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Re: Barramundi [Re: carpedebass] #1464877 07/19/07 10:57 AM
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Wow, those are cool looking

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Re: Barramundi [Re: Starless] #1464886 07/19/07 11:03 AM
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Wow! Good job Germs!!!! woot

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Re: Barramundi [Re: Bassr1] #1464962 07/19/07 11:37 AM
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HOLY SH**!!!! If they'd bring those here to America,
I'd probably break out my bass tackle again.
Between that size Barra, GT's & Dogtooth, I have got
to get there someday!
Hey Blinky, what part of The country are fish that size caught?
As far as proximity to GT country in the NE?
Sure is cool to have INTERNATIONAL Tff'ers
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Re: Barramundi [Re: Starless] #1465071 07/19/07 12:20 PM
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wel we all know he did not catch them in texas lol. those fish are great fighters. Nile Perch


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Re: Barramundi [Re: Starless] #1465303 07/19/07 01:50 PM
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Nice fish - Looks like their version of a bass.


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Re: Barramundi [Re: slider] #1465311 07/19/07 01:52 PM
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WOW WOW WOW!!!! I just saw the HUGE ones at the end of the post, did I say WOW?!


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Re: Barramundi [Re: slider] #1465325 07/19/07 01:58 PM
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no slider its there version of perch


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Re: Barramundi [Re: Blinky] #1465464 07/19/07 02:30 PM
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Holy smokes that has got to be a blast! WOW.
Re: Barramundi [Re: Fountain390] #1466666 07/19/07 09:31 PM
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Re: Barramundi [Re: Germs] #1466681 07/19/07 09:39 PM
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yesterday landed 2 more barra about 1kilo each i guess


Actually they look like they'd go about 2.2 lbs.
Re: Barramundi [Re: roadtrip] #1466700 07/19/07 09:45 PM
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I don't even know what to say. Just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Barramundi [Re: lite-liner] #1466756 07/19/07 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: lite-liner
HOLY SH**!!!! If they'd bring those here to America,
I'd probably break out my bass tackle again.
Between that size Barra, GT's & Dogtooth, I have got
to get there someday!
Hey Blinky, what part of The country are fish that size caught?
As far as proximity to GT country in the NE?
Sure is cool to have INTERNATIONAL Tff'ers
tight lines
-Brian


Hi Brian,
Barramundi are common across the top of Australia, the best fishing being in the Top End area of the Northern Territory, a pretty remote part of the country. I have world class Barra fishing within an hours drive from home!

The size of the fish in the first two photos are quite common, around 90 95 cm, the last two are a different kettle of fish, so to speak,, it came in at about 145 cm in length and 30 35 kg.it would be a Barra of a lifetime!

The Holy Grail for Barra is a fish over the metre mark, you get a lot between 90 & 100 cm but sheesh that next few cm is hard to get, in over 25 years of specializing in Barra fishing I have only caught 3 over a metre.


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Re: Barramundi [Re: Art@n] #1466766 07/19/07 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted By: Artan S.
wel we all know he did not catch them in texas lol. those fish are great fighters. Nile Perch


Close but no cigar.the Barramundi is actually a closely related cousin of the Nile Perch.
There was a push to introduce them into Queensland a few years ago, it was thought that because Nile Perch will breed in freshwater they would have been perfect to stock into the dams and lakes (Barra need to migrate to salt water to breed). Thankfully the powers that be knocked it on the head when it was decided that it would have been an environmental disaster. Some well wishing dam owners stocked their waters with the imported and noxious pest, Tilapia, as a ready-made food source for the Nile Perch. The Tilapia bred like rabbits and took a firm hold, pushing native food fish out. There is still a push on to this day to rid Queensland of Tilapia, if you catch one it is illegal to return it to the water!
Introduced Nile Perch would have killed off a huge amount of native fish, frogs etc, including any juvenile Barra there happened across!


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Re: Barramundi [Re: Blinky] #1467074 07/20/07 12:31 AM
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Re: Barramundi [Re: Stucky76] #1467240 07/20/07 01:17 AM
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Are those giant White Crappie??? I caught some like that last weekend at Fork!

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