Robofish Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Hi Raiders, I went for my usual drift at Palm Beach today (the wife and kids fancied a feed of beer battered flathead) and we did catch some flathead but only when we could get through all of the Gummy sharks . I had never caught them there before but they were coming thick and fast, were great sport on light tackle and were picking up our bonito strip baits on every drift. At one point when my mate was taking a picture for me, I spotted his rod bent double in the holder he brought the fish up which turned out to be a smallish bronze whaler which bit him through at the side of the boat. At one point I also had a bronze whaler slash at a flathead that I was just about to swing in the boat! We had some fun but I can not remember it being like this last year - is this what I can expect in the area as the water temp drops? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Nice one, better then Flatties Might have to do a drift of there soon, i was there last month and got heaps of Flathead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Good feed and a solid fish to get on light gear! Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan.widz Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nice gummy there mate, were they all similar size as the one in the pic? Thats a pretty good one for this far north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robofish Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nice gummy there mate, were they all similar size as the one in the pic? Thats a pretty good one for this far north To be fair I had some bigger than that. When I hooked the first one it just felt heavy like a ray but then it went on some good runs. Great fun Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Awesome pics and report Dave, The water and weather looks pristine! Well done champ, sounds like the sharks are really on. Definately do not want to go for a swim hahaha Cheers, Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Just wondering what's the difference between a gummie and other sharks (taste)? I fish landbase in Whale Beach and i always catch them.... and release. How do you guys cook them? or BBQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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