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With all the hysteria about Sampan over the last couple of weeks, I'd been getting hammered to join a convoy to the mouth for yesterday. Well fortunately after the pictures showing the lineups to get in and out, the plan was changed and we went closer to home. We put in at SWA, 2 boats, an easy launch. The road out was rough for the fisrt 20km but gold after that, apart from the odd pothole/washout.

Adam had a small goldie in the boat after about 15 minutes, from a trolled minnow in SWA. No pic, but went about 35cm and returned back to the briney for fattening up. No other action on the way out so over to the Wilshires for the serious stuff. By the time we caught up to the other boat, marty had boated 4 little barras, all between 40 and 55, none for the box. We split up again only to return to marty with an 88cm in the esky caught casting at snags.

We worked up and down the place, I got a nice hookup which turned into a dead weight, giving me a fat little cod for the box. We only got one more fish for the day, but it made the day. It was my first barra for the boat since I bought it, and a good fish to christen it on. Pity it was a day early for the seadogs comp... She fought deep and hard, didn't come up for any aerial fun and games, just the one or two headshakes out of the water, and wasn't keen on meeting the net.

Anyway out fo the water for a couple of photos, a lie down on the mat for 98cm (I could call a meterey if I measured with the mouth open ) and a little swim alongside the boat before powering away back off to recover.

Not much beats the high of a battle with a big barra. No wonder Sampan has been flat out for the last fortnight.

Nice work

wow mate great looking bazz ,thanks for the report & pics

Good one Jabsy, nice fish. I had a similar thought to you, beat the crowds, so went to the South and down to Brooke. Was slow going, dropping one in the 80's and that's it.

Nice one mate, great first barra for the boat. How rough /sloppy was the road? Thinking of heading out there midweek, if I get leave approval. Cheers

Cheers all. Road was firm at 7am, but slop at 4pm. Bad at the howard springs end but gets better.

We fished the change for a jewie and a bunch of bustoffs. No luck chasing barra on the incoming tide

Very healthy looking barra mate, well done!

theodosius wrote:We fished the change for a jewie and a bunch of bustoffs. No luck chasing barra on the incoming tide

what sort of boat? I saw a couple anchored up just downstream from the narrows, we did bring some bait in case we wanted to fish the change. I have fished the bottom over there, but there were two boats anchored up close to where I have some marks so didn't bother trying to push in..

It was a good day, the weather was kind in keeping the rain away for most of it, but it was damn hot when the sun was out. Couldn't put any shade up due to a small mechanical failure.

Well done mate, nice barra

Great stuff. Ripper fish.

Niiice fish mate. I would have paid the metery

good fish mate well done

mot a bad spot to go and have a flick