Howard River Quick afternoon flick

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Howard River Quick afternoon flick

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Headed out to the Howard River this arvo.

I'd not fished it all year and had heard there were a few barra feeding on the perch and rainbows at the small runoff creeks our latest wet weather period had supplied.

I grabbed a few small lures and a few drinks, my camera and spare leader and jammed it all into a backpack and headed up the 4wd track from the bridge.

Flicking all the likely areas I'd traveled the 2km up to the rapids before I knew it. :fishing:

It was pretty sketchy getting out to the deep area of the 40m wide rapids pouring through the pandanus and freshwater mangrove forest. But soon i was in position to make the cast. Don't let it tangle up or snag i thought as it flew out through the air. It landed perfectly and the retrieve was textbook .
Every fibre tensed in anticipation. ...

No bite.

Cast again ....no bites, 20 more casts and still nothing .

I'd all but given up and flicked one last cast up into the pool above the small waterfall. It was an awkward backhand short 4m cast and I was just recovering the slack and a nice barra around 60cm crunched the lure right at the rod tip. A chaotic 40 second fight in the tight country of the jungle ensued. But the 55lb braid held strong and the factory trebles on the yozuri remained intact and soon the battle was won. I admired the fish while i snapped a few pics before returning it back into the pool off to the side of where i was casting.

I cast for a bit longer but the rain that had been nearby all arvo began to fall so i headed for the car... soft. i know but thats what I did.

1 bite 1 barra. :drinking1:

.. can't complain about that all 20min up the road...
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Nice fish and a cool looking spot
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great effort and a nice walk I'm sure
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Nice effort Goldfish.
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Great work, gotta love the Howard.
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Hit them up again this arvo it'd come up 200mm or more dropped 3 still a good day out though
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Nice reward for your effort Goldfish
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some nice foters there
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Well done mate. I see the Police out there busting all the quads ,trail bikes and buggies issuing them $800- fines
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Thanks for the report. Nice fish

How do you access the Howard? Gunnpoint Rd?
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Yeah mate gunn pt rd is the way there.

turn onto gunn pt rd its about 9.4km from howard springs lights
If you are taking a quad I'd unload it right at the track entrance you intend to drive as the cops are busting a few people out there lately.... as mentioned above

I usually head up river this time of year until it drops below the bar on the iron bridge then there's a few spots you can access off the quarry road too.

Good barra can be caught at the bridge pools when the waters right up on livies at night too. Best one I've got in this section of the howard was 90cm a few years ago. Most fish caught here are between 30 and 70cm and aren't too bad as a feed.
I generally let them go these days and fill the freezer with a few chromies from out in the hunting reserve at the legendary howard river rockbar.

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goldfish wrote:Yeah mate gunn pt rd is the way there.

turn onto gunn pt rd its about 9.4km from howard springs lights
If you are taking a quad I'd unload it right at the track entrance you intend to drive as the cops are busting a few people out there lately.... as mentioned above

I usually head up river this time of year until it drops below the bar on the iron bridge then there's a few spots you can access off the quarry road too.

Good barra can be caught at the bridge pools when the waters right up on livies at night too. Best one I've got in this section of the howard was 90cm a few years ago. Most fish caught here are between 30 and 70cm and aren't too bad as a feed.
I generally let them go these days and fill the freezer with a few chromies from out in the hunting reserve at the legendary howard river rockbar.

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Great report. Cheers!
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