Shoal bay sportfishing meter club
Steve is at the top of the metre club with this superb 128cm fish caught in th Little Howard at high on a high tide tour
80 yo Brians ambition was to catch a barra. When Brian and his grandson turned up at 6am it was pouring with rain and the forcast was that it wouldnt be stopping any time soon. I offered to cancell the tour but brian answer was Ive been wet before. After four hours sitting in the torrential rain Brian plucked this 106cm fish from a flooded Little Howard River
Jo Prunnell tried for ten years before becoming a member of the club. She landed this 103cm fish on a live perch for bait on low tide tour
Clive just snuck into the club with this 100cm fish. The fish was caught on a high tide tour in the dry season
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Bob landed this fat 111cm fish in the middle of a hot run off bite in the Little Howard
7 yo Jack McGimpsy is the youngest member of the metre club. Jack landed this 101cm fish on a outgoing tide in th Little Howard. Dad had to help him hold it for the photo
Bob releasing his 104cm Hope Inlet barra. The fish was taken at low tide on a little lucifer lure. It was a long fight on such small hook
Michael Car was dragged to Darwin by his girlfriend Cheryl. Cheryl has been coming up from the deep south for seven years and had never seen a metre fish. Michael had to show off and land this 103cm fish and just to show it was no fluke on the same tour he landed another at 104cm
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Annette Montebello landed this 106cm fish after losing a similar fish to the snags only minutes earlier. It was Annettes first ever barra and was caught at the mouth of th Little Howard on a low tide tour
Terry boated this 109cm fish on a big high tide in the Little howard
Perena Flemming landed this 101cm fish fishing from the sand bar at low tide in the Howard river. The big girl took a 14inch mullet fished on the bottom
Michael Car with his second metre fish for the tour taken just after dark it went 104cm
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Peter Novac was coping a ribbing from his mates about being the only one not to catch a fish for the day. He just calmy kept replying he was waiting for a metrey. 10 minute to go he hooked into this 102cm fish a and dragged it up onto the low tide sandbar with a grin
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Peter Hutchinson and his mate contacted me very upset that another tour guide had rang them the night before and cancelled there barra fishing trip which they had booked several months before hand. I took them up onto the flood plains of the Little Howard and Peter landed this 106cm fish. He was then happy that there other tour was cancelled.
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Ryan Staude made the club landing this 104cm fish from the sand bar at the junction in the Little Howard at low tide
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Phill Davies joined the club with this 106cm build up fish
Rob Holman landed this 102cm fish in Hope inlet after some scorching runs and some awesome aerial displays.
Wayne Brennan-jesson landed this 101cm fish in the Little Howard River. The girl took a small mullet fished on the bottom
Vince Vescio joined the club with this hard fighting 112cm fish caught in Joes creek at sunset on a live mullet fished on the bottom in the middle of the creek
Dean Robinson from Orange in NSW bagged yet another Joes creek metery. The fish was taken on a big mullet fished on the bottom
Paul Brearley from the Sunshine Coast landed this 101cm barra after being gill racked only minutes earlier by a similar fish. The fis was his first ever barra and was caught in the Little Howard River
Peter England from Tully QLD boated this great 107 fish on May day the first day of the dry season. The fish took a big mullet fished on the bottom in Joes Creek
Bob with a cracking 109cm fish. The big girl took a Riedys Little Lucifer at low tide in the build up
Adam from Victoria land this 101cm model during a low tide lock-in. The big girl took a live mullet fished on the bottom
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Scott Rammers became a member after a epic battle at Spot 6 with this 108cm girl
Mark Carr joined the club with this solid Little Howard100cm fish. We had to work hard for our fish this day but the persistance paqid off
Nat Harrison boated this superb 105cm fish in a low tide hole in Hope Inlet. The fish put up a long fight with one of the best jumps Ive ever seen from such a big fish
Kevin Wheelahan Joined the club with this solid 107 fish caught at the mouth of the Little Howard at low lide.
Nando Russo joined the club on his first ever day Barra fishing. The 106cm fish took a live Scat hung on a float
9 year old Brodie Witt boated this 104cm Barra on a low tide tour in the dry season. The fish took a big mullet under a flaot and put up a epic fight with lots of jumps. Brodie did well to land the fish on his own
Bob with a 192cm dry season Barra. The fish was taken on two mullet rigged on the same hook in Joes Creek
After fishing with me for many years John Rowan landed his first meter barra. A magnificent 114cm taken at low tide on live mullet fished on the bottom
Craig came all the way from the U.K and scored this 100.5cm fish. The girl took a live mullet fished on the bottom. It was a epic fight but Craig did well to stay patient
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!4 year old Carl Scott from Victoria just scraped into the club with this 100cm fish taken at low tide on the Little Howard.
Gary Schipanski joined the club with this metre fish taken on a 15inch mullet in the Little Howard
Ross lavender from the Big4 Howard Springs with his 107cm Barra. Ross has been fishing with me for twelve years with what only can be considered as a poor record but finally got on the board with this montser
Good to see another female join the club. Louise Schwarze landed this 101cm fish at the junction in the Little Howard at low tide. Louise commented on how she would be happy to catch the bait that we were using, the big girl took a 35cm mullet fished on the bottom
Manager of the Big 4 Howard Springs John Hewitt with his first ever barra. A magnificent 105cm fish
Noel Blair from NSW landed this fat 102cm barra in the Little Howard on a overcast dry season day
Ryan landed this magnificent 117cm girl in the Little Howard on what was a relatively quiet day. The fish fell to two small mullet set up on the same hook
Shorty from S.A landed this 106 model on the floodplains at the top of Joe"s creek. The big girl took a live mullet fished on the bottom. Not a great pic, Shorty was having trouble holding the fish
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