Huge Barra
There was a photo in today's Gladstone Observer of a 135cm Barra weighing 41kg said to be have been caught at Kinchant Dam west of Mackay. Anyone know if this is true or a photoshop production?Tried to find a link at the Observer site but no luck.
Jeff.
Quality is still delivering long after you have forgotten the price.
True its getting stuffed and mounted now, caught on 20lb braid,the fight was long and the fish would not have survived ,the guy could hardly pick the thing up, ive seen 2 pics of it.
Very true according to the many witnesses of this fish.
Been on the web for about 3 weeks now i guess....
Jack.
Saw pics of this fish the night it was caught.
I was there that night fishing rather close to them and can asure you the size and weight is true but the capture Im not so sure, it wasnt a long fight at all 5-10mins tops........
this was sent to me on the 30/10/2011 by a mate i brizzy
is this the same fish?
This photo was sent to me by a mate in Mackay. He caught this monster Barra in one of the dams up there and it took him 3 ½ hours to land it. Don’t know what it weighed or what length it was, but I am sure you all agree it is probably the biggest barra you have ever seen?
that is a horse..
Regards
HOnda
I had heard a couple of different "rumours" of fish this size caught on the same weekend. I received the same pic posted by GABBA on my phone recently from a mate who lives in Mirani (10km from Kinchant Dam). He has no idea who this guy is & I have no proof this hasn't been photoshopped, but, given that barra have the potential to grow up to 200cm in length, I'm not surprised fish like this are turning up in Qld impoundments.
The other rumour was of a fish of similar size angled from a kayak. I heard rumours a few years back of 1400mm fish caught in the same dam, again, no proof but not totally surprised...
I havnt fished Kinchant much lately but last time I went for a night fish (about 2 weeks before this monster), we had a few short strikes on surface lures that were enormous implosions that made extremely large displacements of water that left me & my mate bewildered & frustrated that these fish didnt find the pointy bits of the lure. I'm not saying these fish were as big as the monster caught a month ago, but I guess to be easily well in excess of the metre mark.
Colo
yeah a fella showed me that one at work a week ago, reckons his brothers mates mate caught it at tinaroo 166 cm and 65 kgOriginally Posted by GABBA110360
- world record supposedly
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Its real. Seriously.
Big fish hey.
I dont have ADHD......ohh look a squirrell !!!
looks like there is something going on there with the lens or perspective that makes the fish look bigger than it actually is. Not saying this is intentional, but look how much room he appears to have on his boat. I've seen less room in an 8 metre game boat. it looks like he could put a couple of banana chairs and a card table in the back of that tinny and still have room for a couple of eskies!
who knows though, might just be a giant barra!
It's real, it was sitting in the freezer at Nashy's Compleat Angler awaiting taxidermy treatment. There is another photo of him holding the fish and it's a beast of a thing. Also boys that regularly fish Kinchant aren't that surprised as there would more than likely be bigger girls than that in there.
Cheers
Chris
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