Geoff Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 nice feed of flatties mate yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 did well there mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo1203 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Carnt complain about that catch well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawley Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 well done nice bag of flatties there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer666 Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 nice feed of flatties there mate considering they are $32 kg Cheers Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottyman Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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