spic Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) Hit ramp at 5.00am I wasn't sure what to expect weather wise after that blow on Sat and didn't think we would get outside but it was calm and headed out to Bangalley Head in search of Kings and found absolutely none. No surface activity anywhere, anyway stocked up on Yakkas and decided to head out to Esmeralda only to be gretted by those ravenous buggers yes Leather Jackets and big buggers as well, the one on the photo went 52cm. Man I dislike these fellas especially when you can see a good show on the sounder and these fellas are sitting above them. Just can't get to the fish. Moved around a bit but couldn't escape them and decide to see if I could get a feed of flatties. Finally found them and were quite thick but only in a very small area. All good size fish ranging from 40-65cm All in all a great day on the water and a great feed what else could one ask for! Tight Lines Vic Edited December 21, 2008 by spic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 OMG Vic!! That haul will feed an army!! That's a huge leatherjacket too! A good day on the water. Cheerio Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spic Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 OMG Vic!! That haul will feed an army!! That's a huge leatherjacket too! A good day on the water. Cheerio Roberta Well I had quite a few hungry mouths to feed when we got back, funny how the friends and family seem to time their visits with my fishing trips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emetic Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Well I had quite a few hungry mouths to feed when we got back, funny how the friends and family seem to time their visits with my fishing trips geez i would have been happy with just 1 of those yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 We copped the big jackets off Long Reef on Sunday as well but found very few lizards. The conditions were great but the fish were not biting apart from the leatheries. Fishing in 60 metres plus, the sinkers felt a lot colder than the 20 degrees reported surface temperature. Just before Xmas, we normally we take home a good haul like the ones in the photo but this year we have done much better overall in the cooler months. Such is fishing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksburydave Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) since i cant post my sorry i'll just edit this. soz if i offended anyone, good catch, i am truly jealous Edited December 22, 2008 by hawksburydave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hawkesbury Dave - Spic's catch was legal and well within his bag limit. All flatties caught by anyone, from the smallest to the largest, are "potential breeders" so your comment is not only rude but also completely nonsensical. Spic - great catch and congrats to you. Clearly you had to work hard for the lizards but you found em in the end! I'm jealous thinking of all the tasty fillets you and your family will be enjoying over the coming days. Did you just drift until you found them, or do you have a more 'scientific' method for finding the schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick59 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 that is a great catch perfect eating size no large breeders there between 3 people thats only 6 fish each i have worked on trawlers that would trawl every day [weather permitting] and get 50 to 100 baskets of flathead each day so i dont think vic is slowing down the breeding of these fish in my bookpeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spic Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 (edited) Hawkesbury Dave - Spic's catch was legal and well within his bag limit. All flatties caught by anyone, from the smallest to the largest, are "potential breeders" so your comment is not only rude but also completely nonsensical. Spic - great catch and congrats to you. Clearly you had to work hard for the lizards but you found em in the end! I'm jealous thinking of all the tasty fillets you and your family will be enjoying over the coming days. Did you just drift until you found them, or do you have a more 'scientific' method for finding the schools? Thanks for clearing that up for me I was just about to. Yes it was a hard day no current and the water temp down there is still very cold. There was some planing put in to finding these, sometime ago I purchased a few seafloor topography maps that by different colours diplays the type of bottom. There is one particluar small gravel patch that I've been meaning to try for a while and this is where we picked up all the fish. The drift is a very short one approx 20mt. Edited December 22, 2008 by spic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Seafloor topography maps eh? That sounds extremely sensible - I might have to enquire after these with Tony at Fishfinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 great haul mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spic Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Seafloor topography maps eh? That sounds extremely sensible - I might have to enquire after these with Tony at Fishfinder. I have the map on my plotter but I'm refering to a few hard copy maps that I purchased. The detail is fantastic and shows depth as well. I'd be keen to hear if there is an electronic version that displays the floor in different colours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 nice vic regards Squid Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Good effort Spic a little bit of effort and thinking pays off Please no more Catch and release views to be imposed in fishing reports at all. NO MORE WARNINGS see site rules HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer666 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 nice feed of flatties there mate and one big leather jacket Cheers Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 great haul of flatties and a big jacket there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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