queensland 1st time barra fishing ( barra park )

[kevinchen19870316]

Thanks for shortie's offer, i finally got a chance to do a bit of barra fishing. we arrived at barra park at 9:20 and the fun begins

i got my first barra on a SX48 a few casts later and got 3-4 more b4 i change to a bright color lure.

the bright color did the trick and i landed 12-13 average sized barra b4 we had to go at only 2 pm. to catch up my work

shortie got 15-16 barra with one over 75cm in big boys and i got 17-18 all average but good fun

hopefully the pics will come out [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01605_AFO.jpg

[kevinchen19870316]

little barra on a nice lure that i lost to a snag b4 we left [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01608_AFO.jpg

[Angus]

Woohoo. That would have been an awesome day. Well done.

Angus

[kevinchen19870316]

one of shortie's barra. he had his camera in my bag so not many pic's taken [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01611_AFO.jpg

[Malcolm]

Good one Kevin the lures did the trick,

Mal

[shortie]

Picked Kev up a 6 this morning to hit Aussie Fishing Park at Bli Bli.

He was more excited than a 5 year old on Christmas eve.

After visiting a customer of mine on the way we got there at about 9:30

We parked in the car park where Kev promptly tied on his fancy new mega Bass Lure.

We are 200 metres from the water and Kev get his first hook up of the day. A 2 metre tree in the car park. What a fisherman

Lucky he was using his 200lb braid or it might got away.

1 ended up with 15 Barra Kev 17 or 18. The big boys pond was very quiet. 1 got 1 fish out of there. It was near impossible to fish the mixed pond cause the wind was blowing quit strongly into your face. Impossible to cast against.

Kev Caught fish on his mega Bass, and SX 48

I cuaght fish on a Jackall and a cheaper copy.

Kev will post pics soon.

[bootyinblue]

Good looking fish, are you allowed to keep some of your catch or do you have to return them to the pond and get patted down on the way out the gate incase you have a sneaky one hidden in your duds?

I have never been park fishing so have no idea of how it works, but could imagine a great day there if there were BBQ's on site. Couldnt get a much fresher barra burger than that....

[Angus]

Well done again guys and good pics. I deleted the other thread Shortie to avoid confusion. Good on you for offering a lift as well.

Angus

[shortie]

bootyinblue wrote:

Good looking fish, are you allowed to keep some of your catch or do you have to return them to the pond and get patted down on the way out the gate incase you have a sneaky one hidden in your duds?

I have never been park fishing so have no idea of how it works, but could imagine a great day there if there were BBQ's on site. Couldnt get a much fresher barra burger than that....

Yep BBQ on the site. If ya wanted to keep a fish it was $20 a Kg.

[Dan23]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

little barra on a nice lure that i lost to a snag b4 we left [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01608_AFO.jpg

:ohmy: You lost a Megabass X80 in Barra Park??? that's just crazy:laugh: At least you got a bunch of fish on it:)

[kevinchen19870316]

that color works wonderfully in the park... well, just get some more...

[Dan23]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

that color works wonderfully in the park... well, just get some more...

That look like the ultimate jack lure. Make sure you cut me in on the order:) I'd be using 50lb though.

How deep is it there? Would Xrap slash baits work there?

[kevinchen19870316]

any lure would catch fish there dan. but don't slash ur bait or u'll spook the barra. constant retrieve works good today

[shortie]

If youve caught wild barra or even stocked impoundment barra (Awoonga) then you could be disappointed at these fish.

Needed no action on the lure to catch. Were pretty unenergetic. Didnt really fight well.

A great place to take the kids or interstate visitors for a bit of fun. Would be great for scholl excursion (and they offer discount to school groups.

ITs not called aussie fishing park anymore as it has new owners.

Suncoast Barra Fishing Park.

