drkcld Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) Well last night i looked at the weather and decided that i'd go for a quick session at the habour after class. I called dazza up, he said he didnt wanna bring any gear since he would head straight to the place after uni so i brought most of the gear. Got there at 4:30pm burleyed n caught some yellowtails after a few minutes dazza arrived and we caught 2-3 yellowtails ready to be used live. I rigged up my 2 rods and launched it out with the live yellowtails pretty much good size for the kings. Waiting patiently we caught more yellowtails and gave it to some other guys who were catching them. After an hour at around 5:30 i got a hook up hahah i think everyone was around me like around 10 people . i told dazza to get the camera but he always forgets where it is, so i was fighting this fish, it wasnt a kingy for sure but it was heavy!! my god was it heavy so i was thinking it was a trevally and so did everyone else but wen we saw it on the surface it was a BIG FLATTY my god it was my biggest flatty. we pulled it to the side near the ladder and landed it measuring up to 58cm my PB!! woooooo!!! but wait a minute, we were wondering how a flatty ate a whole yellowtail and we looked in the mouth, it just swallowed the whole freaken yellowtail! i hook wasnt even hooked on the flatty amazing we thought. after a while i was reeling in my other rod and noticing that my yellowtail had died but i saw something following it, it was quite fast and brown and noticed it was a cuttlefish pretty big 30cm+, and dazza told me to drop the dead yellowtail back in for fun and so we did, 5mins later the whole yellowtail was gone oh boy the cuttlefish must have got full packed up and left at 6:30 quite a good day even with no kingys after such a hot morning! cheers .steve Edited October 22, 2007 by drkcld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squizy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Steve; Well done on a great read and obviously a fun afternoon Well done on the on the nice Lizard. Squizy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzassj6 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 our first live bait victim. i love the flattie its the biggest i've seen. I guess we are improving drkcld lol cant wait until we head back down there again. I have to land that king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Gotta love good Flatties.. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice wirk guys!!!! Its amazing seeing how big a bait that fish will sometimes eat!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodBlues Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Congrats on the PB flatty definately a nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Congrats on the PB, Steve Those ravenous buggers never cease to amaze me with their appetite! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skunga Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Good work on the livebait flatty. You guys are doing well - that king wont be long for you now.. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice flattie. We once pulled in a nice flattie about that size and as we were holding it up looking at it in the boat it fell from the line to the floor. At the end of the hook was a small fish still wriggling. Funny thing was that when he baited his hook he had a small piece of pillie. The small fish took the pillie and then the flattie took the small bait fish. Thats fishing for ya. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice one guys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice lizard there fellas, not unusual to get a big lizard on live yakkas my biggest lizards came from Rose Bay on live yakkas about 3 to 4 inches long. Well done. royce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOCK Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhembran Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 our first live bait victim. i love the flattie its the biggest i've seen. I guess we are improving drkcld lol cant wait until we head back down there again. I have to land that king! Geez..I got no credit for that shopping bag? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzassj6 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Geez..I got no credit for that shopping bag? LOL lol full credit to ur shopping bag since we didnt have a net thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 "......we were wondering how a flatty ate a whole yellowtail and we looked in the mouth, it just swallowed the whole freaken yellowtail! i hook wasnt even hooked on the flatty amazing we thought"...... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi drcld and dazza. The nice flathead that grabbed hold of your livie is a sign of good things to come for you. You will get bigger and better results after the spending the time you do catching and fishing with livies and using suitable gear in good locations. Some strange things happen to larger livies at times when fishing in good size predator territory. Good soft plastics and hardbody specialists can do well on bream and flathhead etc and they also have a good go at targetting jewfish at good locations at the right times. Still there is nothing as attractive with as much panic coming out of it as a struggling livie that can alter alter the mood of a passing predator fish. Using bull mullet about eight inches long up north which is what the local fishermen have to do, when they're fishing for jew, as an example, when the bull mullet are running at Ballina, often leads to an attack from a school of bream who peck the eyes out or bite off the mullet's breathing works, killing the livie. When the timing is good and the conditions are right for jew often other species are on the bite and the good signs are when the bream quieten off as the jew come in for their regular attack at the run back of the tide on the baitfish etc. When you hook up one of the bream there is generally no sign of the live bait that they have pulled off the line. I have had livies replaced by smaller flathead at places like Ballina, which sudden come from around the points corners and bite hard on a struggling livie when fishing for jew at the little break wall heads in the Gap where yachts moor across from the wharf near the RSL club. When fishing for trevally or jack in a lake around the entrance points to road culverts before the current runs back you can often hook up other species smaller than the bait you used. It is a waste of time fishing with squid because squid gets anihilated because of the number of bream in the Richmond river. There's certainly a whole world of predators out there as well as little fry and puffer fish schools that will take a look at anything that moves and them take a swipe at it to see what he they can get out of it and least expecting a struggling livie or a free swimming hesitant soft plastic to offer them a face full of hooks. jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amkulic Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Awsome job on the PB flatty!!! Where abouts in the harbour was it caught if you dont mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domza Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Nice flatty mate, i have also caught my biggest flatty (90cm) on a live yakka. Sure it wasn't a jewie, but it was the next best thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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