99cm on 4lb braid
Submitted by poddyfish on Fri, 2008-02-08 15:49
my good mate dave came up from perth and bought a stradic 1000 loaded with 4lb braid on a raider 3-5kg rod.... it had been awhile since he landed a barra as he used to live up here and i laughed when he said he was gonna use that... well this is the result after loosing one similar earlier in the day... caught on a wally diver castin off the bank with 40lb jinkai leader... all 99cms and 14kgs of her... as with almost every barra we catch she was released to fight again and lay all those eggs she was so full of... beautiful
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poddyfish
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agreed
mate it was amazing i wish i had my video camera... did 3 laps of the hole with dave in tow... i didnt think he would get her in... there is alot of rock in the hole i fish there... was a steller effort... he also got one of 72cms on same gear same lure.. and 2 threadies... lucky pr!ck
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Andy Mac
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Wow!
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Corza
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top effort
Thats awesome, nice fun on a light raider thats for sure,
mako magic
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great fish and even better
great fish and even better effot standing waist deep in that water i would say
poddyfish
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pic purposes
nah mako that was just kneeling mate for the picture.. gotta keep them big girls breathing whilst we get that perfect picture... swam off with out a problem after a quick revival... oh well just loaded the boat and we are off for another barra session... will be back tomorrow lunch so hopefully will have a few more pics for you all... cheers poddy
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Corza
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from the southerners
I reckon I could say from a fair few of us southerners,
From your last post poddy, you, brad and jay all SUCK!!!!
I miss living north of the 26...
That was the best thing about north QLD- "gee I'm bored, lets go flick some some lures"
Neander
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Great catch , greater effort
Great catch , greater effort on such light line.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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doesnt get any better!
Well done Dave, a top barra on light gear and it doesn't get any better than that!
Good photo also!
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