First Barra

[Pilbara130]

Just got back from the Gibb river road trip.Had a great time and recomend it to any one.
Any way i ended up with eight Barra for the trip,very exited pilbara130.
It might have been my lucky jumper:p
All released biggist one was 70cm
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[LandyAndy]

Awesome!!!!
Have been wanting to get up to Derby to go Barra fishing with my great mate DERBY DAN!!!!
It looks like he is about to become Geraldton Dan,not only that,a good mate from town is also becoming Geraldton Ken.Less than 7 hours drive now with a boat in tow :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::c ool::cool:
No Barra in Geraldton,2 fishing mates:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::co ol:
Andrew

[Pilbara130]

Andy Derby is a great place your mate is very lucky living up there he must be moving down for work would be my guess,No way in the world I would give up that part of the world to move to Gero for any other reason.
Perfect time to be up in the Kimberley this time of year cool nights and 30 deg + days just lovely.

[LandyAndy]

He doesnt want to leave,can no longer afford to live there,rent is almost $400 a week now,he used to pay $100 a week for the same house.
He has 2 young kids and just cant make ends meet.
He isnt looking forward to leaving the Kimberlies.
Dan spent some time here working on the Shire as a grader driver,after a few years he returned to Derby.Im guessing into the future he will return "HOME" again.
Andrew

[UNDEROVER]

Great work Pilbara130!

How much fun are they to catch. It's been a while since I had the pleasure, but always remain a highlight in my fishing memory banks.

Where did you fish for them? I was in the Kimberley about 5 years ago and had an absolute ball fishing the countless areas available. Did you have a tinny or land based?

Cheers.

[Chenz]

Caught a few last year on my trip up The Cape. Great fighters and love to jump - also are top tucker as well.

Caught all of them either trolling in a small tinny close to the fallen timber near the bank or throwing bibbed lures at the sticks from then tinny

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[Barra1]

Pretty hard to beat the feeling of catching your first Barra:D

Well done mate - a good fish;)

Very honourable of you to release them all - better than me because I would have eaten one of them:D:D

[DeeJay]

I've just been asked to sit in with a mate for the Gibb River road in late October !!
Glad to see you caught & released:D

Hopefully we will beat the wet !!

[Pilbara130]

I've just been asked to sit in with a mate for the Gibb River road in late October !!
Glad to see you caught & released:D

Hopefully we will beat the wet !!

You will love it but make sure you take a kidney belt:p

[UNDEROVER]

I've just been asked to sit in with a mate for the Gibb River road in late October !!
Glad to see you caught & released:D

Hopefully we will beat the wet !!

Hey DeeJay,

make sure you visit Cape Leveque on your travels.

Admittedly we had a tinny, but we hooked (not necessarily landed) evrything from reefies to sailfish, all within sight of our campsite!

That place accounted for about $200 worth of my lures for the 3 day stay we had there. :eek:

Super fun though, and worth every cent!

[Boxhead63]

I've just moved to Derby from Sydney. I am one of a couple of blokes that get to drive the GRR as the Derby based roads inspector. It has been an absolute blast so far. This week I've managed to camp along the GRR at various waterholes for 3 nights. I never thought I would say it but I actually needed a blanket in the Kimberley. After driving it a few times I can honestly say I will never tire of it. I've been in the job for 5 weeks now and have travelled around the Kimberley some 12000k's and have not had one occasion to swear at anyone else on the road. Sure beats WANKVILLE Sydney.
Derby forever!!!!!

Rob