Reply With QuoteMusic to my ears Johnny
Am heading up to Awoonga in a few weeks with some mates - Hopefully I'll get to catch that same fish, I'll put his pic up again so we can see if he's gained any more weight
Its that time of year , barra stories are starting to be shared more frequently among anglers. One guy hooked 10 over a metre and landed 5 of them from Awoonga about a week ago, another pair landed 4. This barra was caught just on twilight casting a shallow lure. There are lots of barra around this size, (this one was 109cm) and the condition of these fish is awesome to say the least. The humidity is returning, and the coming weeks should see more of these stories being aired.
Each new season is exciting as the rate of growth is a real eye-opener. There is evidence through tagging and weighing that 4 kilograms of growth per year is not uncommon, and with very warm winter periods experienced this year, those rates will be pushed even further. Don't be suprised if you get 'Monstered by a MONSTER this year!'
Johnny M,
Gladstone, Qld
Music to my ears Johnny
Am heading up to Awoonga in a few weeks with some mates - Hopefully I'll get to catch that same fish, I'll put his pic up again so we can see if he's gained any more weight
Cheers,
Tony
Great Fish mate will have to make the trip soon
You need to go to www.gladstoneobserver.com.au to see the photo # # #
Ben Platten, who weighs 55kg, with the 29kg barramundi he landed at Lake Awoonga.
Man lands barrra half his weight
06.08.2005
IN years to come Ben Platten will sit at the bar of his local pub and tell his mates about that fateful day when he landed a monster.
The 55kg man (pictured left) struggled for 20 minutes against a fish more than half his weight, but it was worth every minute.
'When you’re pulling in a fish like that it feels like an eternity,' he said describing the anticipation as he fought the 29kg barramundi.
'When I got it to the boat I couldn’t lift it in, so I had to come up with all these different things so I didn’t lose it. #
'I ended up making a sling out of a tarp I had so I could get it in the boat.'
The massive barramundi is the second 29kg fish to be caught at Awoonga Dam, however according to Ben there are bigger fish out there.
'Personally I think there are probably bigger in there, I don’t think this will hold any records for long,' he said.
The fish was estimated to be about 10 years old, making it part of the original fingerlings put in the dam in 1996.
Now after nine years of living in the local dam the giant barra will find a new home on the wall of Ben’s house.
Kids need models, more than they need critics."
"In youth we learn; in age we understand."
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand
GREAT PHOTO THAT OBSERVER PIC, bought the paper this morning, nice BIG barra, fantastic photo!
Seems i was probably typing those words about being "MONSTERED BY A MONSTER" about the same time that Ben WAS being McMonstered by the McMonster!!!!!!!!!!!! Easy fishing for those big fish now, and in the coming months, its an annual occurrence! Don't think,,,,,, ACT!
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