jdudfield Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Sunday morning on the harbour, started a bit later than usual expecting the southerly to be a bit fresher than it was. The morning was near perfect. We went for some live bait and put a few out, plus some fish and squid strips, while still filling the bait tank. Saw a few rat kings hassling the bait fish then a strip bait goes off for a decent run, big tail movement, more short runs until ping... 10lb leader bitten through. New hook... same again a little while later but the fish went even harder! Ping again. This time I beefed up the leader to 20lb. The lives kept getting hassled and we lost a few to good takes but no hook up. It was almost catch a yakka, put it out and get a strike as we were catching the next yakka! Finally we hook up on bigger gear and it is a decent flathead on a livie! So maybe that was what was biting through the leader on the other rod? The lighter rod goes off again and its hard short runs, good tail action... the leader holds and we see the big flathead, being followed by a few rat kings. Wow! Only just fitted in the net. About 1 metre! A few pictures and back in the water to breed on! We kept 4 'standard size' for dinner, dropped a decent one fluffing around with the net and lost 2 big fish to bite offs... plus plenty of takes and misses. No kings playing but so what when the flatties are in the mood to rumble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Mate sounds like non stop action!!! Good to hear flathead are firing in the harbour 1m flattie is massive man, congrats! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTheBoy Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 That's a great session & nice to see a feed & the big girl released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Wow nice flatty, pity you weren't in the pirtek comp, you may have a had a good chance! Wish I coulda given you my angler number for a pic, would definitely beat my best for the day of 44cm lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Well done, impressive stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthmonger Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Nice flatty Edited March 23, 2014 by filthmonger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 This time of year, the bigger tailor turn up and will attack your livies. Or could be big bonnies or a spotty mackerel (that will get you thinking). Most likely the bigger tailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel ogden Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 nice fish, I hope to get one like this one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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