Florida barramundi
Yes, we have barramundi in Florida. They're raised in ponds in the the central part of the states and sold as food fish. They allow anglers to come in and fish for a hefty fee ($400 a half day).
Rick Grassett, a Sarasota charter captain, and I fished the ponds a few years ago. It was fun. The fish were strong and readily hit flies. We caught more than 30 on Clousers and Myakka Minnows on No. 2 hooks.
Grassett fighting a barramundi:
A smaller fish:
The largest of the outing:
Hope you sold them and recovered your money!!!
That reminds me of the scene in Crocodile Dundee where Sue is looking at the rifle shells in Mic's boat and asks if he was just fishing. He responds, "Well, Barramundi is a bloody big fish."
And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. Ezekiel 47:9
a few years back when I lived in the south, I saw a tv show about that place... one or other of the BASCAR crowd was fishing it and it looked awesome. Had a trip to Orlando coming up and thought it would be awesome to take my son there so I looked it up online. Then I vomited all over my keyboard when I saw the price they wanted to charge.
Last edited by jszymczyk; 01-29-2016 at 05:43 PM.
To the simpleton, proof does not matter once emotion takes hold of an issue.
I believe the place shut down a few years back.
Beautiful fish. I saw a video from a friend in Australia and was amazed at the powerful fight they put up. Let's just hope that they never get "accidently" introduced to your waterways down there and you folks end up with the same situation as you have now with those Asian Carp. We are sweating it here in Canada, for if those Carp somehow get into the Great Lakes water system, our great Canadian fishing will be no longer.
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