Cairns Man Catches 30kg Barramundi With His Bare Hands

Here is a heck of a fish tale for everyone:

THE fishing has improved in the inland community of Mutchilba – this resident grabbed a 30kg barra from a drain with his bare hands.

The Cairns Post reports baker Tony Bambino was driving home on Saturday when he spotted a 30kg barramundi swimming in the Sunwater irrigation channel.

“It was about 4pm in the arvo and I saw something shiny in the water,” he said.

“Once I realised what it was, I grabbed it by the mouth with my hands.

“It took about 10-15 minutes to catch it and the hardest part was pulling it out of the channel and into the back of my ute.”

Mr Bambino said the “massive” barra must have swum into the area before the fish trap was built at Walkamin.  [Cairns Post]

When I lived in Australia I really liked eating barramundi, which is a fish that Australians just have a passion fishing for.