130cm Barramundi Caught in Pelican Waters Canal

[planetfonz]

interesting

maybe an escapee from the fishing park????

altho i'd like to think they are becoming more common this far south

as far as aquarium raised.. ther majority of barra would be kept in fresh, i wonder how it would go if dunked right into salty canal water..

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24480040-3102,00.html

[Nitris]

man that is one of those stories u only hear through the grape vine.. but never actually c it happen.. totally amazing. :woohoo:

[Plastic Man]

wow that awsome hope they do start coming this far south

be a lot of fun when you get one as by catch while breaming the brisse river lol

[pcsolutionman]

Guys not the first I have seen pulled from pelican waters a mate Damien Pulled a 92cm Speciman out on 4lb and a bubble pop 45 lol there seems to be a few in there

Lee

[bogan]

WOW :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I wonder how long it had been there for.....

[pcsolutionman]

oh and that barra isnt even cloase to 130cm lol

Lee

[pinkey]

I also heard of one being caught in Aquatic paradise canals down at birkdale. Imagine if they had canals up north, barra would love them!

[Shrimpo]

So would Crocs...........

[fishyman]

doesnt look 130

but thats pretty cool

[Mack_attack]

I've mentioned it before but one of my dad's patients caught a 1m+ barra at jumpinpin aswell. It was pulled from some good snags near tiger mullet channel.

[Schmuck]

Yeah doesn't look like 130cm but definitely an interesting catch and adds a bit to those grapevine stories.

[Smiderman]

I don't want to rain on the kids parade & its a great looking barra, but do those lateral marks down the barra's side, (forward of the dorsal fin and the next set down its back) look like its been caught with square hooks rather than a lure ??? :unsure:

or am I just suffering from a bad case of barra envy??? :blush:

Not sure how'd string a net across any stretch of water at Pelican waters but he who dares......

[planetfonz]

what you mean by square hooks? my lazy sunday brain isnt working for me!

[MichaelJ]

be pretty cool if it was caught from there

also its not 1.3m, u can tell cause it only weighed 13kg and a 1.3 would weigh 20kg+ and from the pic its obviously not 1.3m

[Schmuck]

Smiderman wrote:

I don't want to rain on the kids parade & its a great looking barra, but do those lateral marks down the barra's side, (forward of the dorsal fin and the next set down its back) look like its been caught with square hooks rather than a lure ??? :unsure:

or am I just suffering from a bad case of barra envy??? :blush:

Not sure how'd string a net across any stretch of water at Pelican waters but he who dares......

It might be marks from the landing net they tried using though.

[Smiderman]

planetfonz wrote:

what you mean by square hooks? my lazy sunday brain isnt working for me!

a water strainer ??? :whistle:

[Smiderman]

Schmuck wrote:

Smiderman wrote:

I don't want to rain on the kids parade & its a great looking barra, but do those lateral marks down the barra's side, (forward of the dorsal fin and the next set down its back) look like its been caught with square hooks rather than a lure ??? :unsure:

or am I just suffering from a bad case of barra envy??? :blush:

Not sure how'd string a net across any stretch of water at Pelican waters but he who dares......

It might be marks from the landing net they tried using though.

yer good point.. Got a good suggestion of an Xmas present then.. time for a better landing net:laugh:

[Gad]

At the bottom of the article they ask if anyone see`s anything to call the EPA.Not sure if they mean,barra or crocs??,but I wouldn`t the ****`s would probably declare it a NO FISHING ZONE

[uglyfish]

square hooks=gill net....dont get too excited boys i dont think they'll be a common catch down this way...old fellas up north say where theres barra naturaly theres crocs....

[uglyfish]

1.3m barra????i dont think so...plus even if it was whys he taking it home when the size limit is 1.2m???

[werewolf]

the marks could be from flapping about in the boat.

I agree that 1.3m is pushing it. Maybe 1.0?

