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    Here it is- DARWIN INSANITY!

    in Fishing Reports

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    Wow mate what a great post, it was everything I said it would be and a bit more don't ya reckon...

    The crew I put together worked out great as well, the way the group got on with each other was

    just great, lots of first time meetings and it turned out to be a top gang of blokes.

    The skipper Alister and deckie Dan were fantastic, very professional and fun to be with,

    plenty of good food as well.

    All up a top shelf trip so many fish of various shapes and sizes.

    When you plan something and talk it up you really want it to turn out right, well this far exceeded

    all expectations..

    Barra Nationals 2014 Good year for our team

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    Hi Raiders, well this was our best year so far, the Daly River (200k's south of Darwin) was playing hard ball though, heaps of tiny barra with the odd big one..

    The comp is a great event and this year our team finished 2nd overall and 1st mixed state team.

    Points were hard to come by as only barra over 40cms score.

    Our team Steve Compain, Mark Hutchings and Ray Rendall (me).

    61 teams compete making a total of 183 anglers from all over the country.

    We were stoked with our results and amazed at the catch that Mark had on the first day of the comp.

    We had flogged the snags for a couple of hours then decided to have a troll with the incoming tide.

    We got a few bumps so it was looking good for a capture and then Hutcho got smashed, an almighty whack, smash, turn, run and then for a brief second nothing,

    he was coming towards the boat, Hutcho reeling in the slack like a madman, reel faster hutch was the call, around the skeeter he ran, Steve grabs the net and I gather loose rods and man the controls.

    Ray go back, turn starboard, forward port, back , back, total mayhem but always in control of this fish.

    Then we see a monster tail, somewhere during the hit and first burst the barra had somehow spat the lure and hooked itself through the tail.

    So we now have a monster barra in an almost impossible netting position, it would rise then go down Huctho doing his best to hold on.

    Steve then says to slowly forward the boat, Hutcho to wind up as much as he could and we kind of slid him up on his side, this gave Steve a shallow enough angle to slip the net under his head and we had him.

    This all took place over about a 15-16 min period, what a sight and what a capture Hutcho has a 119cm barra.

    We took our photos on the official measuring board then I grabbed a couple for ourselves.

    This was a real beast and was not bettered for the 5 days of the comp.

    Hutcho was awarded and the end with the biggest barra for the tournament prize.

    There are not many barra pics so my apologies but I can assure that it is hectic on the boat during the comp and not much time for mucking around with cameras.

    Anyway that's it for now, we had a blast as this is a great event and our best ever result.

    Hutcho, Biggest Barra and 2nd overall, Steve and I were well down the list.

    Our team was 2nd overall.

    First place for the mixed state prize.

    Hope you like my few pics of the event and the big one...

    Hutcho's Mutant

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    The recovery

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    Our little 90kph Skeeter

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    Barra Nationals Daly River N.T.

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    G'day Raiders, off to the Barra Nationals 2014 with my mate Hutcho.

    Meet up with my bro-in-law Steve Compain and this is our team of 3.

    Great comp with a heap of anglers and support staff, will be taking heaps of pics

    so there will be plenty to look at when we return.

    60 or so boats up and down the Daly, a great sight especially from the chopper shots.

    Away we go now !!!...

    Avoca rocks this time of year

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    very quiet at the moment, I've had a few looks lately but the swell has made it all tooo dangerous for me.

    I might try again tomorrow arvo for some blackies, horsies have nearly all gone and only the occasional king coming in.

    Still a bit sketchy though with this sse swell...

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