katsuo Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) Woke up this morning and just had a itch to go fishing havent had much luck lately. Told the lets go for a quickie (no its not what your thinking of) Last week I bought a new Flueger 6'6" Soft Plastic rod from my local tackle store equiped with a Shimano 1000 FB. My first Soft Plastic outfit. Using 4lb fireline 4lb with 12Lb Seaguar flourocarbon leader connected to Squidgies Pro Range Sp's (color:LAVA) Anyway checked the tides and it was high tide at 11am, alright decided the location should be brighton-le-sands as there was reports of Flathead taken from there. arrived at about 10:45ish. was working my way up the breakwall there making sure im covering every area. 10 mins later I scored a healthy 35cm, and released to get some more weight on worked my way up the break wall almost half way to the end where the water is about 1.5 meters deep and I scored a decent 45 cm flatty which went into my bucket for dinner. 1 hour later I reached almost the end of the break wall and the water would have almost been 2 meter deep and then I get a nice jerk on my rod. uh! this one feels a lot better. A lot of thrashing about. landed it. and it turns out to be my personal best 56cms spent another 20 mins and then went home. Edited May 24, 2008 by katsuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Great result my good man and a nice feed for the family. Congrats on your new PB as well Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter76 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 NICE flattie Katsuo. Very nice day today for a bit of a fish. Very tastie Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) well done katsuo gotta be happy with those results.. those groynes and surrounds hold good fish most times and im sure youll be back for more... just be careful holding a flatty like that as they have a bad habit of shaking there head whenever a fisho is within coo-ee of those spikes on back of head.... cheers....steve...... Edited May 24, 2008 by roosterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well done Katsuo! Christened a new fishing outfit, improved your flathead PB, and fed the family .. a great session! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_fall88 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 that looks like so much fun im gonna try it! hey just wondering if you waded and how far did u go in the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Well done on getting yourself a couple of nice lizards on plastic's,great fun & a nice feed of fresh fish too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 (edited) Katsuo congratulations on catching flathead on sp/s Flathead are one of the better table fish, but if my wife cooked one up according to that overseas Seriola and Kingfish recipe, I probably wouldn't have any symptoms until I attempted to breathe. Cheers jewgaffer Edited May 29, 2008 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsuo Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 just be careful holding a flatty like that as they have a bad habit of shaking there head whenever a fisho is within coo-ee of those spikes on back of head.... Thanks Roosterman! thanks for the warning, thats why i used a towel to handle them. slippery buggers to hold arnt they. Cheers. that looks like so much fun im gonna try it! hey just wondering if you waded and how far did u go in the water? Hi Spirit_Fall, I didnt wade at all, I fished off the break walls there and all the hook ups were almost 7 meters in front of me. I just slowly retrieved the plastic so its working the bottom surface. standing at one point and casting at different angles, then moving up 2 meters until i reached the end of the break wall. Good luck! Thank you to all for your comments! Cheers, Katsuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Good work champ !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsuo Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 very nice! how long were you out there for? great spot to fish raide on! nick Yeah nice relaxing spot. I was out there for a good 2 hours. arrived 1 hour before high tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 nice flatty its a top spot there, i was there not too loong ago, and had some good hook ups near the breakwall thingy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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