Guest Finno Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Hit Brighton le sands, Botany bay this morning 8am fishing a dropping tide with my new ecogear vx. Been out of the game for a couple of weeks so was edging to wet a line. First hour was slow with only one small 25cm flatty, then 10mins later picked up a 47cm flathead from directly in front of the hotel down there. Next hour was slow with no fish so decided to move a few beaches up to Ramsgate. Fished there for half an hour then suddenly hooked on to a monster of a fish, first thought was a salmon or sting ray because it had a very long run but after a 10min fight on light gear a 78cm flatty appeared, PB!! Let that one go seeing as it was most likely a female and are big fish like this uncommon in the bay because this is the biggest iv'e caught and seen down there. Sorry no pics:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoiscool Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Good on ya for letting it go mate!!! That would have been a big breeding female for sure. I know the flatties move further up stream in winter and down stream in summer... Big flatties are everywhere the conditions suits them in my opinion!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 nice pb , got to be happy with that and well done on her release , cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 A new PB and released her so someone else might improve their PB too! Excellent work mate Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issue Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 NIIICE, there is a few good ones around that Ramsgate area and thanks to people like you releasing the big girls, there should be for years. Will see you around that spot some day soon,the water will get warmer and they will start getting more interested. Good on ya,keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 NIce Fish! I release all my big Flatties, Its always nice seeing them swim away and Its always nice Fishing those same areas in the future knowing those trophy fish are still down there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyb Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 well done on her release and welcome to the site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Godd to hear the flatties are out and about....congrats on the big girl and well done on the release!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadavu Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) That's an awesome fish for that area good job Edited August 28, 2011 by Squizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Congratulations on the PB mate and good on you for letting it go to fight another day. Cheers, Predator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get The Net Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Good spot to fish 25th of September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzor Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 How good is Botany!! my fav water way at the moment. nice to see more people releasing the big ones as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izza Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 wow man 78cm thats a stonker of a flaty, hell it aint even a flaty thats some form of prehistoric fish haha and yeah the bigest ones are usually the breeding females so good stuff on letting her go will be plenty of flathead in the bay for years to come because of it and from what Iv heard the monster ones dont taste the best anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattie_king Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 good one mate just wondering what did u catch the monster one on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finno Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 good one mate just wondering what did u catch the monster one on? Hey flatty king got it on a 35mm vx blade made by ecogear you can get them from the little bait shop in kyeemagh they retail for around $20 a bit pricey but they are great lures. Finbar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbour Hauler Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Well done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Good on ya for letting the big mama go, you did the right thing by both fish and fisherman... She will go on to produce more offspring that will reproduce themselves and more offspring for our dinner plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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