cattfish Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 What can I tell ya? less than a week after my story of frustration over at Rushcutters I've gone and landed me first Flathead The mrs and I rocked up at about 5pm Saturday just for a couple of hours. We had a rod each to keep us entertained with the small stuff and we chucked out another 2 rods with bigger baits for anything juicy that might be swimming past. We were bringing in plenty of small snapper and Bream and I thought I would check the baits on the other rods.... As I slowly lifted the first rod to check the Bait (whole cooked/peeled prawn) BANG FISH ON..... and it is considerably bigger than the small Snapper that we've been messing about with.... could it be?.... it is..... FLATHEAD ON! (This might seem a little over the top but I have put in a lot of time and effort recently for poor results and the prospect of catching an average flatty was terribly exciting) Half way in and the cheapo reel starts playing up after a short fight with fish...... and tackle.... he's in.... you beauty.. seconds after touching dry land the line snaps..close one!! Took some cracking photo's and sent him back to put on some weight. In all the excitement I didn't measure him, I know it isn't a monster like some of the fish I've seen on here but I was overjoyed none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Quality fish Catfish.. nice to see you put him back. Bloody good on the table at that size!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Well done Catfish. The first of many, I hope! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 good to see all your effort has payed off well done and that is a nice flatty cheers miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Well done, Cattfish Great report. So glad you got a beautie!! That was real nice of you to put him back, too! Hey! You are allowed to get excited .... you could have lost him on a couple of occasions, according to your report, so GET EXCITED! I still get excited with every fish I catch - whether a keeper or throwback! The day I am not excited would be the day to give it up, I reckon! Cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjustedpete Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 What a great fish, and the t.shirt says it all..............good onya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 A good first flatty,well done mate!Grab yourself a couple of small but good quality reels for your outfits they dont have to cost you too much,you will enjoy catching fish alot more & most importantly they wont let you down when a serious fish comes along. cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattfish Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 A good first flatty,well done mate!Grab yourself a couple of small but good quality reels for your outfits they dont have to cost you too much,you will enjoy catching fish alot more & most importantly they wont let you down when a serious fish comes along. cheers steve sound advice Steve.... I'll put them on me Christmas list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcha11 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Great fish catfish and well done mate! There is nothing like that feeling that only we as fisho's understand. And good on ya for letting him go for another day. Congrats, and great report mate. Charmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlin1962 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hi catfish, nice first flattie you got there, the excitement is part of the game. WELL DONE MATE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frantic Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Great flattie mate and you derserve to be excited i know i do when i catch a different species and i love just being out on the water .Good on ya Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Onya Catfish Good to see the good Raider info put to use for a fine result Always good to impress the as she will usually out fish you on the day Don't forget to drop Santa a hint and a fully detailed list of the correct reels Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloosh Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 nice one Cattfish hopefully ull be gettin stuck into the big crocs before u know it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattfish Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Quality fish Catfish.. nice to see you put him back. Bloody good on the table at that size!! Cheers Ceph, Bought meself a squid jig the other day, would I be waisting my time LB over at rushcutters? Or could you suggest somewhere? never caught one.... would love too. Cheers Cattfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Cheers Ceph, Bought meself a squid jig the other day, would I be waisting my time LB over at rushcutters? Or could you suggest somewhere? never caught one.... would love too. Cheers Cattfish If you're lucky!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 (edited) Great flatty for your first one mate... As for the squid, you can get them almost anywhere you can find kelp... Best times are dawn and dusk but you can get them pretty much anywhere at anytime... Try and concentrate your efforts a couple of hours either side of high tide if possible as this seems to be the most productive time... There are some great threads on the forums about squidding so do a search and you'll come up with a heap of good info... Good luck! Cheers Tony Edited November 20, 2007 by Tony Soprano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattfish Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Great flatty for your first one mate... As for the squid, you can get them almost anywhere you can find kelp... Best times are dawn and dusk but you can get them pretty much anywhere at anytime... Try and concentrate your efforts a couple of hours either side of high tide if possible as this seems to be the most productive time... There are some great threads on the forums about squidding so do a search and you'll come up with a heap of good info... Good luck! Cheers Tony Top Banana Tony thanks for the tip..... watch this space.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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