Sister-in-law Christina was in town, and had never caught a barra.....
I checked the tides for the only day we had spare in the schedule, and the low was 2.3m, about a half a metre higher than I'd have liked for harbour barra fishing, but it'd have to do.
Dropped the boat in and sped across the gloriously flat harbour, but as expected, there was a distinct lack of dirty water and the bait weren't skittish and scared the way you'd like them to be.
We managed a couple little trevally to kick start the day, and as the tide dropped away we managed to ping two barra on lures cast to the rockbars, both just under sized, but lovely silver harbour barra nonetheless.
Christina was rapt to land her first barra, a 53cm model, which gave up a good fight. Biggest fish she's ever caught, and one she'll never forget.
christina's 53cm barra.jpg
brag mat - Christina's 53cm barra.jpg
Mine was slightly smaller at 51cm.
trev's 51cm barra.jpg
brag mat - trev's 51cm barra.jpg
It was good to dust off the barra gear for the season and I'm looking forward to the humidity rising and the barra getting more active.
cheers
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