Ocean Addiction Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Spent a week and a half down at Sussex Inlet and managed to get a few good sessions in the Basin. The plan for day 1 was to drift over the artificial reefs and toss some plastics. When we arrived we found the reefs all had boats anchored on them. We decided to have a drift over near Sanctuary Point throwing some plastics around. Second cast of the trip I set the hook into a very heavy flattie that played up quite a bit. It was a nervous 6 shots with the net before my wife managed to get just over half of it into the net and swing it into the boat. It measured a respectable 90cm on 6lb leader - a new PB. A few photos and back she went. Check out the girth of it next to my foot! We also landed several bream up to mid 30s on the same morning on bait and plastics. I managed to get out again a few days later with my wife, mate Scott and his son Sam. We fished over near Sanctuary Point again. First drift I hooked up to another monster. My reliable net man (Scott) looked unusually nervous as the fish hit the surface. After some antics we finally had it in the boat and it measured 94cm on 6lb leader again. We took a few photos before we sent her back as well. I was surprised how many fish we ended up catching as I find the extra boat activity usually puts them off a bit. We did try and stay in the quieter spots with less boat traffic though. We found there were stacks of whiting to throw poppers at in the inlet and canals. We also caught salmon and trevs in the river on stickbaits and poppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 They are two absolutely cracking fish there mate! Your wife did well to net that beauty. And you know you've got a good fish when your "net man" is nervous. Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Interestingly, on one of the days in a similar spot we saw a disturbance on the surface which we thought might have been a seal. We motored over with the electric to check it out. In 30ft of water there was a huge flattie trying to digest a pretty large whiting on the surface. It thrashed around on the surface for a while and then sunk back down to the bottom with the whiting in its gob. To set eyes on three monster flatties in one trip was just unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked-Up Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 now they are proper flatties! heading down for the long weekend looking for some of them. love the basin! awesome catches mate, pretty cool getting the trevs and salmon on the surface lures. well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtBundy Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 They are some awesome flatties - good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 wow great bloody job !!!! Wow I love fishing for flatties and cant wait to score one that big well done to the wife aswell !!! What plastic did it take ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Wow, those two fish (on silly string) in one session takes the cake and sighting the whopper devouring a whiting on the surface makes that a 1:1000000 day! I bet you'll be telling the stories for a long time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Very nice effort there mate. I think I have the same landing net from my kayak days and find it difficult as it won't move thru the water at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 wow great bloody job !!!! Wow I love fishing for flatties and cant wait to score one that big well done to the wife aswell !!! What plastic did it take ??? My mate swears by the larger plastics in Lake Macquarie so I have upped my lures to very large prawn plastics with a flicky tail (brand doesn't seem to matter, just size). I'm getting a lot less fish overall but finding the few fish I do get are much, much bigger. Very nice effort there mate. I think I have the same landing net from my kayak days and find it difficult as it won't move thru the water at all Thanks, it's a bugger of a net. Would make a great sea anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 What size plastic ive been using 3 inch to 5 inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Usually a 4 inch. I like catching bream and the 5 inch seems to cut my numbers down way too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Usually a 4 inch. I like catching bream and the 5 inch seems to cut my numbers down way too much!ok cool I really like 3 or 4 inch I had a 27cm swallow a 5inch jerk bait lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDory Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 My hat is off for you. Top effort. ++ JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundy Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Have any of you tried to get outside through Sussex Inlet? I fish the basin a bit and have thought about giving it a go but never got round to it. Would like to hear from someone who actually has done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Mate top flatties! i would love to have a crack at them and up my PB. two fish in the 90's is awesome! i bet you're dreaming of the magic meter fish now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Have any of you tried to get outside through Sussex Inlet? I fish the basin a bit and have thought about giving it a go but never got round to it. Would like to hear from someone who actually has done it. I've been out the bar a few times many years ago but it looks a lot shallower now. I would really like to get out there again as I remember the fishing was quite good. I would probably go with someone who could show me the ropes before I attempted it myself. Mate top flatties! i would love to have a crack at them and up my PB. two fish in the 90's is awesome! i bet you're dreaming of the magic meter fish now! Sure am dreaming of a meter fish. So close but so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 What a great report!! The smile on your dial says it all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Nice fish! Those big Lizards look amazing! Onya for releasing them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveflies Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Great pair of flatties there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Sorry, my stupid sausage fingers delete my first post. WOW. Are the fish down there on the gear. I've heard of tailor that go over the metre mark. Something in the waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry01 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Champion effort tp get one let alone two of that size, in the one holiday on leaders that thin is pretty remarkable, Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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