Harrold's monster weighed an incredible 44.6kg (about 98 pounds) and measured 135cm (almost 4 ½ feet). Its girth was an astounding 107cm (about 3 ½ feet).
Fishing from a kayak at Lake Monduran, near Bundaberg, Denis Harrold landed the monster fish, which tipped the scales at 44.6kg - breaking the old world record of 37.85kg. It measured in at 135cm with a whopping girth of 107cm. “When I heard it crash, I knew it was a big fish,” Mr Harrold said.
Mark Hope now holds the record for the largest Barramundi taken from Lake Tinaroo with a 40.7 kg Monster and holds the record for the All Tackle Length of 130cm 6th September 2012.
Best lures seem to be traditional minnows and soft plastics. Bouncing a frog lure across water lilies is also productive for catching barramundi. At night-time slowly retrieving surface popper lures to simulate mullet cruising around on the surface seems to be productive.
Constructed in 1995, the Big Barramundi in Normanton is one of the most famous Big Things in Queensland. Measuring six meters long, the Big Barramundi in Normanton symbolizes the town's fishing culture in the Norman River. Remember, Normanton is also home to the storied saltwater crocodile named Krys.
DESPITE the many tagged barramundi swimming around Territory waters as part of the Million Dollar Fish competition, one lucky Darwinite has managed to reel in the only Golden Ticket fish.
The existence of Golden Barramundi in the wild is extremely rare, with the chance of a Golden Barramundi being born one-in-ten million. When Mainstream was founded nearly 20 years ago, there were anecdotal reports of rare golden and platinum coloured Barramundi being in existence.
Barramundi inhabit a wide variety of habitats in coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons in clear to turbid water up to 40 metres deep.
Barras like to eat, so getting them to inhale bait isn't very hard, but landing them is. The main reason for this is the Barramundi's extremely hard mouth, which can make it virtually impossible to get them properly hooked. Add to that their jumps and headshakes, and you've got a proper battle of wits and strength.
Size and Weight
They can reach up to 1.5m and 50kg, although most wild-caught fish weigh less than 6kg. Some farmed fish are sold at 400-600g (plate-sized), though increasingly many farms produce larger fish (around 2-5kg).
History of Million Dollar Fish
Barramundi are tagged and released right across the Territory in five main fishing regions including Arnhem Land, Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine and the Tiwi Islands.
The biggest fish ever caught was a white shark. Although larger female white shark can grow up to 20ft in length and can weigh up to 5,000 pounds, this fish was a great white shark of 2 664 pounds (1 208 kg).
Did you know that there is a six-foot fish lurking in the Grand River? Yes its true! The Lake Sturgeon is a species of fish that can reach over 5 feet in length, 150 pounds, and over 100 years old!
So, how old is my barra? A metre-long fish is about eight years old and is usually female.
The Murray Cod is Australia's largest freshwater fish. The biggest recorded was 1.8m long and weighed 113kg! The cod's size depends on its habitat, with those living in smaller waterways reaching at least 60cm and between 3kg to 4kg. In larger waterways they grow to 100 cm or more and weigh up to 20kg.
The largest fish ever caught which is verified and listed by the IGFA is a 2,664lb (1,208kg) great white shark. It was caught by Australian angler Alfred Dean in April 1959 off the coast of Ceduna, in South Australia.
The Moray Eel
One of the most dangerous fish in the sea, the Moray Eel is vicious when disturbed and will attack humans. The jaws of the moray eel are equipped with strong, sharp teeth, enabling them to seize hold of their prey and inflict serious wounds.
Goliath Tigerfish
Smart, aggressive with razor-sharp teeth, and not shy around humans (they are known to attack), Goliath Tigerfish are the hardest freshwater fish to land. They are native to the waters of the Congo River Basin, and even there, they prove to be extremely rare.
Sooty grunter are pound for pound the hardest fighting freshwater fish in the north of Australia - probably all of Australia.
Barramundi or Barra for short is called Kudi in our Kuku Yalanji Language, they are one of our bush tuckers that we like to eat, and that people like to paint.
Fact 2 Barramundi is known by many around the world as Asian Seabass, although its Scientific common name is Barramundi Perch. Some of the other names it's called include: Giant Perch, Palmer, Cockup, Bekti, Nairfish, Silver Barramundi and Australian Seabass.
The bite may be a super slow follow and then a lazy slurp or it could be a major crash tackle, usually the lazy option is the Barramundi way. Then there's the problem of Barramundi do not have teeth so they implode, inhale their food which means they don't bite down hard and they can easy spit that fly straight out.
(Barramundi are protandrous hermaphrodites, meaning they change sex from male to female. They become sexually mature as males at about three to four years of age. Males turn into females from about five or six years of age, and about 80 cm in length, but require saltwater for this sex change.)
they can fit in their mouth? This includes prawns, squid, fish (including other. barramundi), birds and even baby crocodiles!