joking fish Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 The breeze was blowing and there was an icy chill in the air. My Brother and I arrived at Newport, at 3pm on a rising tide. I said in my last report that I was yet to catch a big Flathead. I also predicted I would land one before the Summer was over. Little did I know it would happen this soon. In the space of 3 days I have caught a pb Bream (38cm) and now a pb Flathead. It's almost like inception, fantasy, the stuff dreams are made of and it would be hard to find a better Hollywood script to promote the insanely good fishing we experienced today. My brother kicked things off when he landed a 62cm Flathead, a massive pb for him. We let her go to breed more babies, and because it seemed like the right thing to do. A quick pic then back in the drink. Not to be outdone I hauled in a colossal 71cm specimen, a new pb for myself. Cheering! Back in the blue she went. Towards dusk I landed a 45cm Jewie which I kept. My brother landed 2 Tailor, one 36cm and the the other 43cm. He also lost a massive Salmon that would have capped off a stellar day. We did get snagged abit due to the wind but the excellent fishing numbed the frustration. We also hooked two greedy sea-gulls (inadvertantly) that couldn't say no to the pillies we tossed out. The sea-gulls were released unharmed. Once again it was the 2/0 gang hooks that did the trick. Will be out again next weekend for more radical fishing adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffox Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Stonker Flatties!!! Good start to the account! Now you have to beat that one... Tight Lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Great session mate! Things are really starting to hot up everywhere at the moment... Nice flatties Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Great work mate! What bait did you guys use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalucius Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Congratulations on your PB. NIce catch even if the weather was a bit chilly. Keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 on fire! , some quality flattys there , well done cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwan8337 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Damn that's a nice sea food platter =p sashimi, tempura, batter, grill ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joking fish Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 WA Pilchards Great work mate! What bait did you guys use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattiefisher27 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 are you fishing of newport arms wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joking fish Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Yes, thats the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Great session....2 PBs for 2 blokes in any session is fantastic....you guys were in the zone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledude Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Nice catch but what is the value in keeping a 45cm jewie? Just a baby and would taste worse than any salmon or sludge hugging catfish, Good you released the flatties, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one fishes Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 when is enough enough!never i tells ya, you now only have other PB's to better, great work congrats on the goods, but fishing is fishing and thats what keeps us coming back for more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joking fish Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Nice catch but what is the value in keeping a 45cm jewie? Just a baby and would taste worse than any salmon or sludge hugging catfish, Good you released the flatties, I've got a mate who says if you skin them they taste fine. I may have been over excited in keeping it, but I havn't caught too many Jewies. I havn't eaten many neither so if it tastes foul even after it's skinned it will be a lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyrockstar Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 And how did it taste out of curiosity? ive eaten one about that size before caught on the beach and it was quite alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joking fish Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 <br />And how did it taste out of curiosity?<br />ive eaten one about that size before caught on the beach and it was quite alright.<br /><br /><br /><br />It was decent, I skinned it, cut it into strips, coated it in flour, then shallow fried it with olive oil, sweet chilli sauce, ginger & garlic and soy sauce. It turned out pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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