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They are crackers! Top stuff!

Good trip Frank and nice fillet presentation....master chef here you come!

Great result Frankie, I enjoyed some good squidding over winter in the bay and its good to see they are still around! Enjoy the feed!

Wow Roberta, That is an amazing trip....of a lifetime for many. Well done on getting through some interesting conditions and some amazing fish! Great read, as usual!!

Woke a little late after a late one last night and my lovely wife announced that she would be heading of to her friend's place for an hour or two with my 8 yo son. I quickly loaded the car and headed down to the Georges, up river from the main bridges and launched into good overcast conditions. Armed with hardbodies and blades only, I hit a coupe of reliable run out spots around 10:30am with the hope that the last half of the run out would produce the goods. Scored 5 flatties from 40-50 cm, keeping the 2 bigger ones on a variety of lures but at about midday, the bite slowed down. I changed plans and trolled a new area that drops from 4 ft down to 10 ft. On the first troll, one of my rods took a hit that looked pretty solid. I set the hooks and brought the other lines in. This was a good flatty that came to the yak pretty quickly. I netted her in a pretty green state. She looked a good size and I and slipped the lip grips in as she had swallowed the lure completely. The flatty then launched itself out of the net and twisted a full 360 degrees before landing in the yak at my feet minus the lip grips that had split the bottom jaw! I re-gripped the top jaw, removed the lure and dispatched the fish. I had drifted back a hundred metres or so after the action so I set the lures for one more troll on the way back to the car. Around the same spot, the same lure gets hit again and this time I felt some serious weight as I set the hooks. I quickly got the other line in and started on the fish and it took a couple of zippy runs to the surface, with a silver flank flashing at me, making me think it was a jew. As I got it back to the side of the yak, I got a glimpse of a very nice flathead. By this time I was only a couple of hundred metres from the car so I towed her in slowly and netted her as I beached the yak. A quick measure on the lie detector showed her up as a very healthy 86cm. I yelled out to a nearby fisho who kindly took a couple of happy snaps and I then swam her back to a fiesty release. It was an interesting session and hopefully a sign of things to come over spring and summer!

Condolences to your family on the passing of your father. It's great to see you and the boys paying a tribute to him and I'm sure that he will be fondly remembered as you and the boys continue to enjoy future fishing experiences!

Another scorcher Kel!

Magnificent fish Kel! Well done on a 90 plus croc and you will dine ot on thatbeautiful fish for months to come.....unless you get a bigger one!

Ray, great post as usual! I haven't had a go off throcks at all this winter but I'm keen to have a go before the flatties come on!

Thumper croc and glad you released her.....what depth are fishing?

That's a horse of a pig....enjoy the white fillets!

That's a horse of a pig....enjoy the white fillets!

Wow...that one on the right should be in a movie!

Wow, that girl looks like she is in the 90s! Great catch and a good sign!

Ray, that is a football of a pig...top catch on silly string!

Delish!

That's a hog! Great fish!

That's good news Luke!

Wow! That video represents lots of the reading I have ever done on flatties. Look carefully at the terrain in the shots and think like a fish, then your catch rate should improve! Top stuff....I'm going back to watch it again!

Cracker flatty and fat too! Well done !,

That's a fat southern!

Great session and some sumptuous fillets there! Love the squid vid too !!

Greta theory and execution of a plan! I did the same thing a few years ago at Little Bay wher I caught pigs and lauds from the beach whilst the 4 m swell turned the outer bay into a washing machine! A 50cm pig is a trophy in normal terrain but getting one there is outstanding! Top shelf!

Great when a plan comes together! What depth were you fishing? That is a great haul of winter whiting!!!

Perfect winter day