Amazing Catch !! : NQ Barra

Daisy · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: How far down?

Havin a yarn with an old mate who was born and bred in Carnarvon south of Exmouth and hes never caught a Barra down there. Hes livebaited plenty for Jacks so was doin the right things for one. I've caught seven to 88cm myself in the Exmouth gulf in 24 degree water. Anyone else heard anthing?

dodgyone · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:23 pm Post subject:

Saw one in a net at Bush Bay just near Carnarvon back in the mid 80's. First barra I ever laid eyes on. Was for the blokes we were with too.

zedjack33 · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:55 am Post subject:

2rods wrote:

This whole thing opens up one huge dilema :evil:

now when I go home (soryy back too) to SEQLD I will need to take my barra gear with me... mum and dad have a fishing shack in Maroom (near harvey bay) so I might be ale to get a few barra next trip :shock:

I was told by an old family friend (read 90 when I was 8-10) that a croc was caught in the old wooden locks in the logan river when he was a boy :shock:

so barra there might be more common than we think :shock:

Hey 2Rods, at Garry's anchorage (?Spelling?) on the western side of Fraser it is quite common to get a half a dozen (heard of) for t he year.

They are around that area but pretty thin! I know that Kauri Creek and Tin Can Bay get a few also.

Thats a good catch for Bribie......................maybe the influence of warmer temps and reduction in netting

Cheers Zedjack33

barrajames · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: Arctic barra

If we are starting to see the effects of global warming, maybe some day you might be able to go to Melbourne and chase a barra....lol

I know of regular catches of Jacks well down the NSW coast at Larieton near Port Macquaire. So I guess that barra will slowly adjust or follow the odd warm current down south.

Jay Burgess · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: How far down?

Daisy wrote:

I've caught seven to 88cm myself in the Exmouth gulf in 24 degree water. Anyone else heard anthing?

Yes I've heard people talk of gulf caught barra before... not that common, but not unheard of.

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