{"id":351,"date":"2008-05-04T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T01:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/wp\/?p=351"},"modified":"2014-01-11T06:57:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T22:57:52","slug":"barra-on-a-kayak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/travels\/barra-on-a-kayak\/","title":{"rendered":"Barra on a Kayak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hinchy.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/kayakbarra1.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" align=\"right\" \/>Tim and I tackled Donkey Crossing yesterday on the quest of catching a barra on a kayak. And we were successful! Three altogether, with Tim finally breaking his duck and landing two, along with my one. Mine was pretty small, around 40cm, with Tim&#8217;s first around the same size. It was probably good that they were this small &#8211; we were fishing different sides of the river, and landed them within five minutes of each other. I had my landing net and Tim had his Fish Grapple. Because mine was small, it wasn&#8217;t too difficult to play the fish close enough to the kayak and net it. Tim&#8217;s second one was more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>I was about 50 metres away when he hooked up, and it was dragging his kayak straight into the snag. I began powering over, and by the time I got there, Tim had played it around most of the snags (or the fish had played his kayak through the snags anyway!).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hinchy.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/kayakbarra2.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It came out of the water, and looked a good size. I tried to get as close as I could to the fish in my kayak, and after three attempts, managed to net it. Great size! At 68cm it was an absolute rush for both of us. After a quick photo, Tim released it back to the snag to fight another day. One thing we realised though &#8211; it will be pretty hard to land one of these things alone! We may have to hunt in packs from now on.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, it&#8217;s now 5 barra from 7 fishing trips this year, and the competition is starting to heat up, with Tim on 2. It&#8217;s a shame we will probably only get a couple more weeks of fishing before it gets too cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim and I tackled Donkey Crossing yesterday on the quest of catching a barra on a kayak. And we were successful! Three altogether, with Tim finally breaking his duck and landing two, along with my one. Mine was pretty small, around 40cm, with Tim&#8217;s first around the same size. 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