sadamson Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) This morning i hooked up the boat and headed down to the Georges river to have a go at the blackfish. Went on a picnic with the wife yesterday at Bundeena and found some nice looking weed. Pulled up at the spot we always catch them this time in the boat saved the bush walk in.Very slow going only boated 1 fish. I had my brand new Staro Stick with me.So went for a drift flicking so lures and soft plastics. Second cast on the plastic I felt a bump I was sure it was a small snag then it PULLED REEEEL HARD Look at the size of this thing comparied to the lure and my new reel and rod are now broken in Caught on 4 pound fireline 8 pound leader Rod 2-4 kg Starlo Stick.... Edited July 15, 2009 by Reggie the Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel99 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Nice fish mate But seriously I don't understand why flatties go for something that's almost as big as them? I mean I understand if it was a fish with teeth that could rip a chunk out of its' prey but flathead have pretty crappy teeth... Does anyone have an explanation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewdreamer Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Yeah, the poor little bugger wuz hungry! OR.... It was chasing the 10Kg Jewie that was stalking reggies plastic... Snuck up on it ... was going to take the jewie head first... And missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 wow, that just shows how much of a predator flatties are, even at such a young age. nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Nice to see you getting out fishing the Georges, Stephen it's good to see a tiny flathead like that hitting a lure and it goes to show that even the tiniest of flathead will jump onto anything moving along and especially a lure that swims like a mangrove fry... Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 We all need a laugh every now and then, good report mate, I can relate to your catch cause I've done it too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 It's a case of the proverbial poodle grabbing your leg between it's teeth and trying to rip it off... How big is the poodle compared to you? Yet it still thinks it;s gonna have roast human leg for dinner....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forliano Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I wish I had taken a photo... But a few years ago I caught a flattie on a prawn, it was the size of my index finger, I couldn't work out why my 'bait' was moving while I was retrieving after not getting any bites... Good report, nice fish... Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevoro Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Hahaha... good catch. At least its a bite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 FR record for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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