Adults

3 hours $25

Day $35

Family (2 adults 2 kids

3 hours $55

Day $75

Children under 15

3 hours $15

Day $20

[kevinchen19870316]

last shot of the MB lure:( [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01610_AFO.jpg

[Dan23]

shortie wrote:

If youve caught wild barra or even stocked impoundment barra (Awoonga) then you could be disappointed at these fish.

Needed no action on the lure to catch. Were pretty unenergetic. Didnt really fight well.

So would you say fishing with bream gear they'd go hard??

Did you check none of your rods ended up at Kev's place?? :laugh: I got a text early this morning from him drooling over a few Loomis goodies.:cheer:

He was going to start searching your car for Stellas:silly:

[shortie]

For it to be really good your would have to be fishing 2-4lb only.

Even the bigger 1 i got in the Big boys pond wasnt that exciting on 6lb.

Luckily i didny take my stella. I was using loomis GLX with titanium guides and a simple old stradic.

The other loomis stayerd in the car.

[kevinchen19870316]

u sure all the spinning rods in ur car r still GLX? lol

[mackmauler]

Thats some great numbers and on lures the best ive heard of from there, norm livies do about that well. ive caught plenty of large wild barra and they fight incredibly hard, ive even been spooled on a baitcaster like your using kev on a meter plus fish off a headland,

were the fish jumping much shortie?

[Cowfish13]

Like Mackmauler said, some impressive numbers of fish caught on lures there:)

Well Done!!!:cheer:

[kevinchen19870316]

i think around 20-30 fish r dropped between us.....lol

i didn't fish for number cuz it was too easy, just thrown the megabass out and give it a constant retrieve.....1 out of 5 casts u'll get a bite. and if u keep fishing the same spot, the longer u fish, the more u'll catch

[Cowfish13]

Was that with your heavier leader?

and were many other people catching fish on lures or bait?

[kevinchen19870316]

a few guys were catching fish on sps and HBs (mainly sps) on lures there but shortie and me did the best amoung all.

i was fishing with 20lb leader just because i don't wanna lose my lure. and the fish didn't seem to care from the results.

[Cowfish13]

Great work:)

And that'll convince everyone that you can fish with whatever leader you like if you have the right skills:lol:

[shortie]

Cowfish13 wrote:

Great work:)

And that'll convince everyone that you can fish with whatever leader you like if you have the right skills:lol:

Yep Kevs a pretty good fisho. I reckon he could use anchor rope and still catch fish.

Mac: the fish did little aerobatics. The fish we dropped would take the lure close to the bank and just about leap onto the bank thats when we dropped them. You have to rememeber they are only i max 2 mtrs of water with limites space to run.

[basskid]

Kevin,

Are you trying to take pictures of the reel or Barra? As there is way more reel than barra!

[kevinchen19870316]

the number of reel and barra's the same i think......but i sincerely wish i had more reels to take photo with than barra...lol

[kriso]

thats a awesome effort guys well done.

[MichaelJ]

a lot of action up there in the creek

thursday we got 19 there and friday 1 lol but we lost a fair few

on thursday i got a big 1 in the creek 70-75cm

and boy kevins good with his baitcaster

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_0116_AFO.jpg

good fun with 6lb fireline and 8lb leader took 15min lol

[kevinchen19870316]

wow, that's a big barra. i wish i had hooked and not dropped one that size

[MichaelJ]

i showed u that pic yesterday kevin lol funny how they kept folowing your lure to the bank aswell

[kevinchen19870316]

i would say the same thing 1000 times if u show me this pic 1000 times. lol

and those barra r so lovely, one of them nearly pulled me into the water cuz i didn't expect it to nearly jump clear out of the water to grap the lure at my feet. than i dropped it 3 seconds in a jump

[faulked]

welll doe guys looks like you had heaps of fun ill have to go up and give it a go i might get to catch a fish on a lure there lol

[chubbstar]

I'm keen to give it a go up there soon. I'm trying to talk the wife into a "family" trip up there;)

Jayson

[ellicat]

Good results guys. Well done