Awoonga Guides & Prices

[Fafnir]

Hi guys,

Myself and a mate are toying with the idea of fishing Awoonga sometime in the not too distant future and we are looking to go out with a guide first up. Anyone have any guides in particular that they would recommend (regardless of whether you have personally fished with them, or simply know someone who has, second or thrid hand information is fine by me), also rough idea on prices they charge for a single days fishing.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Fitzy]

Hi,
You can contact the fishing guides working Lake Awoonga HERE>>> (http://www.sweetwaterfishing.com.au/guides.htm)

Why not ask them directly for pricing & availability. :)

Cheers,

Fitzy..

[SeekingBarradise]

Hi Fafnir.

Johnny Mitchell ( Fishing Guide at Awoonga) has spent about 800ish out of the last 900ish days on Awoonga including catching a lot of the brood stock of Mangrove Jack & Barra for Lake Awoonga in the pioneer years. 8-10 years ago etc.

This season saw his clients catch up to 15 fish in daylight hours with 13 over a metre in a 6 hour daytime session! Thats awesome fishing!

Remember he is coaching people who have never fished for barra, to deceive, hook, fight and land fish they have never seen before so all figures are awesome - especially if you take this in to consideration. It's not him fishing!

His clients on charter also caught Barra in 14.9 degrees this winter and in 35 degree water in summer.

Record client catches on his boat:

A 122cm Barra on fly
A 129cm Barra went 31kgs
A massive 32kg Barra
And 2x60lb Barra in 2 casts!!!! How good is that!

His biggest fish is a 138cm saltwater barra - bloody huge!!!

Photo's on the website Fitzy has provided above or do a net search etc.

Merry Xmas and Happy Fishing.

Cheers Kel & Lyndon.

[Fafnir]

Why not ask them directly for pricing & availability

Because getting a ball park figure would potentially stop me wasting their valuable time? Would assist in my planning? Lots of reason to start here.

But thanks for the reminder about your Sweetwater site. I have been on it before and found it more than a bit useful.

[elephrez]

two words. JOHNNY MITCHELL

[banshee]

I chased up a price a couple of years back and from memory it was about $500-$600 for a morning sesion for two blokes.

[Barraboy7]

http://www.fishawoonga.com.au
This Johnny Mitchells website, and contact details are on it. Rod Harrison is also a resident guide there as well and gets people into fish, not sure what his prices are.
Well with the money to spend time with a guide. Try one day with a guide first and then fish a few days with your own boat. Good start to a very steep learning curve.
Barraboy7

[Fafnir]

Try one day with a guide first and then fish a few days with your own boat. Good start to a very steep learning curve.


Yeah that's the plan in a nutshell.

[bugman]

I'm not sure if I was Johhny's first customer or not.... but if there is something about that dam or about the barra in that dam that he doesn't know.... well you know the rest.

Best money you will spend.

Brett