Aplins barra

[Teonanacatl]

Got this one friday night, also lost one that night aswell, almost had a double hook up. This one was a tiny 69cm and got shared between me and my mate for dinner. No doubt would have gotten more but the stripies were in very short supply.

[Tropicaltrout]

Nice little feed there mate well done

[Dunco]

Nice catch, how did it taste?

[Teonanacatl]

soaked it in salt water overnight and it actually ended up quite nice, only weedy bits were the dark brown meat. I reckon barra is overrated anyway but seeing its the only fish ive got at the moment I dont mind it one bit

[the_matrix]

Well done, hope you sent the tag in.
Jas

[Dunco]

Soaking in salt, didn't think of that. Spose it's like a marinade.

[Teonanacatl]

it sucks all the crap out the initial soaking gets very dirrty so have to empty and soak again, if you use too much salt it can get very salty. Yeah i got the tag here was gonna see what I had to do with it.

[Mak579]

"Recaptured tagged fish
Report catches of tagged fish to the Suntag Program on 1800 077 001. Suntag uses tags to gather and analyse data on fish movement, growth rates and habitats."

Matt C

[vinny78]

Yes, that pontoon does alright eh.
Comfy and spacious.

[Teonanacatl]

yeah the pontoon is great, ive found another spot I might try as well. The stripies do all the work for ya just throw them out and they swim around all the weed

Now to try from the kayak.....

thanks for that matt

[childers]

good shoulders for a small barra,what are the stripes ! banded grunters ?

[Lutjanus johnii]

I think Stripies are archer fish?? just a guess

[Teonanacatl]

banded grunter

[Lutjanus johnii]

Sorry, never heard the term before.

[fishsmith]

yep give the number on the tag a call and give them the tag number place of capture,lenght etc and suntag will send you a certificate of capture with relevant info of when and where the barra was tag when and if its been caught before etc.. its all pretty of interesting stuff and tagging fish is a pretty good hobby in its self..There's probably a good chance that one of us on this site have tagged it..cheers smithy..