jeffz
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Post by jeffz on Oct 16, 2008 16:07:13 GMT -5
8 lb bass is nice, but record in the US is over 20 lbs. Huge largemouth are found in the southern US.
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 16, 2008 17:07:29 GMT -5
Aaah fishing. The crazy thing about snapper fishin in my part of the world is that it is so closely associated with Great White sharks.
I have a fond memory, which is all I've got because I left the flaming camera home, of pulling 7 fish off a snapper drop, winding them up as hard as I could go, trying to beat this baby 9 foot pointer who was amusing himself trying to snag them off my line. I got to check him out real close and personal, as he bumped the boat around, so I had a real good chance to assure myself he was a little pointer, not a big bronze whaler. They are a magnificent fish. Sure is a humbling experience making contact with the top of the food chain in their domain.
Toying with taking a trip this weekend, rumour has it there is a big shark, 18-20 feet, hanging around. There is only one reason they come here, it means they are holding the snapper in the bay.
I'm on good terms with a pro fisherman, who has a 20 foot boat. A couple of years ago he accidentally ran his 400 metres of net around a big shark. He reckons the shark was under his boat and he could see the tips of its pectoral fins sticking out each side of the boat. It cost him 100m of destroyed net, but when I ran into him later that day he wasw still riding high on the adrenalin and saying the experience was worth every metre of net.
Mick
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Post by solo2racr on Oct 16, 2008 17:19:31 GMT -5
Jeffz is right. As far as records are concerned, 8 lbs isn't all that big. The southern states do produce big bass. But, here in the mountains of western NC, we are known for trout fishing in mountain streams, not large bass. I was fishing a small lake that wasn't fished very much as the land around it is owned by the Presbyterian church. I managed to get permission simply because my mother is a member of the church.
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Post by milkman on Oct 17, 2008 0:54:37 GMT -5
Bass? Similar fighters to Barra?
Top End Barra fishing is fantastic - similar to Micks experience, trying to reel one in before a reef shark gets it or one of those logs that floats upstream.......you almost forget about them being there.
Luckily they're usually so well fed on barra up there the crocs couldn't be bothered chasing your line
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Post by jeronimo on Oct 26, 2008 11:45:19 GMT -5
 Paddlin' down the local river, drinkin' a few beers. Pure relaxation! |
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Post by solo2racr on Oct 26, 2008 13:35:25 GMT -5
Milkman - I have no idea as to what a Barra is so I can't say. I can say that Bass fight very hard, pound for pound, compared to all other fish. jeronimo - You would love the French Broad River here in WNC. Check out some info here www.worldkayak.com/asheville/ |
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 26, 2008 18:24:33 GMT -5
A barra is a barramundi- an aboriginal for anyone of three related species of saratoga. Fabulous fighters that do their fighting on top of the water. very spectacular and very good eating.
Played host to some university types this weekend, one of whom is from the U of Oklahoma. Showed me some photos of catfish noodling. Now that looks like fun.
These guys were here to sample some local bugs in teh sea water.
Learned a new scientific term for " a large population of the organism we are interested in" - "Man there is a motherf@#$&^g sh@#load in this spot!"
Gotta love yanks.
Mick
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 26, 2008 18:26:41 GMT -5
ah, that should have read, an aboriginal name for any one of three related species of, I think, saratoga
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Post by solo2racr on Oct 26, 2008 18:50:10 GMT -5
I just "wikied" a barramundi and read a bit. Similar traits from a fishing point of view. Looks like the "Barra" has a longer nose than a Largemouth Bass but, the overall body shape is close to the same.
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 26, 2008 19:14:31 GMT -5
Very interesting reading, "barramundi" has not referred to saratoga since the 1980's. I'm getting old.
Mick
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Post by jeronimo on Oct 26, 2008 22:08:39 GMT -5
And I thought you Aussies were talking about barracuda! Mick, the spillway I'm sitting below on my kayak is one of several local hotspots for "noodling". At least two or three 45 to 60lb flathead catfish are pulled out of here in spawning season(June). Noodling is a lot of fun, until you get rammed in the nuts by a large catfish desperate to escape. Yes, motherf#%*ing sh!#load is one of our favorte descriptives around here, proud to say. Just got done eatin' a motherf#%*ing sh!#load of fresh fried largemouth bass this evenin'!  Jeron |
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Post by solo2racr on Nov 19, 2008 17:43:08 GMT -5
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raff35
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Post by raff35 on Nov 23, 2008 20:20:09 GMT -5
I grew up in a little place called Nungurner in east gippsland which is pretty much half way between Lakes Entrance And Metung. It is in an area where you can go from Fishing from the beach into Bass Straight or fishing in one of the local brackish lakes within about 15 minutes on your push bike. Back then you could get away with potting a few rabbits with either the old mans 20 gauge or little single shot 22 (which had a nice little silencer on it). These days if I went out carrying a gun anywhere the cops would have me in the back of the paddywagon in record time.
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