What is a good Barra rod?
What is a good Barra rod?
Rods: 6 foot (1.8m) Medium Heavy/Heavy action graphite baitcaster rod rated for 6-10kg line. We suggest Shimano Barra Raider, Barra Magnum and T-Curve. For convenience, it’s hard to beat Shimano’s Revolution Inshore or Raider 3-piece travel baitcasters.
How do you fish tinaroo?
Tinaroo Locals Fishing Tips Find a calm, quiet bay and trawl up and down the shallow banks. Try flicking your lures around fallen trees and snags. We recommend using non-rattling neutral colour lures for best results. For a bait option, live is definitely best.
What is the best time to catch barramundi?
Barramundi fishing is usually best at early morning, late afternoon or night. Estuaries and tidal flats tend to be the places that large females inhabit, so look for places where food might aggregate, like eddies or draining creek mouths and cast to these.
What size lures for barramundi?
The ideal barra trolling lure is anywhere from 100-180mm long with a bib to suit the depth of water you’re likely to be fishing.
Do you need a permit to fish in Lake Tinaroo?
Lake Tinaroo is a very popular spot for swimmers, skiers, walkers, fishing (permit required), red clawing, ideal for picnics with barbecues available and has five camping areas located around the back of the dam in the Danbulla State Forest. Tinaroo has developed into one of the shire’s most popular tourist locations.
Can you swim at Copperlode dam?
Good Things to Know: For this reason recreational activities on the Lake are restricted and presently no swimming is allowed. You can fish, kayak and SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard) on Lake Morris but you must book through Copperlode Dam Fish and Kayak.
What is good bait for barramundi?
Best lures seem to be traditional minnows and soft plastics. Bouncing a frog lure across water lilies is also productive for catching barramundi. At night-time slowly retrieving surface popper lures to simulate mullet cruising around on the surface seems to be productive.
How fast do you troll for barramundi?
Boat speed and action may vary from 12km per hour down to slow trolling with the vessel in and out of gear. The behaviour of any present bait should give an indication to the most successful troll speed. If no prey animals are present, mixing it up until favouring results are obtained is a prudent option.
What lures do barramundi like?
Hardbody lures are excellent if you want to catch Barramundi. The ideal hardbody lure will have a slow floating movement and range from 7-10cm in length. Your hardbody lures must have the ability to dive sharply, as Bomber lures are known to.
What lures are good for flathead?
Alright, let’s get rigged and into a few flat fish!
- ZMan 3″ MinnowZ. The number one flathead plastic for me would have to be the ZMan 3″ MinnowZ, the perfect baitfish.
- ZMan 2.5″ Slim SwimZ.
- ZMan 4″ Scented Jerk ShadZ.
- ZMan 4″ StreakZ Curly TailZ.
- ZMan 2.5″ TRD CrawZ.
How does Tinaroo Barra Barra sportfishing vessel work?
Our vessel is a Cairns Custom Craft, plate aluminium, 5 metre “Barra Tracker” designed for sportfishing not comfort. We use both spin & baitcaster rods & reels spooled with 20lb & 30lb braid. Luring is our main method of fishing using a selection or hard & soft bodied lures.
When is the best time to fish Tinaroo Barra?
Luring is our main method of fishing using a selection or hard & soft bodied lures. Our favourite times to fish are sunrise & sunset, on the full & new moons & days leading up to either, September, October & November.
What’s the best fishing lure for Lake Tinaroo?
The Jackall Squirrel 79DD is a great option for deeper water (6-7ft on the cast, 9-10ft on the troll). Dylan likes this lure around 4 in the afternoons when the fish are often in 8ft or so of water.
What kind of lures do you use to catch Barra?
Smaller lures for dainty fish like Jungle Perch and Sooty Grunter. Next, the natural traveling or tracking depth of a lure should be considered. Up in the shallow weed beds chasing Barra during the wet, a shallow lure will enable you to work over the cover and entice more strikes.