barra a little hard to tempt

[snake]

Hi all,

Just a quick report from a solo trip on sunday. With the great weather at the end of last week i was hearing good reports of barra and with a good weather forecast i thought i'd hit some exposed flats for a fish. On a 6:30am arrival i was greeted by 10-15's, bugger. Headed up a nearby creek for a snag bash. Hopes were high as 2 weeks earlier a mate and i cleaned up in the same area, managed to find a heap of greenbacks in the mouth of the creek and pulled a 60cm from below them on the 3rd cast, i then pulled the hooks on a solid fish and the fish shutdown. I worked my way up stream accounting for 5 jacks to 41cm and eventually found some barra stacked up on a snag but only managed 4 rats before they shutdown. There were a heap of little GT's, Queenies, cod and barracuda keeping me busy too. It was a strange day in the creek as snags that have produced in the past and some that would just have to hold fish drew a blank but others that were just one stick would produce and they didn't seem to be necessarily holding deep or shallow, there was no pattern at all but i guess thats why it's called fishing not catching.

Jake

[Didley]

Looks like a great day to me Jake! Is that top lure a thready buster?

[Bazil Brush]

Sounds like a top day to me as well Jake well done..... I bought a couple of those thready Busters before i left on our trip & by the look of that i'm glad i did...Can you buy them from the shops up here or do you have to go through the web site...
Baz

[snake]

Looks like a great day to me Jake! Is that top lure a thready buster?

it sure is. the other one is a transam. i've been fishing them side by side and so far it's been pretty even but the threadybuster is $10 cheaper so it gets my vote.

Jake

[snake]

Sounds like a top day to me as well Jake well done..... I bought a couple of those thready Busters before i left on our trip & by the look of that i'm glad i did...Can you buy them from the shops up here or do you have to go through the web site...
Baz

i hope you've got a tackle back too! i buy mine from Protackle in townsville, not sure if anyone else stocks them.

Jake

[Bazil Brush]

Thanks Jake..Hope to be up that way by the end of July might have to stock up..Wouldnt mind knowing the name of that creek your fishing (PM if you like)

Baz

[Young Gun]

Looks like a good session mate, nice fish!

[Peter4]

it sure is. the other one is a transam. i've been fishing them side by side and so far it's been pretty even but the threadybuster is $10 cheaper so it gets my vote

Threadybusters are more robust as well...

[snake]

Thanks Jake..Hope to be up that way by the end of July might have to stock up..Wouldnt mind knowing the name of that creek your fishing (PM if you like)

Baz

Don't worry about that creek it's hard to get to and definitly not worth the extra effort but you never know if you never go. Send me a pm when you get here and i'll do my best to point you in the right direction.

Jake