johnopaparoulas Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) Hey raiders, i wanted to report an amazing catch which i caught back in 2009. I love to have a break from the excited kingy and gamefishing every noun and then by going down to botany bay and fishing for some stonker bream. I caught heaps of good sized bream that day fishing with 8 pound flurocarbon mono leader and good fresh pieces of chicken breast (bream love this-i find the best bait to use for bream as its tough and the bream love it). Anyway catching my bag of bream for the day one rod goes off, the fight felt like a shark/ray or something heavy, so i took it slow because of the light leader. after about a 10 minute battle a 99cm Flathead came up which weighed 5.8KG. Which was a stonker catch ive never seen a flatty this big before. As much as i wanted to return it as it was a good breeder it didnt want to swim away and tried to revive it which was very unusual for a flathead. Tight lines Johno Edited June 9, 2013 by Johno Team Extren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 cracker flattie mate, sometimes they just don't survive.. Congrats.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Great flattie shame it couldn,t be revived. Will make for a really top feast ENJOY. 1cm off the magic metre :1crybaby: Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_125 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 that is a monster flatty! was this caught on chicken breast to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 That is a top flatty, just under the magic metre though... :/ I daresay after 10 minutes on the end of your line it was just too exhausted and gave up. In her time though she would have made thousands of babies so it isn't a complete loss. She had a good innings. Congrats on a cracker croc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 You the old guy on the left, he's got a big smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnopaparoulas Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 Yeah I was fishing for bream, so chicken breast was on the menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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