josamill Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Threw some plastics around the high tide in Careel Bay this morning.....nothing in 50+ casts so switched to a hard body and picked up a flathead and a whiting in 5 casts. Always been more comfortable fishing hardbodies in shallow water. Anyhow, the whiting was only 2 inches longer that the lure and I saw it hit in the clear still water. The flathead, when 30 meters away, went airborne at least 2 feet out of the water. Never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2593 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 How big did the flatty go mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Might of been something trying to eat the flattie. We pulled in an 88 cm flattie and only just got it in with a small shark trying to take it and even got a bite on her. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 A few years ago in the main channel of Port Hacking, water about 20 foot deep, I saw a fish splashing on the surface chasing bait fish, while I was motoring along. Thinking it was a tailor, I slowed down for a look and saw a flattie around the kilo mark. It was swimming under a school of anchovies and rounding them into a ball, then it would charge through the school and grab a few anchovies, and slow down and round up the ball of anchovies again, and then make another charge through the school again. Watched it do this for about a minute, then I motored off. Very interesting to watch as the flattie crashed through the anchovies and broke the surface like a pelagic fish. Have had flatties jump out of the water before, when hooking them in shallow water, but usually not too far above the surface. Anything is possible. Look at the picture of the white pointer in the Saturday Telegraph, Sydney, jumping clear of the water with a seal in it's mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolongeramember Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 There was an artical yonks ago in Modern Fishing I think it was by Steve Starling. He mentioned leaping lizards. He said if you catch enough of them eventually you'll see one jump. Neve seen one do it myself though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josamill Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Gday Joseph. Flattie was 38cm. My Summer rule is 40cm-55cm for dinner so this one swam off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mialla Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Nice photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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