After fishing Night Cliff pier for donuts 2 nights in a row decided to book a barra charter with Darwin's Barra Base.
Got picked up at 5am and made our way to Shady Camp,
Just the scenery there is amazing but the fishing was one of the best sessions I've had in a long time.
Trolled the incoming high tide for most of the day then moved up and fished the fresh for the last part of the day.
Ended up with 15 fish in the boat, 14 on the troll and one on the cast, dropped maybe 5-6 one of which our guide said would have given the 1m mark a nudge.
Biggest fish went 56, 57, 57 and 93.
Awesome day all up. Safe to say I'll be back to do it again.
I'll throw up a few more photos when I get home and sort them out.
Barra on the bite
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- Rod Bender
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Re: Barra on the bite
Great report and pics!
cheers
Jim
What were you chasing at the pier anyway?Tyler wrote:After fishing Night Cliff pier for donuts 2 nights in a row....................
cheers
Jim
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Re: Barra on the bite
Rod Bender wrote:Great report and pics!
What were you chasing at the pier anyway?Tyler wrote:After fishing Night Cliff pier for donuts 2 nights in a row....................
cheers
Jim
Anything silly enough to take my bait really haha, decided we'd buy a couple of rods and some bait and go wet a line.
Everyone around us seemed to get a few we just lucked out, made up for it yesterday though.
Hard to mind with a view like this though.
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Re: Barra on the bite
Yes it's a nice place alright. Good job on the Barra, :thumbsup: congrats, cheers davoTyler wrote:Rod Bender wrote:Great report and pics!
What were you chasing at the pier anyway?Tyler wrote:After fishing Night Cliff pier for donuts 2 nights in a row....................
cheers
Jim
Anything silly enough to take my bait really haha, decided we'd buy a couple of rods and some bait and go wet a line.
Everyone around us seemed to get a few we just lucked out, made up for it yesterday though.
Hard to mind with a view like this though.
It's an exhilarating feeling catching a fish
But it's an even better feeling releasing them
But it's an even better feeling releasing them
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Re: Barra on the bite
Great session there on the barra
you gotta hav a crack even if yr just pissin in the wind