Possible new Barra Record

[Mark Gwynne]

A mate called me this morning to say among some good fish he had caught last night at Lake Monduran his uncle got a big one they decided to keep. After numerous phone calls I was able to track down an officail weigh station nearby and she ended up going 44.64 kg.

Well done Dennis Harrold!! Out of a kayak too! If the record is accepted it easily surpasses David Powell's Tinaroo effort of 37.85 kg.

I'll post some photos when they come through.

By the way that's just shy of 99 pounds, gives you something to aim for Dennis!!

[Peter Morris]

Only counts if he got it on a Popper or Jig....

Pete

[Ken Best]

That surely is a SWAMP DONKEY 

[Ewan Macleod]

A mate of mine sent thru a pic.

[Peter Morris]

Yeah I just saw the pics on another site.

The fish looks like is has swallowed a sheep its that morbidly obese....

If it wasnt caught soon it was surely a heart attack candidate...

Pete

[Mark Gwynne]

Yeah Jules took the pics. He hasn't sent any yet to me but will tomorrow. He got one around 35 kilos himself plus a 105 cm model. They were all really fat fish.
Word is getting around pretty quick!!

[Peter Morris]

Im surprised this topic has stayed on here...

[Mark Harris]

Indeed Pete .

I was expecting a Barracuda .

[Mark Gwynne]

Im surprised this topic has stayed on here...

Why is that Pete? It may not be jigging or popping for GTs and the like but I reckon it's a noteworthy capture in the fishing circle that people may be interested in?

[Aaron Concord]

What a moose!

With a dose of hot Northerlies, you could be doing far sillier things than throwing a GT Gamma around at night for those barra.

It would make you poo your pants hearing a barra that size boof a stick bait off the surface in the still of night!

Aaron.

[Brock Arifovic]

Here is another picture that i got off a mate of mine recently, I believe the fish was caught a few years back. Will try to find out location.



I believe a croc attacked the fish as it was being bought in.

Will try to find out more details of this.

[Warwick Joyce]

That's not a nile perch brock?
There are a lot of mistaken identities between the 2, only the nile perch grow 3 times bigger (and more).
Congrats to Dennis, I'm sure it was no easy task finding fish considering the recent inflows of water.

[Brock Arifovic]

Not unless you get Nile Perch in NT

[Ken Best]

Brock,

That barramundi was found in the Toolooa Bends near Gladstone Queensland, by two fisherman as reported in Suntag News, 19 Dec 2005.
It had been hit by a boat, prop marks down the side, and attacked by sharks. It was still just alive when found.
That piece of the barramundi was all that was left and weighed 69 pounds!!

No doubt a very big fish for a saltwater barramundi when it was alive and in good condition.
I still have the Suntag report if you are interested.

Ken

[Mark Harris]

Nile Perch have been introduced in Australia? That is very bad news given this species' reputation for causing carnage in native populations.