Luddystomper Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Went to upper Hunter river in search of a big dusky flathead. Found a sandy bank in the middle of the river that look the goods, near the fingers . Decided to troll with the current with a few deep diving 11$ special hard bodies due to the weather wind and lots of rain. First run over the patch of sandy goodness not a touch, lures where nicely bumping along the bottom. Second run which is about 150m each time got 3 flathead from 42 to 70cm respectively. 3rd run. Big hook up, a sleeper. The rookie fisherman on the boat had the rod. Pulled it up so quickly (samaki zing 7-12kg) it slammed into to boat and the lure knocked free. Looked like a 80cm flatty. During the commotion the over head reel got a birds nest. As it was being fixed a 42cm bream slams the semi floating chubby lure down it neck. Birds nest fixed by bream. Bream caught. In tne end we all hopped out and fished a little ledge with the current flows at a nice pace. About knee deep water going to your shoulder. Some massive fish were lost ( 10+ flatties caught and released ) during the session but the weather came in and it was cloee to hitting us a few times (severe). Everyone was getting static shocks from thier gear. Awesome quick session. A very healthy river the mighter hunter is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Well done on catching a few decent fish mate. Pity the weather set in and spoiled a good session. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo05 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Some nice fishing there. Good report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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