jenno64 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 After reading reports of little action on the Georges lately, yesterday arvo, I collected some poddies for a crack at this mornings run out tide. Woke at 5:30am and saw the fullish moon still high in the sky (not normally a good sign) and made it on the water at 6:15am to find the tide coming to a halt. I soaked a couple of large poddies in a deep channel that has produced some good fish but 'no run, no fun'. Plan B was to fish another shallower spot for the start of the run in and about 7am I had my first mid 40s flatty in the live-well. I worked a section of 100m up and down with the tide picking up and the next hour or so was action packed. I landed 10 flatties in the high 40s and kept 4 for the table. Returned to my deep hole for another drift but no crackers today. Just had a sensational feed of flatty fillets with lyonnaise potatoes, a home grown salad and a choice reisling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashful Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Great feed mate! Congrats!! I was just about to give up on flatties in the Georges...so how do you present the poddies on the hook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Congratulations on the catch. Sounds like you got them worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 A nice feed of flatty fillets, also goes well with a good bottle of riesling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Great feed mate! Congrats!! I was just about to give up on flatties in the Georges...so how do you present the poddies on the hook? Dchu, I pin the poddies up through the nose on a wide gap hook and either drift them over the bottom or troll them behind the kayak if there is no drift in the shallows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashful Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I pin the poddies up through the nose on a wide gap hook and either drift them over the bottom or troll them behind the kayak if there is no drift in the shallows. Thanks Jenno...it helps a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 quote name='dchu' timestamp='1326495780' post='429128'] I pin the poddies up through the nose on a wide gap hook and either drift them over the bottom or troll them behind the kayak if there is no drift in the shallows. Thanks Jenno...it helps a lot! These are the go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Nice catch of flatties there Rob, did you dangle a placcie as well??. Nice feed mate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nice flatties there Rob. I haven't had a chance to fish the Georges this summer but the reports indicate it has been hard work so live bait seems a very good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey jenno, Out of interest what size hook do you use in the wide gap? Do the poddies struggle to survive with the weight of the hook? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Nice catch of flatties there Rob, did you dangle a placcie as well??. Nice feed mate.. Ray I don't use placcies that often but I troll hard bodies a fair bit when I don't have bait handy. How is the fishing up your way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey jenno, Out of interest what size hook do you use in the wide gap? Do the poddies struggle to survive with the weight of the hook? thanks Tumra, I use 1/0 s for small poddies and 2/0s for poddies bigger that 10cm. The bigger poddies tend to attract the bigger fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTheBoy Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Very nicely done sir - you have their measure at the moment! Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryboy Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Top catch mate, and thanks for the report. Lyonnaise potatoes no less - la de dah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ray I don't use placcies that often but I troll hard bodies a fair bit when I don't have bait handy. How is the fishing up your way? Haven't been out much Rob, tooo much work on atm, get the odd spin around the rocks for a horsie or two and thats about it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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