Metre long barra caught at the boat ramp

Who needs a boat when you can catch big fish standing at the boat ramp?

With the barra fishing closure well underway here in Queensland, ardent barramundi anglers head to the freshwater dams to try their luck.

Although freshwater fish tend to be a bit sluggish in comparison, it is great experience handling and landing big fish as they can be (on occasion) much easier to catch.

In early November I was asked to commentate at the Australian Fishing Championship at Proserpine Dam, and to be honest, had just come off a string of charters and had no intention of fishing haha.

As we were standing on the boat ramp waiting for the teams to return, Karen actually suggested I borrow a rod from the camera boat and have a flick as some of the other guys were doing, but my interest was... minimal.

That was until I saw a faint but big swirl on the surface near the boat ramp... indicative of a big girl under the surface, head down, tail in the air.

As the following video (which has gone a bit viral on facebook) shows, you certainly don't need to fish in the timber to catch big barra.

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