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Used to fish the hole sth side of Macleay Island, Moreton Bay and have caught plenty of small threadies there and only 6 or 7 years ago. Read an old report on the net mentioning a resident 10ft croc at the old Burleigh rubbish dump back in the 1930's. Also read somewhere about crocs being culled in the Noosa River back in the 50's after ww2 to make timber cutters and tourists safe. New invention, "KEVLAR WADERS"
The Threadfin in the photo two picvs back was not caught by me.
But the guy who caught it got it on a live luderick he caught while cast netting for Poddy mullet.
Was intended for a Bull Shaark, bt not exactly disapointed.
I have heard reports of barra being caught in the tin can bay area so I suppose it is possible for them to be as far south as Brisbane. Crocs were found in the Brisbane river back in the 1900's and have been found even further south - see link below for story.
i often go fishing at the brisbane river, and one the best places ive fished there is the mouth of breakfast creek, i have caught thredfin salmon there up to 5kg on a regular basis. 3 fish from 3 trips in fact. and the best way to fish for these monsters is buy using live moses perch. just cast out in front of breakfast creek and wait.
ps. you will allso get a few small bull sharks from this area.
Ive herd from a few people about catching barra in the brissie river, from up at the weir to the mouth. Ive talked to a reliable sorce who has caught 6 just near tingalpa creek.
"im not letting the exact location out."
A lot of people after having them as pets throw them in creeks and rivers cause they get to big for there tanks and cost to much to feed.
Ive even herd of people catching jungle perch up in the shellows near the weir.
oi mate chek out this salmon i cort in the river in december.... lol ive cort about 20 or so since then... i doubt the barra but yeh macks r washe din at times
oi mate chek out this salmon i cort in the river in december.... lol ive cort about 20 or so since then... i doubt the barra but yeh macks r washe din at times
hey guys....
fellas ur getting it all rong... angus i cort it on a live herring and matt i cort it on a herring ... for the rest of u if u dont get it im normally a fishnet boy and have just turned to ausfish after seeing how much brisbane stuf is on here... i cort that king threadfin salmon at bretts wharf around november/december 2005 and have been getting loads since then i have about 20 pics coming of just salmon... the shark in the pic below was cort on a live luderick
id love to c picturces and stuff of others who've caught them in the river and around brisbane, ive spoken to a only a few other people that have but havent seen any pics yet...
Global warming will definately have an affect in future years but as for now there is no way Barra or crocs can live season to season in south east QLD.
Crocs especially need an average hatching temperature of 30 degrees. Brisbane and Townsville may often have the same max temperature but summer minimum temperatures are way off.
Barra need monsoonal rains at the right time to breed and at the right temperature also, with the right type of bait to be found in the right places at the right time.
So it is entirely possible for a farmed barra or an unwanted pet barra to escape and live in the Brissy river for a while..., maybe even 2 years under the right weather conditions (an example would be 2 years in a row of uncharateristicaly warm tropical weather, above average humidity, etc) but as for life times, not yet.
My 1982 copy of Grants Book of Fishes has a picture of a 890mm, 8.6kg Barramundi caught in the upper reaches of the Noosa River. (Page 194/5, plate 87)
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