Kizza Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Gday all. Headed down to jb from Thursday night until Sunday night for a bit of a family do. I took the tinny of course and wanted to target the tasty population of calamari down there but the wind had other plans. We jagged about 4 good squid but the wind made it too hard so plan b was to find cover in one of the Creek/rivers to try get a feed of flathead with plastics. Creek looked good after all the rain (nice and coffee looking). Me and my brother were fishing and he hadn't used plastics before. The fishing was great with both of us jagging about 6 fish each keeping 5 in the 38-44cm range. The call was made to head off after one more drift. I got hit and called for the net as I could feel good weight. All of a sudden a big big run started of about 15 meters and I new this was serious. The fish gave my gear a run for its money. Size 1000 biomaster on my 2-4lb samurai 101 with 6lb mainline and 8 pound leader. It sunk in when we finally saw the beast swim over a shallow sand bank. That's when I started worrying about my leader and my little 1 1/12 jig head straightening. After 10 minutes of a nervous fight and a few huge runs it took a few shots with the net until we finally got her. Net was too smal and she broke it! The leader was freyed to buggery. Came in at 90cm and seriously fat. We kept her in the net next to the boat as we putted back to the ramp to get my tape measure from the ute. Got a few photos and let her swim off. Was a great experience for someone who is reasonable new to plastics! It was quite funny looking at the 3nch wriggler next to her huge head. Was a great day for both of us. My brother was stoked with his first fish on plastics and I was stoked with a fish I'd only ever seen in magazines and the net. I'll probably never see a quality fish like that again. The wind and rain for the resf of the weekend cancelled any chance of chasing a king or late season red. So it was family food and beers in the most beautiful place on earth (even when the weather's shithouse). Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Well done kizza! Great report and seeing those 40cm flatties next to her make then look like bait! Lol. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Well done Kizza and top write up! Congratulations on a magnificent fish and good on you for the release. Excellent stuff. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svsolaris Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matyg Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 awesome fish mate, plus 1 on the 40cm models looking like bait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flickn Mad Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Good one, Can u imagine being a bait fish with that "thing" swimming around. And good effort, that second photo actually made me dissy. (upside down miss Jane) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWG Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Your a legend for letting her go, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBCB Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Beast ! Good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizza Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 Cheers guys, yeah there is no way I could kill a ig breeder like that. The girth on her was insane I recon I could have for both my fists in her mkuth. I didn't have scales but would love an educated guess on the weight? Nah mate didn't use the squid for bait. Had salt n pepper calamari on the side of flat tie fillet mmmm Sorry about the sideways and upside down pics I dunno why it does that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieweekender Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Great fish. Good work on letting her go too. Hope you catch her again in 10cm time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Mckenzie Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Good work mate all flatties over 65cm turn into females always good to leave the breeders. Good day and we'll done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Good work mate all flatties over 65cm turn into females always good to leave the breeders. Good day and we'll done.That's a myth mate males don't turn into females Sent from my GT-S7500T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 That's a myth mate males don't turn into females Sent from my GT-S7500T using Tapatalk 2 Your 100% right kingfisher! It is a myth but because there are no real visual signs to differentiate male and female, it is best to let them go, if you wish too! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Great fish mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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