3 Barra virgins deflowered.

[Bouttime]

Hi all,fished Awoonga Friday night,Saturday night and Sunday night for a few hours each.Took the ball and chain out friday,left the ramp at around 6.00.Fished the western bank on wind affected banks and points.A few hits on hollowbellies on dark .Around 8.00 the wife yelled she was on only to have a nice barra throw the plastic back at us half way through the fight. .A few more hits but went quiet.Moved to another point i missed 3 fish on 2 nights before,throwing hollowbellies ,a few more hits.Time for the Tango dancer to come out of the box.4th throw and the water exploaded,barra around 1200 flying out of the water,round the boat dove down deep,back to the boat and streight around the electric twice.Standing on the deck with a barra that size 3 meters out if reach trying to undo the mess around the motor then spit the hooks and swim away.Home time.
Saturday afternoon left the boat ramp at 4.30 with my 16 year old daughter.Wind making it dificult to fish so took a run up the Boyne.Found some water around 25.8 in a small bay.5 hits on the bellies then the daughter is on for her first barra of 89 cm is landed with big smiles and shaking arms.Happy snaps and back fishing.A few more hits then another barra flew out of the water.Round the boat,dove down deep and flew out of the water 5 meters from the boat busting the leader like cotton.DAM second big fish in 2 days.went quiet so headed home for the daughter to brag.
Sunday afternoon took the wife and kids out.More barra virgins at 7 and 3 years old.Found a bay near the old cattle yards with the water temp at 26.2. Hollowbellies on spin gear for the 7 year old daughter ,then panic stations as a barra grabs her line.After a bit of coaching and taking the weight of the fish by holding the rod she managed to pull in a 82cm fish. Big smiles,photo and back in the water.20 minutes later another fish in my line,but my 3 year old boy wanted his turn.Put up a good fight before getting him around some lillypads and spitting the hooks.Not to be outdone mum hooked on another and with mums help he wound in a 92 cm fish to out do his sisters.Boy did he let them know about it.
Great weekend with all kids catching there first barra each( even if the young fella needed a bit of help).There go my quiet trips to the dam,now they want to CATCH A THOUSAND MORE they told me.
Happy fishing Steve.

[Big_Ren]

Superb Steve. Geez I love reading those type of reports. Fantastic photos with the kids, now you and they have memories for a lifetime.

Love it and keep that family of yours fishing.

Cheers
Paul

[gladbream]

steve
awesome stuff there mate. cant wait until my duaghter can experience the same action in the near future (too young yet but she loves the boat and the hatchery fish). well done and hope you enjoyed your time.

cheers
kurt

[mylestom]

Great read, and the smiles on the kids face will last you a lifetime. Their first catches are memories for all of you forever.
Time with family is fantastic.

Congratulations and well done.

Regards


Trev

[Whitto]

Agree with Trev......The Smiles say it all......Well done.....Whitto

[Steve B]

Awesome report and effort Steve,

I know how hard it can be fishing with the kids (or the lack of fishing you get to do yourself!) but geez the rewards definalty are worth every smile!!!

Great story mate, and great photos too.

cheers Steve

[A_DIFF_PERSPECTIVE]

3 great photos, worth their weight in gold. Well done for taking the time to share the experience with the young ones.
JM

[warrior]

top stuff some nice fish there those memories will live with you and them for ever my daughter still talks about her trip out to shady camp and her first barra she is 23 and was 10 when it happened

[NAGG]

its always great to see a report like this ......... Really good stuff - Happy days

chris

[flatzie]

What great pics! The joy of those kiddos getting those barra will last a lifetime! Well done!
Flatzie

[SeekingBarradise]

Well done Steve, little tackers catching fish it doesn't get much better than that.

Thanks for sharing your story mate.

Cheers Lyndon.