Wantingaboat Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Hey all. Well it has been an eventful weekend to say the least. Decided to go up to my grandparents place on the water up at lake mac. I already had a dinner arrangement on Friday night so i said to my other mates that were coming up to go up earlier and i gave them the key to the house. I arrived at midnight to find 2 of them missing, at Newcastle hosipital, as one had casted a 4 inch prawn into another of my mates eyebrows. Even though it was a lucky escape this time we all found it very very funny. The thought of three blokes driving back to the house with a prawn attached to someones face is rather humerous. By the sounds of things if this ever happens to you i would suggest not trying to pierce the skin with the hook to get it back out. Our skin is bloody tough stuff. They gave him a local but said the doctor took quite a while trying to get it back out and i would hate to think how painful it would be without the local. Just so you know how big it was it was a 3/0 nitro jighead. Ouch. Anyway back to the fishing. I hadnt fished the lake seriously for about 10 years. We set out on Saturday morning and tried a few places that were recommended. These produced very little so we decided to try a bay closer to where we were staying that i had luck as a kid. Drifting over a certain patch produced about 8-10 flathead all in the 35-60cm range. There were some monsters that busted us off though. The lake sure has some flathead. We all changed up our ten pound leaders for 17 pound after the 2nd bustoff but there were still a few smokings over the two days. Unfortunately we did try over near swansea bridge but that produced zilch. All in all a wicked trip away and the fishing was not dissapointing. We were all a bit annoyed that we couldnt locate any bream but there is always next time. I have added a few pictures below for your entertainment. One more thing is that my mate took a little bbq out on the boat one day and cooked us sausage sanbos with onion and sauce. I think that might need to become a regular thing when out fishing. Cheers. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-as-trophy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Apaart from the little mishap, sounds lile a good time was had by alll. Cheers Mrs Flightmanager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Awsome stuff mate!! those fillets look YUMMMM!!! ...by the way, what happened to that mate of urs?..did he end up fishing with u? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 G'day Mike, well that was great story , hope your mates face heals up okay, gee a touch closer and bang right in the eyeball, that would have been a different story, good to see you scored some nice flatties even the smokers are fun for a while anyway.. Cheers mate great read and pics.. Ray.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wantingaboat Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) Yeah he battled through it the next day. Was pretty good about it as if it had been me i wouldnt have been happy. Here he is with a triumphant blue swimmer. Too small to keep however. Edited June 8, 2009 by Wantingaboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Nice report mate. Sounds like a usual boys w/end away!!! Well done on some nice lizards & great to see your mate didn't suffer any serious damage. He'll carry that story & the plenty of stirring from his mates for the rest of his life. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monch Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Sounds like everything worked out fine despite the mishap. What i am astonished about is why does that flathead in the 5th pic have such HUMUNGOUS eyes!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver1 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Sounds like everything worked out fine despite the mishap. What i am astonished about is why does that flathead in the 5th pic have such HUMUNGOUS eyes!? he,s smoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austwave Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Sounds like a good weekend Mike. Gotta be happy with a few fish, your mate was lucky, could have been a lot worse. Good report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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