jenno64

Congrats, you'll be landing 50+ models sooner than you think:)

I use a slider rig with a 30cm sinker trace (teardrop sinker) sliding to a 60-80cm 20lb trace and a wide gap or circle hook. It keeps the bait just off the bottom if I’m trolling through weed.

Nice mixed platter Chris! Shame about the lost king but you pulled together a great bag as usual🙏🏻

I took one home at 96cm last year and got my local fishmonger to clean it and do up cutlets. It was too much fish for the freezer so I release all jewies now and keep whiting and flathead that we eat at home. Get out there and get one!

Thanks Isaac, I haven’t been able to catch them lately, they are deadly when you get a few👌

Thanks Zoran Got a few this time last year, happy to get one this size👌 Thanks Dave It went hard first run, Ithought it might have been bigger! Thanks Neil I never get sick of looking at them!

Yesterday I collected half a dozen prime live poddies in the Hacking and I planned to fish a spot or two in the Georges this morning for a jew or trophy flathead. I tried for some squid around Kurnell just on high tide but no joy as the water was still pretty discoloured. Next stop was up river and the tide was starting to turn outwards but no joy so I tried a couple of nearby shallower spots with very little action. As the tide started to run a bit harder just after 10am I returned to my deep spot and had a livey down and was holding two rods with a large plastic and the other a soft vibe. I had a good drift right on track but my sounder isn't working so I relied on landmarks to h=get on the right line. All of a sudden the livey rod goes off with a screaming run and I quickly retrieved the two lures to get them out of the way. I set the hook on the fish and started getting some line back, I could feel headshakes and it took off on another run under the boat. After a minute or two I saw a silver slab and netted a nice jew. It was a fat brut and measured just over 85 on the lie detector. After a couple of happy snaps I released it and it took off with plenty of life. After that its was pretty quiet with a half dozen small flatties coming on board and released. I managed one more 50cm flatty under the bridge and packed up around midday. Gotta love it when a plan comes together🙂

Thanks Dave, never really targeted them until now and I'd rather eat flatties from the Hacking than the Georges:) Most of the wharves are very busy, you might have to do some research and find a land based reserve. Thanks Chris, I like my flatties:)

Fantastic bag Dave! Congrats on a couple of boat PBs🎉 Enjoy the feast👌

Hit the Hacking at gentleman's hours today to catch the second half of the run out tide. Collected some nice sized nippers and scored 4 decent whiting while I was anchored on the flats. My main aim was to target flatties off the drop-off with nippers at the ;ast of the run out and first of the run in. I also put my poddy trap out on the flats at the change of tide to get some livies for another mission tomorrow. The nippers worked well on the drift with 10 flatties coming about and the best of them were in the high 40s to early 50s. I put a couple of live mullet out which were belted by the smaller flatties that were released! Last drift of the day found a big flatty on my lightest outfit and at 6lb, she pulled off a head shake close to the boat and said bye for now. I have a half dozen live poddies ready for a morning session on the Georges tomorrow, wish me luck:)

Great post Jordy, well done on your PB and yes a trip like this is on my bucket list!

Great post and well done on a long day of interesting captures!

Good on you Bob! Great to see another newbie hooked:) My son is the opposite and insists on using 50lb braid in Port Hacking, I got him onto his first king on one of my 20lb set ups. He's now gone shopping for a lighter allrounder set up:)

Thanks Dave it was worth waiting out and good to catch fish ina new spot👌 Get out there Zoran! The water is still warm and you might save on fuel not having to head offshore! Thanks Isaac I didn’t have a rain jacket with me and the Bimini didn’t do a lot to keep me dry as the South easter blew the rain sideways! I saw a couple of boats around Lilli Pilli. One guy in a Stabicraft got a feed of bream on the flats there all caught on cheesy chicken!

I have got them on plastics or nippers but this one ate the treble👌 I filleted all the dark flesh out and did them with some other flatty fillets in salt, pepper and flour for burritos with Guacamole. Strong Tate but went down well👌