spence Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Went out yesterday armed with some nice poddy mullet to chase my favourite species - the humble flathead. Hit the water at 6am and had a few early hook-ups around 35cms. Then a major hook-up and my 4lb braid heads west at a fast heavy pace over about 5 feet of sand. Try and stop it and turn it's head but it was impossible and ping! 12lb trace breaks and flattie is gone. Moped around and spoke with my mate about how big it would have been and popped out another nice poddy mullet. A school of tailor demolished a number of poddy mullet till finally another solid hook-up. I said not as big as the last one but still decent. Pulled her up after a few nice runs and saw the hook was not in the mouth but she was hooked under the chin. Very carefully netted in the enviro net and measured at exactly 70cm. Released in good condition and back at the ramp at 10am with no keepers but still happy as it is a new pb for me. Here she is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Top effort mate..... You gotta be happy with that. Twin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalibre Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 nice flattie mate congrads on the pb to excalibre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSHISWET Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 BRAVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Nice effort! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsparky77 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 nice matey sparky77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I think the poddies are deadly on the bigger models.....no feed today but major enthusiasm generated for your next trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaffdogg Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 very nice fish mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belly Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Nice fish Rod where were you fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 That's a good fish mate, made even better by the fact that it's a new PB! Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moro Mou Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Nice work Spence69, Live poddies might have to give that ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Well done on catching a great flathead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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