Just got off the phone with Linton (Ranger extrodinaire). Confirmed 142.5cm Barra C&R @ Awoonga Sunday.
51cm Jack C&R last week also................
Latest fact.....
Gaz Man
Just got off the phone with Linton (Ranger extrodinaire). Confirmed 142.5cm Barra C&R @ Awoonga Sunday.
51cm Jack C&R last week also................
Latest fact.....
Gaz Man
Well the person who caught it should be applauded for the catch and release angle.
After staying a week at the Awoonga caravan park I was saddened by the number that were sliced and diced for the meato fishermen up there, just to get bragging rights to see who could fill up their freezer first!!
Congratulations to the catch and release fisho who ever you may be.
Macca
That's a huge Barra! Great to see it was released to be caught again once it hits 1.5m. Good fish, even better fisherman!. How many Jacks have been caught now since their release date? I think I may have heard of only one other then the one mentioned above. Or then again I may have heard the one mentioned above.
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Troy
great stuff, love to hear catch and release
I've seen a fair few pics of jacks from Tineroo. I think biggest was 63cm.
The impoundment jacks are really red and angry looking.
Also saw a pic of a 150cm barra from prosepine. It was mega.
Pete.
congrats to the fisherperson with the c&r hope there is some pics somewhere
Yeah these Tinaroo Jacks are HUGE Pete, latest Jack went 67cm's.
Bit suprised - If any place is going to pull a 140cm+ fish first, and receive media attention (so to speak), I would of put my money on Tinaroo or Faust. Well done to the angler who caught it... But I don't think that record will last that long...
TT
The Jacks what sort of growth rate will we see, does anyone know, will we have a beast like the Black Bass if we compare them to the barra. If so we are going to have some fun.
Myles
Re Releasing the Big Barra.
Well I too catch and release but was told that now the rangers are encouraging Anglers to take the Big ones out.
The reason being they eat too many fingerlings
Makes sense I suppose, they spend a fortune on fingerlings and the big units eat them by the hundreds.
Happyrock, run this bye Ranger Linton. I am not keen on taking fish but we don't want a dam with only a few scatterred dinosors and no succesors.
Most of my Money is spent on Booze and Fishin.The Rest is just Wasted!
To The Shed.............
Hi all,
I have been involved in the stocking at awoonga and gladstone hatchery pretty much since its inception (10 1/2 + yrs), so i know a little about the stocking program etc.
On the subject of Jacks there have been at least 3 or 4 confirmed recaptures of mangrove jacks from Awoonga in the last 12 to 18 mths with at least 20+ unconfirmed reports of mangrove jack recaptures. I say unconfirmed because there have also been a lot of miss ID of other stocked species for mangrove jack mainly for sooty grunter which we previously stocked into awoonga about 15 to 20 yrs ago and have in fact established a breading population in Awoonga as evidenced by the numbers of similar sized fish being caught by anglers that apper to conside with relevant inflows events into the dam (namely cyclone Benni). Which when you consider that the total number of mangrove jack stocked is relatively small when compared to our barra stocking program (ie 13 000 MJ's compared to 2.5 million Barra) the returns are pretty damn good really considering it is a lake of roughly 6500 Ha in surface area.
On the point of the Big Barra, at this stage as far as the killing of big fish from awoonga for the sake of killing them, just because they may or may not be eating a few of the fingerlings, as far as i am concerned is a load of tripe for awoonga at least.
But i will state a few facts yes barra are canablistic in fact one of the biggest losses in the hatchery production of barra, other than from a sudden disease outbreak,(which although rare can occur) for barra from 15 to 150mm is in fact canablism.
But the fact is that evidence from our extensive survey work over the last 8 to 10 yrs as well as from angler catches over a similar time frame, indicates that it is not a major problem or concern at present in Awoonga. With large numbers of smaller fish (under legal size to 70 cm) still being caught and in fact have always been present in angler catches at the dam, with fish from every year class represented in catch/ survey records, all to differing ratios / strengths i will admit. Which i am lead to belive has not been the case in some other dams up north? But the differing ratios strengts of these year classes can be more easilly explaned by the different stocking levels on a year to year basis, all of this when we know that we have several very strong year classes of fish in awoonga over that magic meter mark, yet there are still also several of the smaller year classes (< 80cm) that are represented in catches just as strong.
But the fact of the matter is that Awoonga dam has had one of if not the most intensive barramundi restocking programs of any impoundment in Australia and probiblly the world, with an avgerage of 200 000 yes that is 200k 40 -50 mm barra fingerlings being stocked every year for the past 6 yrs and larger numbers of smaller fingerlings avg 20- 25 mm being stocked for the first 4 yrs.
Sorry for the long winded reply but i have seen this subject banded about for some time now and thought i would finially add my thoughts on the subject baised on 10+years experiance to the mix.
Anyway tight lines
Regards
Andrew
["Bit suprised - If any place is going to pull a 140cm+ fish first, and receive media attention (so to speak), I would of put my money on Tinaroo or Faust."]
Hey TinarooTriumph, doesn't Tinaroo already hold the world record for largest barramundi? (and the picture I saw was a lot larger than 150cm, if I haven't completely got my wires crossed)
AK
Sounds like a great fish, photos would have been great, but that big one is there for someone else to have a go.
Catch n Release if you dont need the feed.
The freezer brigade will stuff up all fishing everywhere, they are only interested in themselves.
Would not hesitate to report anyone taking over the limit anywhere.
Trev
Fish for the future, enjoy the present but think of your children.
Hey mate. I think you might have your wires crossed, the record stands with David Powell of Cairns, 37.5kg horse from Tinaroo (Atleast I think thats the ultime recordOriginally Posted by Chrome Dome
). I have though seen a absolute monster taken from the salt on the coast down near Townsville, going 150+cm. I have also seen a pic of a fish taken from Koombooloomba Dan near Ravenshoe, which went 137cm, and had a girth like a bloody road!. The people wish to remain anonymous, and have relocated down south.
I have this picture on my computer, and have had it for quite some time, and is definetely a Tinaroo Barra. I found the pic on the net sometime ago, and If this isnt the heaviest Barra taken out of an Impoundment, then i'll eat my shirt. It could also be another pic of David Powell's fish, Im unsure.
TT
TT.
Mate I saw a pic of a 150cm barra from prosepine in NQ fish and boat about 3-6 issues back. It didn't have the girth of some of the shorter ones but looked like it was 150cm.
Pete.
just wondering if maybe some one could put a few pictures up of some impoundment jacks as i am interested to see what one looks like ive never seen one from the impoundments ive seen heaps from the salt just wanna see one from the impoundments as people say they look more veisty lol and more dark
cheers matt woods
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