fran1mat Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Hello Raiders, Fishraider Belly, myself and another mate of ours hit the water at Oatley Bay about 5.30am this morning. We went straight out into Botany Bay and had a drift around Sans Souci throwing all manner of soft plastics. We started out with a small bream and a couple of hard fighting trevally. Belly caught a good size Tailor and soon after, caught the first legal flathead of the day. We got a few more at that location before we decided to move over to Towra Point. Not long after arriving, Belly hooks up and you could tell immediately that it was a good fish. 76cm's of Botany Bay Dusky Flathead to be exact. Just an awesome fish. It was only after the pics were taken and this beautiful moster returned to the water did we have time to take stock of what had happened. She has ripped a hole in my landing net (great excuse for a brand new Enviro Net) as well as straightened Belly's hook. We were pretty lucky to land this fish, all things considered. This started which I would say was the best session of fishing I have been a part off for a very long time. Belly and our mate caught a 56cm flattie and a 51cm flattie between them. We also boated about another 6 legal flathead at that spot. We worked Towra heading back towards the Georges River. We caught another 53cm specimen as well as plenty of other 40cm models. All up our tally for today was 15 legal flatties, about 5 or so undersize flatties, 2 trevally, one tailor, a bream and a baby snapper. Berkley should be proud, all of the fish from todays adventures were from their products (and we tried heaps of different lures throughout the day) All fish released today. catch'n'release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Great looking lizard mate and good to see you getting into some other good fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabefisho Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 NICE! good catch c'n'r That croc is a monster, all 76cm it certainly did some damage to that hook Tight lines Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Top morning boys and well done on the 76cm monster!lOOKS LIKE THE FLATTIES ARE WAKING UP TOO What depth were you fishing boys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie machine Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Awesome haul fellas. that's a great morning's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 top catch there boys and hats off to you guys for the release of the breeder! cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 good onya Matt, great flatties mate and sounds like you had a ball.. Congrats buddy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoo76 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Well done. Looks like you had a fun session. I was at san souci this morning off the beach throwing a mf-40 around for a hour or so and on the last cast i managed 70cm FAT flatty. Had to weigh 2.5kg. great fight on the 2-4kg stick i was using. Ill be back there in the morning, tight lines all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 (edited) Top report and congratulations on a great flattie session . The 76cm model looked to be in excellent condition and good onya for releasing her. Edited October 23, 2010 by Basscatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSTER 1 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Well done boys looks like they are back on ,Belly you must lose that shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 It's sure shaping up to be a big Flathead season. It's thanks to fisherman like you guys:thumbup: releasing the big ladies that there are so many table ones, Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran1mat Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 (edited) Top morning boys and well done on the 76cm monster!lOOKS LIKE THE FLATTIES ARE WAKING UP TOO What depth were you fishing boys? Hi Rob, it was about a metre or two or three. It was crystal clear water and we could always see the bottom. Sorry I can't be more specific but I don't own a depth sounder. Matt Edited October 24, 2010 by catch'n'release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran1mat Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 Well done boys looks like they are back on ,Belly you must lose that shirt I nearly didn't let him or the other bloke (wearing the same jerseys) onboard Buster. In the end I just felt sorry for them. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I nearly didn't let him or the other bloke (wearing the same jerseys) onboard Buster. In the end I just felt sorry for them. Matt Way to go matt,top quality session .Good on you for CATCH n RELEASE of that stonka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arty9 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hectic Flatty there guys Letting the girl swim away for another day is even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACIMA Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Great session guys and not a bad size croc either Well done Belly but I'm sure it was a team effort to land her in the boat. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issue Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Nice.....good croc! loving the release. Its so cool watching them swim off after they have made your day hey? Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeyboy83 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yeh I agree mate, thats thing aint a lizard, its a croc!! Very nice fish Matt. That bigger one makes my P.B of 67cm look like a gecko! Keep up the good work mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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