Our guide Ross
took us to a creek junction near Trepang Bay.
I was fishing with next years best selling lure from the Classic
Barra range. It looked like good Barra country.
My first big
Barra of the day spat the lure during a flying leap. The second
catch was a keeper. The third gave us a tantalising glimpse of
itself with a big silver sided roll before spitting the lure near the
boat. Things were looking grim and I felt my luck was running
out only to be proved right. My fourth fish swam straight
under the boat and pulled the rod out of my hands. Now not only
was the fish gone but with it Ross’s rod and reel.
When I finished
swearing and stomping around the boat Ross handed me another
rod. My first cast was a birds nest. While Ross was busy
untangling it, ahead of us up jumps the barra I had just
dropped. It was furiously shaking its head trying to throw the
lure that was still connected to the rod.
Ross decides to
try and retrieve it by casting another lure into the creek. He
manages to snag the line on his first attempt. Carefully reeling in
the line the rod appears from the muddy water. Now the rod is
within arms reach. I grab the rod and the snagging lure comes
free. I miraculously reel in the now exhausted fish.
Lyndon and Ross
with the culprit, an 85cm Barramundi
