tafc010 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Hey Guys, Finally got our "new" 4.5 Steber into he water for a test run and a test fish, put in at ATB about 6.30am, drove around for a bit just getting the feel of the boat before starting a drift in close on the eastern side noth of Cottage Point. Had usual baits, prawns, squid and Mullet strips and a range of soft plastics, Neither Jeff or myself had ever caught anything on the plastics before so we were a bit sceptical. We should not have been woried though, four nice flathead, three on black/silver thingies that Starlo & Bushie said would work did. Once we got the technique set we had a ball, the four were keepers, I dropped one at the boat and Jeff had two smaller (not legal) specimens. Biggest was 60 cm, 2 x 45 cm and one was 40 cm. Then the wind buggared the rest of the day. Going out again today, taking the lovely wives for a skid, around lunch time, more a sight seeing deal, to get some brownie points then it's full steam ahead. Go the soft plastics. CYA Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saqa Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 some nice fish there mate . Give the sandflats upstream from bobbin head a go. Some nice flathead grounds there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 great catch there mate, shame the wind ruined it for everyone yesterday. at least you managed a nice feed there mate. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Nice feed of Flatties you got there penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 So did you end up doing any bait fishing?? Well done on the catch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tafc010 Posted October 1, 2006 Author Share Posted October 1, 2006 Hey All, just got back from the trip with the wives, more bloody wind, I reckon worse than yesterday, got Whiting, Braem & tailor, nothing too exciting. We kept them alive and couldn't be bothered (the wind was s'house) so we jetted them and they all lived happily ever after. The wives love us, the prawns and steak are ready for tonite and I am gonna fall asleep in front of the footy (No Bloody Saints) Anyways we had a great weekend of fishing with family and friends, caught fish and no one got killed, that in my book is a success. CYA Geoff P>S The MSB were doing boat safety checks at ATB, love it, I think there should be more of it, thay had some real dicks there with no life jackets etc, good on the MSB. So did you end up doing any bait fishing?? Well done on the catch... Yes, but no success, we drifted aross Patonga and got zip, tried the plastcis for zip as well, I think we were too far out from the beach, but the wind screwed up the drift anyways. CYA Geoff P.S Thanks to all the well wishers about our catch, we were pretty happy as well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 nice catch there matey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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