Silent
08-03-2010, 07:33 PM
Received email from others and hard to pass it and you would be interested...
Here story....
BIG FELLA: Mike Thornborrow holding his 125cm, 27kg barra, caught at Shady Camp last week
Mike reels in 27kg, 125cm monster
NADJA HAINKE
March 7th, 2010
MIKE Thornborrow has only one piece of advice when it comes to catching the big one - pray to the fish gods.
The Melburnian blow-in had Territory anglers shaking their heads last week when he reeled in a barramundi, weighing 27kg and measuring 125cm.
The beast was too heavy to lift.
It was just massive," he said. "I couldn't pick it up and had to get the other guys to help me.
The 56-year-old investor and mate Nigel Roenfeldt were on a five-day fishing charter with Obsession Barra Fishing Safaris operator Justin Jones at Chambers Bay near Shady Camp when he hooked the big one.
Mr Thornborrow said the barra dragged its entire body out of the water several times in a bid to win back freedom.
But the battle was lost after five minutes and the fish was inside the boat.
I knew straight away she was big," he said.
She was only a couple of metres away from the boat and you saw the swell and felt the weight.
The adrenalin just started pumping.
The trio caught about a total 200 barras, including at least six fish over 1m long.
Here story....
BIG FELLA: Mike Thornborrow holding his 125cm, 27kg barra, caught at Shady Camp last week
Mike reels in 27kg, 125cm monster
NADJA HAINKE
March 7th, 2010
MIKE Thornborrow has only one piece of advice when it comes to catching the big one - pray to the fish gods.
The Melburnian blow-in had Territory anglers shaking their heads last week when he reeled in a barramundi, weighing 27kg and measuring 125cm.
The beast was too heavy to lift.
It was just massive," he said. "I couldn't pick it up and had to get the other guys to help me.
The 56-year-old investor and mate Nigel Roenfeldt were on a five-day fishing charter with Obsession Barra Fishing Safaris operator Justin Jones at Chambers Bay near Shady Camp when he hooked the big one.
Mr Thornborrow said the barra dragged its entire body out of the water several times in a bid to win back freedom.
But the battle was lost after five minutes and the fish was inside the boat.
I knew straight away she was big," he said.
She was only a couple of metres away from the boat and you saw the swell and felt the weight.
The adrenalin just started pumping.
The trio caught about a total 200 barras, including at least six fish over 1m long.