LuckyFil

Sounds like a great session - lovely Reddie!

Great catch of perfect sized flatties. Best time of year for them I reckon especially if you can get out there mid week. Shame about the rain but you could have got wet AND caught no fish 🤔.

Sounds like a jewie to me. Their pin-like teeth will do that to a livie just to let you know what you missed😢. Would have been a lot more damage to the livie if it was a tailor and kings don't have teeth to speak of, flattie's are rasping teeth , so yeah pretty sure it was a jew. A good session nevertheless and an interesting report to read, thanks for posting.

Mullet on lures is becoming a thing!

Very true Neil

Spot on!

I posted a report last week of a large bully mullet I caught on an SP. The fillets were magnificent in the smoker - my wife and I thought it was the tastiest fish I'd ever done in the smoker. I kept the gut (froze) and used it for bait when fishing in Brisbane Waters earlier this week. It was a great success with the bream . I caught 2 on the first afternoon and dropped a few others. We went back the next day and caught five more, the largest 38cm down to 31cm plus a couple that were under 30cm that went back even though probably legal (30 is my minimum). I remember using mullet gut years ago and I'd forgotten how good it is (although messy). I ran out of the mullet gut after the first day but had some salted mackerel, defrosted squid (months old) and peeled green prawns. By far and away the crappy old squid was the favourite, go figure. I think the fish were probably turned on by the muddy water after last week's deluge plus its around the time they start the spawning run. One pic of the fish from the second arvo.

Thanks for all the feedback. Interesting to hear that other Raiders have caught mullet on various lures especially when they are schooling up, which I think they will be doing over the coming month prior to their sea run.

I was fishing for flathead with soft plastics at Narrabeen lake this afternoon when I got slammed by something that's a first for me. It ran me all over the place on the light outfit and I couldn't figure out what it was as it clearly wasn't a flattie by the way it took off. After a few minutes of back and forth and taking drag at times I was surprised to see a big bully mullet finally at my feet. It measured 47cm. Maybe other Raiders have caught them on lures before but I thought they only ate weed or bread. Managed a couple of average sized flathead 44 and 42, after that. They look pretty small next to the mullet. Been fishing for more than 60 years and I never thought I'd say catching a mullet was a big deal but it was new for me if only because I caught it on a SP. Cheers Fil

Peeling the banana was clearly the trick 😬. Lovely Jew

Wow that’s quite a haul of blue swimmers! I get the occasional one down near Hardys Bay and Pretty Beach but nothing like that number!

That’s a good catch for sure. Dont the flounder hit the plastic hard and fight really well ! I caught one a couple of weeks ago when chasing flatties up near Ettalong.

Good report and nice pics. Stinger may work but I find it’s partly the nature of surface strikes that means you don’t hookup some of the time. Looks like a fun location for bass fishing you’ve got there Fil

Thanks for fixing that, technology not my forte!

Having a few days at Wagstaffe (Central Coast) and took the old tinny out around the usual spots Hardys Bay, Ettalong foreshore etc. A few fatties on plastics, one blue swimmer that managed to actually get hooked in the corner of his claw and a couple of soapy jews both too small (50 and 40cm). Caught one big lizard 72cm that had a happy snap then back home - swam off happily. While she was getting ready to net the flathead Mary-annes's (wife) handline went spinning around the boat. That had to wait till she netted my fish then she pulled in her line which had the first jewie. That day the flathead was too big and the jewies too small - needed to swap sizes ha. Also got a decent flounder on the plastic, it hit it like a train and fought much harder than most of the flatties. Took a video of the flathead release but not sure how to load that? here's some pics of the rest. Fil