Bate Bay , Thursday 6th

[Geoff]

Fished Bate Bay yesterday. First stop was Shark Island. No action either on the bottom or surface but the surfers were enjoying a large swell & some nice tunnel waves.

With the wind predicted to come from the N/E headed to Osborn Shoals. Unable to locate & considering the less than exciting action on past visits did not waste time searching it out.

Motored towards Meries Reef with the view to do some bottom bashing but a lot of white water & the occasional boomer rolling in decided to give it a wide berth

Headed East to try for some Flathead. Several drifts only produced the occasional small Flatties.

Kept moving around , water temp was 20 degrees with the occasional patch of 21 degrees.

We found them & a hour or so later had 8 nice size fish on board.

During this run the bait fish surfaced about 50 mt away. Commenced a berley trail & soon had a large No. at the boat. They were slimies , about 5" long. Caught a few , removed the fillets , the Flatties loved them with one drop resulting in a double hook up of two large keepers

With the wind increasing & now early afternoon decided to head for home. Stopped just North of Jibbon for a drift. A Sweep , reasonable Trevor & another reef fish , all went back.

Overall a great day on the water

Geoff

[robeebee]

nice feed of flatties mate

yum

[tumra]

did well there mate...

[nemo1203]

Carnt complain about that catch well done.

[Bawley]

Fished Bate Bay yesterday. First stop was Shark Island. No action either on the bottom or surface but the surfers were enjoying a large swell & some nice tunnel waves.

With the wind predicted to come from the N/E headed to Osborn Shoals. Unable to locate & considering the less than exciting action on past visits did not waste time searching it out.

Motored towards Meries Reef with the view to do some bottom bashing but a lot of white water & the occasional boomer rolling in decided to give it a wide berth

Headed East to try for some Flathead. Several drifts only produced the occasional small Flatties.

Kept moving around , water temp was 20 degrees with the occasional patch of 21 degrees.

We found them & a hour or so later had 8 nice size fish on board.

During this run the bait fish surfaced about 50 mt away. Commenced a berley trail & soon had a large No. at the boat. They were slimies , about 5" long. Caught a few , removed the fillets , the Flatties loved them with one drop resulting in a double hook up of two large keepers

With the wind increasing & now early afternoon decided to head for home. Stopped just North of Jibbon for a drift. A Sweep , reasonable Trevor & another reef fish , all went back.

Overall a great day on the water

Geoff

well done.... cant go wrong with flathead mate.. they are the ants pants.. I remember when I was a kid we used to catch flatties on the bacon rind..... no probs...... cant go wrong with slimies though !

[big_steve]

well done

nice bag of flatties there

[slayer666]

nice feed of flatties there mate considering they are $32 kg

Cheers Joe

[mottyman]

Hi Geoff,

Sneaky mid week fish hey!!!!!!

Where was my "on the water report" as I was working away!!!!

Nice feed tho - well done.

Could you see anything chasing the slimies????

Cheers

Dave.

[Geoff]

Hi Geoff,

Could you see anything chasing the slimies????

Cheers

Dave.

David , We were a bit far away to see any water action. Only the birds , they were having a great feast

Geoff