hookerbruce Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Hi All Hooked up the tinny on thurs afternoon to head offshore and chase some of those kings everyones getting. Then the southerly hit and kept blowing, changed the game plan and decided to fish the river for whatever was around. Fri morning was overcast and very cool which meant the boatramp had parking and little traffic on the water. First stop was Mainbar to pump nippers then up to the sandflats to chase whiting. Heaps of whiting but they appeared to be in a spawning aggregation just chasing each other round and not interested in bait or lures. Heads and fins were a very dark colour and bodies very light. Perserved casting small unweighted nippers on 2 kg mono catching a few under size fish then a small take came up solid lots of weight but still coming towards me. I got to see one of the largest flathead I've seen in Port Hacking on the end of my line. Then remembered 2kg line, 30cm long 6lb fluro trace and a no. 4 long shank whiting hook. Didn't fancy my chances, anyway sent my son back to the boat for the large landing net while the fish powered out into the channel taking 40m of line in no time. A see sawing battle lasted about 10 mins when my son saw the fish he thought he should have grabbed the gaff instead. Another stressful 5 mins to get the last 5 m of line and the fish was in the net. Back to the boat for a measure and a photo and fish was successfully revided and released to fight another day. Luckily the hook was in the corner of the mouth and the Platypus pre test line was new. We then went and chase tailor and bonito at Lilli Pilli keeping a few of each with a whiting and a bream and back at the ramp by 10 am as the weather was clearing and the boats coming out on the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawley Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 mate a great catch... and well done on her release.. merry x mas pal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 A Christmas Cracker!!!! Unbelievable fish on silly string! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Ripper flathead! I can't imagine catching a flattie like that on 2kg mono! Brilliant! A top morning on the river! Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 That's a cracker fish mate, well done ! 10/10 for the release, best feeling ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issue Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Cracker croc and really well done on the release. Theres been a few nice ones around lately.Karma says you will get some more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Lovely big lizard mate, what a catch on such light line too, lucky that little whiting hook was in the corner of her mouth, congrats on the release too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 hey mate, great flathead you released there, well done!! mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusky_Chaser Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Adiing my congrats on an awesome fish and to catch it as bycatch must of been a huge surprise.....great work on the light gear and a pat on the back for letting her go. Breaks my heart to see photos of these fish dead, dried out and crusty.....Well done to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mialla Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Mate what a suprise -- cracking fish mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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