Bait : Live mullet hooked onto a 7.0 or 8.0 hook with running sunker to the hook works well.
Lures : Anything that swims and suspends. Just remember nice long pauses in retrieval. Most of the Barra I've caught have hit the lure on the pause.
Soft plastics : Ones that have worked really well are the Squidgy Slick Rigs 65-80mm fish. Colours that have done the most damage are the Drop Bear, Gold Glimmer and the Green/Gold. Let them sink a bit, especially around snags. Just keep your drag real tight!
Also, poppers do well, also with big pauses in between pops.
I agree with Wazza there! Good lures that have always produced for me up there are the rod Gaden pro series in shallow water( about+6)is good and nice bright colours like guns and roses and bobby dazzler! Good luck.
It will be worthwhile also taking some Soft Plastic prawns. I use the Berkley power bait shrimp 4 inch in natural colour and the light 1/8 ounce TT jig heads. I sometimes use resin heads for even lighter work. The Barra love them. I used to use the Tilsan Barra and Tilsan Bass lures to great effect and they work well but I find it hard to go past the prawns these days. Obviopulsy big live prawns rigged under a float are impossible to resist.
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Wazza79
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Date Joined: 23/05/11
Barra catchers
Hey mate,
A few techniques that have worked for me.
Bait : Live mullet hooked onto a 7.0 or 8.0 hook with running sunker to the hook works well.
Lures : Anything that swims and suspends. Just remember nice long pauses in retrieval. Most of the Barra I've caught have hit the lure on the pause.
Soft plastics : Ones that have worked really well are the Squidgy Slick Rigs 65-80mm fish. Colours that have done the most damage are the Drop Bear, Gold Glimmer and the Green/Gold. Let them sink a bit, especially around snags. Just keep your drag real tight!
Also, poppers do well, also with big pauses in between pops.
All the best mate!
Regards
Wazza
Redbucket
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thanks mate, did some
thanks mate, did some shopping today. Hopefully I come back wiwith some good photos
sherbert
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blakey
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Date Joined: 22/03/11
Agree
I agree with Wazza there! Good lures that have always produced for me up there are the rod Gaden pro series in shallow water( about+6)is good and nice bright colours like guns and roses and bobby dazzler! Good luck.
Bunny
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Date Joined: 05/08/10
It will be worthwhile also
It will be worthwhile also taking some Soft Plastic prawns. I use the Berkley power bait shrimp 4 inch in natural colour and the light 1/8 ounce TT jig heads. I sometimes use resin heads for even lighter work. The Barra love them. I used to use the Tilsan Barra and Tilsan Bass lures to great effect and they work well but I find it hard to go past the prawns these days. Obviopulsy big live prawns rigged under a float are impossible to resist.