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Was just wondering how big barra actually get? On Ifish they say they grow to 1.8m but the biggest ive heard f is 138cm. Any one got any photos or stories

dam barra are huge so do you want length or weight?

Be interesting to see what the longest dam and saltwater fish ever caught has been.

I remember a 140cm (?) caught on square hooks and on front page of the nt news about 10 years ago.

Aust record is 27.1kg, no length noted though.

probably be those fat docile impoundment barra,no comparison to salties

Its ALOT bigger than 27 kilo.

I know of 3 barra caught over 60 pound.

Some stuff -

THE world's fishing spotlight is set to shine on Lake Monduran, with possibly the biggest ever barramundi caught on rod and reel claimed there on Tuesday night.

Fishing from a kayak, Denis Harrold landed the monster fish, which tipped the scales at 44.6kg. It measured in at 135cm with a whopping girth of 107cm.

The Monduran fish broke the old world mark of 37.85kg – held since 1999 from Lake Tinaroo, in far north Queensland – by almost 7kg.

That was late 2010,


I know Alf Hogan has electro fished them out of Tinaroo at over 100lbs. A Fisheries officer (name escapes me atm Dom/Don Tuma/Tuna.. something like that) tells of barra back in the 60's when nylon nets were first introduced going 1.8 metres, they all disappeared within a couple of seasons.

The size limit factor for dam fish seems to be fatty liver issues so you don't here of them getting much longer than the mid 130cms.

Caught a few impoundment barra, don't listen to the naysayers, they go hard and dirty if you're fishing in the timber
I think the only differance is you never have them working the current against you

Doh!

itsinmeblood wrote:Caught a few impoundment barra, don't listen to the naysayers, they go hard and dirty if you're fishing in the timber
I think the only difference is you never have them working the current against you

Agreed, though i'd suggest they are down on stamina just a tad compared to a wild fish but make up for it in the horse power they develop initially. First run is hard to stop when they put their mind to it. You've hooked a tractor not a Porsche.

Heard there was a few 130s caught out your way Dick not that long ago.....

Darwin Barra baise have a photo of a 140 caught at tommy cut about 8 years ago(if my metery serves me correctly). A few years back I got a 131 at shady that was about 30kg it bottomed out my 25kg scales before the fish was off the deck. (In a net)

Attached is photo from Darwin Barra base website of 140.

Biggest ive seen in the flesh was 133cm long, and a masive obiese 113cm around the guts, bottomed out 45kg scales, came from a FNQ dam, land based. I posted a pic of it here 5 or 6 years ago, was caught around 99/2000.
Cant remember the post but will have a look fot it, still have 2 really good photos of it.
biggeast wild(real barra) ive seen pics of was 143cm from cahils crossing, ladbased again, and it was an animal!

I posted a pic of a 148 that mate Brett got but I don't have the pic on this new computer and would have to search for it