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Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:35 pm
by Out Blue
Hit Shady today looking for that meter barra, well we found it but not in the traditional terms.

Saw the big girl on the surface roll next to the boat, bit of commotion and we could see a shark having a go at her. Managed to get a landing net under her only just and get it out of the water before any more damage was done but she'd lost all her tail.

Measured spot on 1m even without the tail and it was a good solid fish and such a waste.

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:31 pm
by Lats
Survival of the fittest

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:23 pm
by Dick
Merely a flesh-wound, sure she has had worse

Apologies Mont Python

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:31 pm
by Tap'n'Zap
What a shame, she seems to be quiet a healthy girl.

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:19 pm
by badkev
Bugger... seen a 115 caught tuesday but must of struggled with the release. It taken them ages to revive too.

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:21 pm
by Matt Flynn
Cracker of a fish, shame about the shark. Taxidermist could make a tail ...

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:23 am
by West_Oz_Rossco
same thing happened to us in Tommycut last Wednesday...except we dropped this right at the boat after a 5 min struggle. Obviously she was knackered and good old taxman had lunch!

Image

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 1:16 pm
by Bigaz
Unlucky mate, tax man never miss an opportunity. Awesome fish tho did look healthy

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:57 am
by goldfish
So what did it taste like?

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:25 am
by West_Oz_Rossco
goldfish wrote:So what did it taste like?
barra bites back at the lodge...tasted superb 8)

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 10:21 pm
by chris338
had the same thing happen to me last time i was out there. i was absolutely gutted when she surfaced

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:58 pm
by al57
there is a pic somewhere i have seen of a caught bazza with its total tail gone but had reformed into a little stump and it was still feeding and living well .when caught it was around 700 i think from memory .

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:15 am
by ronje
Fitzroy River Rocky Feb this year, Al.

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:35 am
by mickkk
Haha, almost looks like a triple tail from behind

Re: Shady Camp - Shark Attack 1m+ Barra

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:57 pm
by stroma
Hi Ronje
That is a perfect example of lordosis. A curvature of the spine that is common in hatchery reared fish mostly due to a deficiency