cut_loose Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Hey Guys, i fished the Flathead Classic today on Lake Illawarra. With an hour drive starting at 4AM and driving through nothing but rain, rain and rain, the day was not off to a good start. As Me and my dad launched the boat the weather was starting to look good. The clouds were clearing and it looked like the sun was going to come out. About 30 minutes into fishing it started raining really hard and it was really uncomfortable fishing only sitting under a bimini. I felt sorry for the guys in open boats! On the sandbar we noticed a bird that appeared to be stuck on fishing line. Unbelievable that it was just left there! If the tide came up the poor thing would of drowned. Me and my dad pulled up and cut the line off the bird and let it free. A good deed i thought would give me or my dad a decent fish in return haha. Early on about an hour into fishing we had 2 Flathead measured, recorded and released just to keep them out of the live bait tank. It's not really suited to holding live Flathead. The fish went 42cm and 37cm. I knew this was no were near enough to win the comp but it was something on the board. Back out on my old favorite spot in the Lake and first cast on the plastics i had a Flathead in the tank again, 37cm! not bad not bad. Drifted around for a while and the rain just kept coming. It was really hard going because it was just so uncomfortable, but we kept at it! I had a good run on my Live Poddy Mullet and it turned out to be a 25cm Bream, abit small so back in the drink he went. After another hour passed with only undersized Flathead coming in the boat i had another decent run on my Live Poddy. It turned out to be my best Bream for the year! 31cm. Not the fish we were after but nice none the less. We got another Flathead going 35cm one cm undersized back in the drink it went and i wanted to head in. It was 11:30 near the final measure in time so me and my dad went back to the boat ramp to put the boat on the trailer and measure our Flattie in. While dad was getting the car he hit the gutter and got a flat tire! just our bloody luck. He was alright changing it himself so i kept drifting the channel for 20 minutes fishing. On my first drop to the bottom with the last Poddy Mullet i got a bloody 44cm Flathead, our best for the day 2 minutes from the boat ramp, damn it! should of stayed here all along. Dropped a prawn to the bottom 2 minutes later after getting the Flattie in the tank and within 30 seconds i was on again. This time it was a 27cm Whiting. Now i really wished i stayed here all day haha. The 20 minutes passed and my dad had the tire changed and the trailer in the water. We got the boat up and went to measure the Flathead in and found out that we missed measure in time, how is that for luck! Oh well, it doesn't bother me. This just meant we kept the fish for a feed. The fish i caught last monday have already been eaten. I've got a craving for Flathead and Whiting and well, i'm having Flathead and Whiting tomorrow night without a doubt. All in all, a good day out even with all the bad luck, fishing is fishing, i love it and i will be back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Bit of bad luck there mate =P I was praying the weather would hold out for you guys haha Nice bream though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Great report and thanks for sharing the highs and lows of your day. The first photo of the flattie really demonstrates how wet it was out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 you look like u went overboard awesome fish for that area mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks guys Heres a quick video of how hard it was really raining out there ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XTfIrJAag&feature=channel_video_title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks guys Heres a quick video of how hard it was really raining out there ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XTfIrJAag&feature=channel_video_title mmmmmmmm looks like summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingmik Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Good report mate i was another one of them crazy buggers out there today with my dad i couldnt beleive the rain it didnt stop for 1 minute we ended up with 4 keepers to 40 bloody hard days fishing mik.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzlar Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thats fishing hey Take the good with the bad, I live by an old moto. A Bad days fishing is better then a good day at work, & yous caught fish or better still a feed. I wonder if ur old boy realy loves fishing as much as you champ & I look at it this way its experiances like today your both living LIFE & shared time togeather and in a couple of years time yous will probably be talking about that day after a cold one all the best champ to you and your family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhands Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Yeh good report- braver man than I no way was going out in that. Popped up to weigh station at 10am and the biggest one at that time was 71cm caught on plastic, biggest on bait 51cm. Not sure if either of those won they day, and at that time no-one had got the tagged fish. Bummer was the afternoon there was beautiful. Edited January 15, 2012 by manhands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignev Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) a good report there mate the comp should have been last weekend i was down there then and caught a couple of good flatties Edited January 15, 2012 by bignev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks guys ! Here is the video of setting the bird free http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb-6CS4h7os&lc=QAjS4lUpPi7JacrCBGtg9QCuUdckUJPcIdUucZ9PxH4&feature=inbox And a video of me fishing Windang last week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9EwrwV-48&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGMAN Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hi I'm new to all this! Nice fish were are they caught In a boat or off the shore or rocks? could you give me a street name in windang if of shore keen to try it out! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGMAN Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hi I'm new to all this! Nice fish were are they caught In a boat or off the shore or rocks? could you give me a street name in windang if of shore keen to try it out! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi boat, i got all my fish from a boat but there are many great landbased spots all over Windang. You try try a peice of shoreline along Oakland Ave, i always see people fishing along this section of the channel. Just be careful as the current can really get strong around here ! the tide turn is best here from high to low. I have caught fish in that channel from my boat so i know you'd get em landbased Goodluck and post up any reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGMAN Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks heaps guys let use know how I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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