I've just recently return from a trip to awoonga fishing with a few mates.
All up we ended up catching 12 barra and 2 jacks between the 6 of us, one jack was 50cm and the other
jack was 67cm,one of the bigest jack I've ever seen it looked like pupua new guinea bass
big and fat, this fish must be some kind of record for fresh water?
My mate Scotty caught the jacks trolling a barra classic at night time.
will post the pictures soon.
Whitty
Last edited by Whitty; 05-02-2008 at 04:35 PM.
looking forward to seeing the piccys , about time we started seeing some bruiser awoonga jacks. cheers bdowdy..brett
do you mean jack as in mangrove jack or a different species?
Yep! Mangrove jack
unreal ,cant wait to see pics,cheers
i never new you could get mangrove jack in fresh water. thanks for thatOriginally Posted by Whitty
regards,
keechie
Posting a pic for Whitty. Nice fish dude!
So how hard did this beast pull,comparable or better than a river/reef fish?.........Imagine one of these up around the metre!
Bloody hell, looks like there will be some posts on what jack gear to use at awoonga!.
wamjam
My mate called it for a metre plus barra at first until it got to the surface and he seen it was a little bit short and fat to be a metre plus barra.
Last edited by Whitty; 05-02-2008 at 09:04 PM.
Go the Dog Bream!
Give it another 5-6 more years and I reckon the Barra will be taking a backseat at Awoonga to massive,Thumpin Jacks.I know I'd trade 10 metre+ Barra for 1 Jack that lenght
The underlying spirit of angling,Is that the skill of the angler,Is pitted against the instinct and strength of the fish,And that the latter is entitled to an even chance for his life. Regards, Hardb8.Kickin tails and razin scales since 1979.
Bloody hell thats huge, well done whitty.
cheers rossco
Thanks rossco I wish it was me that caught it but it was my mate Scotty how caught the fish.
Whitty.
Did the fish get eaten? Just wondering as jack are my favourite eating fish and for the most i cant stand fresh water fish. Would be great to know they chew just as good.
Cheers Chris
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Worst luck we did keep the fish to eat and it tasted just like freshwater fish. Not worth eating, stick to eating the saltwater jacks.
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