Manton Madness

gonzo · Post by **gonzo** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:52 pm

well this is my first report on fff, see how it goes..

ill start with abit of a story. headed out to manton dam with the mrs and a mate in my tinny, along with the bandit's in their boat. fished all arvo and through the night. tried lots of different lures and spots. all in all it was pretty quite!

HOWEVER!!! not long after we got there, i trolled up a small barra at 48cm which broke the duck. This got us all pretty excited after the reports that have been getting around latly. We did another pass and elliot pulled in a 53

We did another pass over the same area and bang elliot was on!!! after a p..s weak fight

(which supprised me) elliot pulled in 88cm of beautiful black barra

The camera was in the car so we roared back to the boat ramp and got some pics. after a few quick pics it was successfully released.

we went back to the spot and after a fewmore passes and we moved on as the fishing had shut down.
at about 9 or 10 a massive downpour came through, it absoultly p...ed down!!!
we went back to the ramp and pulled out along with the bandit an the 8 or 9 other boats that had been fishing out there!!!

All in all it was a great trip. lots of laughs were had. The best part of fishing there is being able to jump in when it gets hot. even tho we got these barra it still hasnt inspired me to go out there and fish it more often. its def a hard place to get barra

ben

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doors off · Post by **doors off** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:07 pm

Thanks for the post, at least you got some runs on the board. Shame about the wet backside though.

I caught my first bunch of fresh water Barra this weekend and they did not go as hard as the harbour models, still great fish though.

The mercy dash for the camera and subsequent photos was worth it.

It definately is a dark fella.

Doors Off.

slapper1 · Post by **slapper1** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:32 pm

hey gonzo can you PM me regarding those datsun engines you got

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:06 pm

nice healthy looking fish!

you did well mate. first pics i think ive seen of a manton barra on FFF this year?

maybe a few other people will post some manton stories now?

well done again

rossco · Post by **rossco** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:12 pm

Well done you guys, nice work. I overnighted at Bynoe last night and we got the backend of the same storm, it was a doozy. Luv those wet swags.

Post by **Matt Flynn** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:17 pm

Great work

The fish looks a little thinner than I would have expected, maybe the Manton fish are a bit hungry at the moment

johnnymac · Post by **johnnymac** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:17 am

I need one of those ruler mats.

Jesse · Post by **Jesse** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:29 pm

Was that Saturday 8th of November that you were there? Cause I was there too and we fished 6pm to 9pm casting at snags with Tango Dancers and Fizzers, trolling and using some live bait but didnt manage to catch anything. Oh were you in a boat called Barramatta or were you towing another boat or the boat being towed?

Kevin Kevinson · Post by **Kevin Kevinson** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:49 pm

looks like Dallas or smithy has been doing a few sneaky runs down there

cmon, boys, fess up and tell us how you went

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:27 pm

hey jesse, we were there (my boat and gonzo's) on sat... fished through the arvo and into the night... i got an FFF sticker, he dosnt yet...
not sure which boat you guys were... i counted 9 or 10 fishing through the night!!! wonder how they all went???.... didnt see barramatta

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did see the boat being towed tho

must say tho if i had the choice of breaking down anywhere, manton would be right up there at the top of my list

how did you guys go?

SMITHY · Post by **SMITHY** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:35 pm

ok hilly yes we were there sat and i wasnt supposed to be so ill tell how i got there

i was eating dinner at about six on saturday night with the wife and kids and terina had organised a nice quiet dvd night in with maybe a little something for desert

then i get this call from barramatta to see if i want to fish manton with him and fermie. i declined as i had better things on my mind but he kept asking and i kept saying NO. thats when he asked me even if i didnt want to go fishing could i still come down and DROP OF HIS SOUNDER

seems in his rush to go he forgot the sounder and needed me to pick it up at his house and drive to manton to give it to him

seeing as he is my brother i did it but my wife was farkin ropeable to say the least and with the usual bitchin i told her id be back asap. basically got told by her that the night was now wrecked and forget desert as id yet again dropped all for my bro

so when i got to manton i did the handing over of the sounder and thought no point going home now because im in the shyte already and dallas had a spare rod

so fishing i go and we caught a heap of nudda. so yes i was there and yes i got rained on and no there arnt any fish at manton

but still beat a good girly flick but i am p...ed at not getting desert

Kevin Kevinson · Post by **Kevin Kevinson** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:20 pm

mate youve got enough puddin not to need anymore puddin anyways

now I will just retire to my glass house

adam · Post by **adam** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:37 am

Very funny story Smithy, I like it. Pity you didnt come home with a metery but as you say much better than a cranky mrs.

Ernie · Post by **Ernie** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:05 pm

Smithy your wife must cook better than mine

As the fishen would have won every time

Ernie

meter_seeker · Post by **meter_seeker** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:13 pm

Thats a good fish caught by Elliot, well done

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Guess you could say that the skipper put him onto
it, hey gonzo

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If theres anytime for the best chance of a metery getting caught
at manton it would be now. A meter plus dam barra would be a good way
to knock over a november barra CB