Bronze Member Wazzup01's Avatar
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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Here are some more piccies of some of the other fish.

    Wazza

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    Re: Awoonga Barra drought broken!!!

    Got to love them barra well done wazzup01.

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