Metre Club- have you joined it yet.

[mylestom]

Metre Club for barramundi only no catfish allowed.

Reckon Ausfish should initiate a sticker or badge for all Ausfishers who qualify. By all means charge for the sticker. But just a thought, have heard everyone mention joining the Metre Club, but where is it and what are the rules.
Must have photo of fish on Brag type mat with clear view of measure.
All fish over metre.
Special class for Catch n Release.
Special sticker for each dam
Wildfish
Impoundment.


What do you all reckon.

Now I will head off on holidays and see what reports we get in the next few weeks.
Yep up to Monduran again for a couple of weeks fishing.
Yeah think I might qualify if the rules allow for silly old buggers.

Trev

[scott_b]

Gday Trev
I think the meter mark is only 2/3's the way these day's . Just about everybody's knows someone who has caught a meter fish , or caught one themselves . One thing I haven't heard to much about is the magic 1.5 meter !!!. I don't think it is to far away.
wamjam

[mylestom]

Eventually yes we will be looking at 1.5m but what gear will we need. Imagine catching something like that in the timber. Who has got who.

What I would like to do is catch a metre plus fish at each and every impoundment. Got to set some sort of target to aim for. Realise that some of the impoundments haven't reached that target as yet or are harder to catch the bigger fish. But what the heck.



Trev


T

[P-ROCK]

Catching barra in a dam is like hunting deer at the zoo.

[mylestom]

Guess u must have been on safara in SA to go to a zoo that big, beside deer are not native to Aus. Just feral pests, like rabbit and foxes. Whatever turns you on.

Yeah have live and fished in the NT for years and enjoyed the experience. What it is about is just that the experience. Some of us are disabled and retired.
There is arguments always about impoundment fishing, but until you spend the time and put the thought and effort into it, you will then have a different perspective.

Trev

[Big_Ren]

Well said Trev. I have never had my heart in my mouth or white knuckles at a deer farm or the zoo

Cheers
Paul

[davez104]

I made it, only just, but no brag mat to photograph her on so maybe doesn't count 101cm from Callide Dam, only fish I got that trip and only half an hour or so bafore I was ready to head home so made the trip, thats for sure.




Dave.

[BrandonH]

Yes I have never experanced fishing like Impoundment barra fishing
I know a number of foke that drive from sydney each year to fish for them..

First time I went was at faust with my dad and his mate, I got the first fish of the arvo session and it nearly pulled me in!! I couldn't get over the power of these fish!! the first one was only 86cm long!!
By the end of the 4th day i spent up there i had 4 Barra 1mtr+ to my name and 4 more between 80 and 98cms. also lost about 8 of my dads lures as well as many trebbles (we only upgraded once the 3x ones died). funny thing is my dad got about 5 or 6 in this 4 day period and his mate didn't land one I was glad to hear though that in the next couple of days after i came back home they both got into a few nice fish

Cheers
Brandon..

PB Barra: 107cms there is a pic to prove it too if anyone wants to see it

[manangatang]

yea haa ! come join the impoundment mitre club ,then we can go shoot some fish in a barrel.

[mylestom]

Good fish Brand and Dave,
Regards Trev

Always seem to attract some people with bigger hat syndrome or is that bantam rooster syndrome
PROCK
Guess u have a barrell that is over 5800 hectacres is size. Gee just soundS like you boasting a bit.

[ShnogDog]

I'm only a few days away from experiencing it for myself. I am suprised that people would liken it to "shooting deer in a zoo" or "fish in a barrel". I say to them, if they find it not so challenging, then fish lighter I cant imagine a 100cm+ Barra in the sticks would not present a challenge on 6kg? But I'm not really qualified...yet..Bring on the fish in the barrel !!!

Mark

[Roo]

the missus and myself just had our first "barrel fishing" excursion last week at monduran. The dam level is at about 35% at the moment and well.......I don't think you could fairly call it a barrell or a zoo for that matter. Fair enough they are in a captive environment but i'd be more inclined to call it an ecosystem than a barrell. We were gobsmaked at just how big the place is. Good luck finding the fish first......then you gotta catch them

cheers, roo.

P.s. I don't qualify yet....only 87cm ....so far

[BobbyJ123]

Any chance of being a member????
114 cm

[TonyM]

Nahh Bob - there has to be at least one tree around the Dam

Just kidding You've caught enough metre + Barra to be on the executive of the Metre club I reckon

I haven't got my metre fish yet (my pb is only 93) although I didn't have an impoundment boat until recently so watch this space

Am off to Monduran in a few weeks and I know how to get em so mightn't be too long now

[whykickacatalong]

Shooting fish in a barrel, damm point me to that barrel then cause after 3 sessions at Awoonga, 1 at kinchant, and 1 at Monderan I am yet to land (yes "land >) that meter barra.

For those of us from the southern states the impoundment barra is the best barra fishery dollar for dollar to base a trip on and while I accept that they may not be held in the same regard as a wild salty barra, as I hold wild river bass above any dam bass they still area able to provide ball tearing runs and 1 on 1 action when dragging them from the sticks with there bulk and size.