Houdini Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Went for a quick fish after work yesterday wading the sand flats on the low tide throwing 70mm wrigglers in good old blood worm. The water felt warm which seemed good to get the flatties hungry and on the move but the bites were slow to come. I had a few little taps but didn’t hook up so kept casing and moving slowly. After a while I got a good tap, struck and felt solid weight and the fish shook its head then took off on a good short run, at this moment it felt like a very good flattie but then it shook its head again and screamed off. I knew then it was no flattie. I was using 4lb braid with 12lb fluorocarbon leader and the fish was heading for trouble, moored boats and 2 rowing crews with a tinny following them made for an interesting fight. I had the rod underwater when the boats rowed between me and the fish I eased off the drag when it headed for moorings and I put more pressure on when it was in the clear. After a few minutes and missed heart beats it began to tire and when it came into view in the shallow water I saw it was a rat king. It took a few more short runs and then I managed to tail grab it in knee deep water. It was about 55cm and maybe 2 kilos I popped the hook out admired it for a second before letting it go. I kept fishing and in the next hour I got 2 of the target species(flatties) one little one and a good size one which would have been keeper but he decided he didn’t want to come to dinner and let himself go at my feet. I wasn’t worried I’d had a good afternoon anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Rewarding session, a bit of a feed, and a rat on light gear to get the blood pumping, loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Thats so cool! Hell of a surprise when fishing for flatty haha, Well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Sounds like some fun mate well done. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker2795 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 That's awesome mate!! Could anyone direct me to an area of flats in the harbour?? I'm new to sydney and have no idea where things are except for wharfs on Google maps Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtBundy Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Rose bay, Walker2795 Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker2795 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thanks SgtBundy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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