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WORLD NEWS:
Record Barramundi Caught by Kayak Angler Denis Harrold?
Originally written by:
Paul Lebowitz Monday, 03 January 2011



Is this the first all-tackle world record to fall to a kayak angler?



Denis Harrold was fishing Australia's Lake Monduran via kayak when he hooked, fought and landed a 45-kg barramundi on December 23, the Daily Mercury newspaper reported. For those who don't speak metric, that's a solid 100.5 pounds. The prior mark was 37.85-kg, approximately 17 pound lighter. That makes Harrold's pending world record a smasher. Harrold employed a kayak staple tactic, trolling the century fish up on a lure, in this case a 130 Squidgy slick rig soft plastic dangled from "a really light combo."

how the eff did he land it!

What's is a "Squidgy slick rig"?

Google says:


What color do you think he had on?

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hmmm need to get on this, there are enough kayakers out there, why are we just now getting a record?

I think I set another record--My Fat A@# in my WS Ride seat for 10 hours

Now that's a HOG!

That's not the squidgie I had in mind......

Story continued...

The big barra fell to a slow trolled 130 Squidgy slick rig soft plastic in black/gold colouration.

As well as the challenges of fighting such a big fish from a kayak, Mr Harrold hooked it on a �really light combo� because he �likes to accentuate the fight�.

Once it realised it was hooked, it peeled 80m of line from the reel before crashing across the lake�s surface.

�When I heard it crash I knew it was a big fish,� Mr Harrold said.

�I didn�t realise it was a world record barra, but I knew it was a snodger.�

Mr Harrold and his fishing partner, Mick Self, had landed about 15 barra during the four nights they had been at the dam.

Their haul had included five fish between 123 and 127cm.

With the water rushing over the spillway for the first time since 1992, Mr Harrold attributed the hot fishing to the big fishes� desire to reach saltwater to spawn.

Bundaberg Sportfishing Club weighmaster/recorder Elle Hodge confirmed the catch on official scales yesterday.

But Mr Harrold�s joy was tempered after he was told he could not claim the record because he did not belong to a relevant sportfishing organisation.

However, Bundaberg Sportfishing Club secretary Geoff Hodge confirmed an International Gamefishing Association (IGFA) all tackle record application could be submitted with the appropriate fee.

�I was happy when I saw 135cm. When I saw 44.6kg on the scales I was ecstatic, but when I found out it was eligible for a world record, I was absolutely delighted,� Mr Harrold said.