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    Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 12:16pm
I'm not sure where i first heard that, but i know i'm enjoying chasing them LOLLOL 
These are my best fish so far on Wedgetails, i think i've officially got 'Barra Fever' now LOL
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Excellent stuff there wally,i've heard those wedgetails are awsome on the barra...well done mate Clap

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top stuff, the barra bug bites hard & quickly becomes an obsession LOL

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awesome fish mate!!! I am biting at the bit to get out there and chase some more barra but alot of the fish have been popping up dead where i usually fish...... am trying to get out lenthalls this weekend to see if there is a barra population out there!!!!

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I picked this one up in the Norman on a 16cm Wedgetail.
 
I used to fish the rocks lots at night for Jew, but fishing off the bank up here at night feels pretty sketchy at times LOLLOL 
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them wedgetails certainly do the trick Wal,nice fishClap
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Very nice fish Wal , and certainly a very good lure  :)
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Big chromed barra, ya gotta love them and the lures that catch them. Martin

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Great looking Barra! ClapClap
Has that Barra in the second pic got a tag in it?
 
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Yes it's a tag, frame, tag and details have been passed on.
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Let us know the details when you get them back mate Thumbs Up
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hope im not out of line, but just like bass but bigger, fantastic barra but if a bass was to grow to that size i dont think there would be any  happy snaps , pearcey
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If they did I wouldn't have moved North Dave LOLLOL I think  "Just like Bass but bigger" came from an old magazine article, maybe in the '80s. They do seem to respond to a lot of the same techniques
 
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yes bass and barra do fit in to the same lure techniques wal but pound for pound give me a bass any day , pearcey
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You've got me playing with 6lb mono off the bank on the barra in a lake up here now Pearcey, when I get one under fifty I might be able to compare them properly. At the moment I'm getting smoked every time I hook up Confused Heaps of fun on bass gear LOLLOL
 
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Go the 6lb momo!!
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green with envy... l need to move north me thinks....
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There's plenty of other Mozzie borne viruses up here to choose from AnthonyLOLLOLWink
Small Barra like this are great fun on 6lb and Bass size lures, and go just as hard as a bass on the same gear
 
Fish bigger than this (65cm) can be a bit of a handful amongst structureLOLLOL 
 
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After fishing 2, 3 and 4kg mono regularly on barra, I've concluded the Barra VS Bass debate is a lot of Bollock's.
This pic was taken in 3D by accidentSmile 
 
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Gee they are a beautiful fish Wal    thanks for the pics

It's pretty easy to see the wedgetail lures work mate Cheers Rick
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Thank's Rick,
We're moving a little closer to Tinaroo soon, can't wait to give them a serious bash around thereThumbs Up
 
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