[pcsolutionman]

yeah 1M at the very very outside id say 90cm max easy to size from his hand

Lee

[Terry H]

http://www.australianfishing.com.au/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=237&func=view&id=55756&catid=14&limit=20&limitstart=0

Some pics - Lee with 80-100cm fish, me with 84cm barra

85-95 I'd say for that fish, probably closer to the lower end of that range.

[jakhunta]

pinkey wrote:

I also heard of one being caught in Aquatic paradise canals down at birkdale. Imagine if they had canals up north, barra would love them!

Pinkey, they do have canals up north. I know they have canals at Yorkeys Knob in Cairns and also at Port Hinchinbrook and they regularly catch barra and trap crocs in them particularly in Hinchinbrook . Also I seen a photo in one of the fishing mags of a bloke at the gem bait and tackle shop that caught a 70cm barra on a live bait in the Logan river.

[werewolf]

Yeah it is a hard call Terry. The fish in the news clip is certainly a lot skinner. If it was a bit fatter I would judge it as longer I guess.

I had a bit of a chuckle when the first few piccies in your link were of catfish:B

[uglyfish]

impoundment barra are fatter than saltwater ones...but its still not 1.3m long...my cobia in my profile pic is 1.3 mtrs long,and it weighed 31bls

[username_taken]

according to DPI a 120cm barra would weight around 21kg.

somebody's definately telling porkies

[uglyfish]

username_taken wrote:

according to DPI a 120cm barra would weight around 21kg.

somebody's definately telling porkies

dpi also says 120 is the legal limit...:dry:

[pinkey]

jakhunta wrote:

pinkey wrote:

I also heard of one being caught in Aquatic paradise canals down at birkdale. Imagine if they had canals up north, barra would love them!

Pinkey, they do have canals up north. I know they have canals at Yorkeys Knob in Cairns and also at Port Hinchinbrook and they regularly catch barra and trap crocs in them particularly in Hinchinbrook . Also I seen a photo in one of the fishing mags of a bloke at the gem bait and tackle shop that caught a 70cm barra on a live bait in the Logan river.

oh ok, didnt know that.. i guess people just have fences to stop the crocs getting into their laundry. :silly:

[Terry H]

threadybuster wrote:

in the article it doesnt say anything about 1.3 metres but. it says 13kg lol.

no offence mate but I think that's a prime example of

"RTFA"

First sentence under the bold stuff, lol

[uglyfish]

threadybuster wrote:

in the article it doesnt say anything about 1.3 metres but. it says 13kg lol.

mate i think you need to reread it i does say a 1.3m monster..

[Feral]

So used to only fishing impoundments I forgot about the max length on wild barra!

I saw the pic, it looked pretty scrawny, Ray's 128cm Barra from Awoonga was fat as and went 28 kilo's, possible if its in poor condition to be that light at that size, but more likely there is a bit of journalistic licence going on, looked around the 90-100cm mark in the photo, which would fit weight better.

[jakhunta]

pinkey wrote:

jakhunta wrote:

pinkey wrote:

I also heard of one being caught in Aquatic paradise canals down at birkdale. Imagine if they had canals up north, barra would love them!

Pinkey, they do have canals up north. I know they have canals at Yorkeys Knob in Cairns and also at Port Hinchinbrook and they regularly catch barra and trap crocs in them particularly in Hinchinbrook . Also I seen a photo in one of the fishing mags of a bloke at the gem bait and tackle shop that caught a 70cm barra on a live bait in the Logan river.

oh ok, didnt know that.. i guess people just have fences to stop the crocs getting into their laundry. :silly:

What my concern would be is a good cyclone and a spring tide combination could produce a decent sized storm surge so a croc swimming through your lounge room could be a real possibility.:ohmy:

[planetfonz]

TerryH wrote:

no offence mate but I think that's a prime example of

"RTFA"

First sentence under the bold stuff, lol

ahhhhaha RTFA FTW